Cambridge

A Garden for all seasons

When approached by my clients to transform their garden through mainly creating a new garden using planting design rather than hard landscaping, I relished the chance to create a world in which both flora and native fauna could thrive.

To create a place where my clients could gaze out and be fully immersed in a garden which brings surprises and rewards in every season.

Brought about by the naturalistic planting using a drift planting technique that takes it’s cues from the natural world.

Using plants such as:

Salvia Caradonna nemorosa with it’s deep purple hues.

Nepeta six hills giant to give it’s gentle blues that seem to float in the air among the grasses such as:

Molinia edith dudszus with it’s wonderful rust coloured stems and seed heads that add incredible contrast to any planting design.

Molinia caerulea heidezwerg

This grass creates wonderful movement in a design displaying it’s green/blue colours delicately throughout the planting design.

The sound of water in the garden is also such an important part of the feel of this project, giving a sense of calm and tranquility. This was suggested by my clients as something that was very important to them.

Calamagrostis Karl foerster, This beautiful grass comes through early in the season compared to some of the other grasses and is a true star of any planting design. The delicate seed heads sway beautifully in slightest of breezes upon it’s tall, slender stems.

I used this grass throughout the planting design both in amongst the herbaceous planting and on it’s own in bold group plantings.

Sanguisorba Tanna, What a flower. This one of my personal favourites as the Saguisorbia grows many small flower heads of the deepest plum colour, which seem to float and hover among the grasses to create another layer of beauty to this naturalistic planting scheme.

Evergreen hedges were used to create natural backdrop to the whole design.

With small evergreen hedges Taxus media Groenland used to divide the new beds.

Some of the other plants used in this planting design are:

Scabiosa caucasica Perfecta Blue
Lavender
Aqualegia vulgaris stellata Black barlow
Aquilegia vul. Munstead white Digitalis alba
Geranium phaeum. 'Album'
Eryngium planum
Echinacea pallida and pupurea
Allium sphaerocephalon
Allium (Nectaroscordum) siculum
Verbena bonariensis
Iris sibirica
Echinops
Devil's-bit scabious
Teasels
Ragid robin
Knaughtia arvensis
Brown knapweed

Using a mixture of these cultivated and wild plants creates a wonderful sense of belonging in nature.

I hope you enjoyed these pictures that take you on the journey through parts of this beautiful garden.

For more information please contact Tim on 07931 278692
or email: tim@timjenningsdesign.co.uk

Other Projects

Cambridge Riverside

Where architecture and sculptural planting come together

Cambridge Country House Garden

Architectural Elegance Meets Natural Beauty

A Community Food Garden

for a London School

Contemporary Garden Design in Radlett, Hertfordshire

Water, fire, and a quiet geometry

Customer Testimonials

“Although we are both passionate about gardening, we thought hiring a designer would make the garden more aesthetically cohesive.

We wanted someone with experience to bounce ideas off and make a garden that is welcoming and beautiful.

Tim immediately understood the kind of atmosphere we hoped to create and was knowledgeable about which kinds of plants would work best. Our garden looks even better than I could have imagined.”

“I would be happy to recommend Tim to anyone thinking of transforming their garden.

Tim achieved a good balance between following our vision and adding lots of interesting ideas. He incorporated elements that were important to us, such as our water fountain, while suggesting many other things.

Overall, we couldn't be happier with the wonderful garden Tim designed for us. It really is our favourite thing about coming home!”

“Nothing we asked was too much trouble for Tim.

We were working on a major building project at the same time, so Tim’s soothing, measured approach was a real pleasure.

The finished garden is extremely calming and reflects our whole experience of working with Tim.”

“We set a tough brief for Tim in terms of functionality of space and views from the house.

Tim’s use of computer models allowed us to really understand what we would get and what the design would look like from all aspects which gave us confidence to proceed with the design.

Tim managed the work on site very diligently with lots of attention to detail which made a huge difference to quality. The finished product is amazing!”