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This garden is located in the heart of Shrewsbury's Cherry Orchard, what was once an allotment, is now a beautiful oasis where the client can relax and entertain.
With its south facing aspect, the garden is bordered to the east and west by a Privet hedge (Ligustrum ovalifolium) which has now been tamed with successive trims.
Planted on either side with English Lavender the pathway will be billowing with scent in the summer months, further punctuated with 20cm box balls. The purple racemes of Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote' contrast with the newly laid Cotswold chipping path, which runs the entire length of the garden and also borders the newly laid buff patio.
The use of half sleepers leads the eye in an short ascension to the main bed at the rear of the garden. This has been fronted with the simple pallette of Nandina domestica 'Firepower', Carex comans, Euphorbia mrysinites and Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens'.
The inclusion of Skimmia japonica 'Kew Green' is an evergreen foil for the planting plan, Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' gives a wonderful sense of movement, and height. The same could be said of Matteuccia struthiopteris with its rosettes of erect fronds @1.5m.
Phyllostachys Aurea has been planted in the corner, where it will form a clump to 2.5m, adding a wonderful sense of colour and movement.
Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Blue Spire' adds aromatic leaves and upright spikes of blue flowers to this naturalised planting plan.
All the borders have been covered with wood chip to retain moisture in the summer months but to also to reduce the maintenance.
What the garden looked like before: