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Projects

WARM AND TRANQUIL GARDEN

This property had been renovated with clean, contemporary lines and a peaceful atmosphere and the brief was to carry this into the outdoor space. We included a unique harvesting system that utilised rainfall and the bio-diversity of the garden increased. The most beautiful Yorkshire stone was used with ribbons of mineral deposits running through it, and re-claimed bricks and lime mortar were used for the walls. A relaxing space was created, an amphitheatre to watch nature’s changing mood.

ARTS & CRAFTS KITCHEN GARDEN

The brief was to turn a very awkward area with a steep incline into a beautiful, yet practical vegetable and cut flower garden. The kitchen garden is part of a two-acre garden and, with attention to detail, I added contemporary touches such as hidden LED lights to illuminate the foliage and create a night-time experience of subtle light and shadow.

CONTEMPORARY GARDEN

This garden was dark with a short terrace, steep incline and too much concrete. The brief was met by creating a light, open and contemporary garden, using walls of sheet steel and a paved surface of fully-permeable yet stable resin marble.

HERBACOUS BORDERS & CONTEMPORARY POND

Seall Landscapes created a beautiful 10-acre garden on the West Sussex/Surrey border with contemporary pond, luxurious herbaceous borders and a naturalistic lake and wildflower meadow.

CONTEMPORARY POOL

I created this garden to encompass all aspects of my work, from an indigenous pond with high bio-diversity to a contemporary stone pool with fibre-optic lighting and a well-designed and functional kitchen garden. Pleached hornbeams with solid oak steps helped re-contour a difficult site and my clients were delighted.

SPRINGBOARD CHARITY PROJECT

The Springboard Project is a community-based charity providing a safe, accessible, inclusive play and recreation centre for young people with special needs or disabilities and to families with young children. I have been involved in upgrading the Jubilee Leisure Garden, transforming the area by laying an artificial grass football pitch and wetpour rubber-safe play areas. 

Drainage and recycled water irrigation systems have been installed allowing the children to enjoy the area all year round. Regular maintenance is also carried out to keep it attractive and safe. The latest phase of the development has been to transform an unusable area into a box-hedge maze and sensory garden with bold foliage plants and wind chimes.

BOARDWALK AND POND

Waverley Borough Council wanted to turn a piece of unused flood ground with low bio-diversity into a useable public space and it was decided to create a pond to replicate an oxbow from the River Wey that runs alongside. 

The area is subject to reasonably high levels of pedestrian traffic, both for school runs and work runs. A boardwalk was constructed using recycled plastic posts, as the site is subject to extreme winter flooding. Turfs containing existing flora and fauna were lifted during the excavation of the pond and re-laid at completion, no plant life was imported and the site now has both increased bio-diversity and public usage with no negative environmental impacts.

SURREY WILDLIFE AND MEADOW

Our client wished to turn a well-used horse paddock into a wildflower meadow with a large pond. We obtained planning consent on behalf of the client and excavated the pond. The very poor sub-soils were buried and the useable sub-soils were spread across the site and ploughed in, which had the desired effect of lowering the fertility. This is a major requirement in order to keep out species of invasive and unwanted vegetation. The seed mix for the meadow was a provenance-mix obtained from within the High Weald.

RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW 2008

The Springboard Project is a community-based charity providing a safe, accessible, inclusive play and recreation centre for young people with special needs or disabilities and to families with young children. I have been involved in upgrading the Jubilee Leisure Garden, transforming the area by laying an artificial grass football pitch and wetpour rubber-safe play areas. 

Drainage and recycled water irrigation systems have been installed allowing the children to enjoy the area all year round. Regular maintenance is also carried out to keep it attractive and safe. The latest phase of the development has been to transform an unusable area into a box-hedge maze and sensory garden with bold foliage plants and wind chimes.