Private houses, country properties and the landscapes around them
Open the JournalA garden is never finished. It is a long conversation between a house, the ground it stands on and the weather, carried on over many years by the people who live there.
Outdoor dining is never just about placing a table on a patch of grass. It is about shaping a living space where the architecture of the house extends into the garden, and where the rituals of everyday meals and evening gatherings feel as natural outdoors as they do indoors. The most successful entertaining gardens are […]
Продуманная терраса — это не просто мощёная площадка для стола и стульев. Это пространственный механизм, который разворачивает дом наружу, впускает повседневную жизнь в сад и создаёт плавный, почти незаметный переход от интерьеров к открытому участку. В загородном доме именно терраса часто придаёт архитектуре завершённость: без неё фасад кажется отрезанным от земли, а сад остаётся лишь декорацией […]
What a garden room actually is
A garden room is not a metaphor. It is a distinct outdoor compartment with its own function, its own atmosphere, and a clear sense of enclosure. The term gets used loosely—sometimes for any corner with a bench—but in a well-planned garden, a room behaves much like an interior space. […]
Walking the ground, reading the soil and the light, and drawing how paths, terraces and planting will meet the house.
Trees and hedges go in while dormant, followed by shrubs and perennials once the soil begins to warm.
Watering, mulching and patient editing, so young plants root deeply and the structure of the garden settles in.
Spring growth, summer fullness, autumn colour and winter outline: the same garden becomes four different places.
