Transforming a small back garden

The challenge of this project was to make an outdoor space that worked for a busy professional couple. The brief was a low maintenance ‘outdoor room’ to extend their home into the garden during the summer months. We suggested wooden decking around the small conservatory, separated from the lower level with a smart rail and steps down to the garden. We used gravel with inlaid stepping stones to replace the scruffy grass. This created a path to the sunny patio area at end of the garden. Planting was confined to a few drought resistant specimen shrubs and exotics in colourful pots. Solar-powered lighting casts a friendly glow at dusk.