Wildlife garden with pond in Ashton
Backing directly onto parkland, this rear garden in Ashton Gate offered a rare opportunity: to extend that sense of open, natural landscape right into the client’s own space. A young, nature-loving and eco-conscious family, they were clear from the outset that the garden should support wildlife as much as family life — and that the garage dominating much of the footprint had to go.
At its heart, a gravel garden and pond, designed to be enjoyed equally from the retained deck or from beneath the pergola. Clay pavers are laid in pads that meander through the planting and alongside the water, drawing you further into the garden — whether to rest beneath the pergola, where passion flower, chocolate vine and star jasmine climb overhead, or to reach a smaller shed at the rear, built in place of the old garage to store the family’s bikes and discreetly house the water butt.
The pond itself, with its pebble beach and carefully balanced planting, was clear and attracting wildlife from the very first season. Presiding over this part of the garden is a gloriously mature Japanese maple, its canopy casting a soft green veil across the water and gravel below.
MATERIALS & PRODUCTS
Steel Rope S3i I Clay pavers London Stone I Aggregate Bowland Stone I Paint Farrow & ball I Pots Red Mud Hut I Shed Asgard I Pond Waterside Nursery
