Water Garden

When the bounce on the tennis court became too erratic to play on we seized the opportunity to make our own addition to the garden. The mature yew hedges enclosing the the site and its relative flatness suggested a formal water garden. The finished result contrasts with but complements the rest of the garden. Here Structure takes precedence over Texture and Form over Colour.

Water Garden

The sculptor Simon Allison answered our request to design something that provided height and movement by producing twenty four stainless steel stems topped with gilded bronze leaves moulded from a philodendron. They sway gently in the wind and the sound of the water dripping from the leaves provide refreshment on a hot afternoon.

We endeavour to restrict the colours here to black, white and green. However the irrepressible flame red tropaelum speciosum proves us wrong each July.