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Garden designs

The Schools Garden, for Cambridge University Botanic Garden
I designed this layout for the proposed Schools Garden, offering a variety of learning spaces carefully worked around the existing vegetation.  The intention is to provide an exemplary garden containing many elements which schools may wish to re-create in their own grounds, and to offer a safe horticultural teaching area where local schools can encourage pupils to develop an interest in plants and gardening.
Schools Garden, Cambridge Botanic Garden
Private garden in Northamptonshire
Design for a narrow, self-contained garden on a sloping site, with the house wrapping around the south-west corner.  Awkward level changes were resolved and a sequence of attractive linked spaces was created.
Garden design, Northants
A small London garden
The harsh urban yard seen above was transformed into a toddler-friendly green oasis with a sense of movement and mystery.
Planting and pavings intermingle, and a small covered sandpit and curved seat provide a focal point towards the end of the garden.

All images © MC Wood.

A recent design for a family garden on a sloping site overlooking the open, rural landscape of the Cambridgeshire fens.  Originally congested and heavily over-planted, the best trees have been retained and new spaces have been opened up, with a network of varied paths offering exciting play routes for the youngest member of the family to explore.