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This dry and shady part of an existing garden was transformed into a Japanese inspired gravel garden.

The client wanted this part of the garden to be worked into her already established plot. The client practices Tai chi and meditation and therefore wanted the garden to be influenced by Japanese garden design principles.

A gravel garden design was the theme with strategically placed rocks and Acers in pots to move you around the space. An existing spoil mound was made into an attractive water feature bringing sound into the space. The water feature was planted up with a shade loving planting design of ferns, grasses, asters and epimediums. Two large curves of Miscanthus at the center of the space brings a sense of movement into the garden.  An English oak pergola is positioned at the entrance of the garden with several flowering clematis to give a long flowering season, other key plants around the space were Japanese blood grass, Heucheras, Hakonchloa and an ornamental flowering cherry.

 

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‘I owe you a debt of gratitude for making my gravel garden which gives me such pleasure in all seasons.’

Japanese Acers for rich colour in garden and planting design

Japanese Acers continue the colour theme up into the higher canopy to allow continuity

Japanese blood grass and Heucheras within the planting design

Japanese blood grass is complimented with Heucheras of similar colours within the planting design

Gravel garden with stone features in Japanese garden design in Dorset
The Japanese Garden design incorporated a water feature for added tranquility

Vanessa Boal Landscape & Garden Design

Dorset | Wiltshire | Somerset | Hampshire