Penshurst, Kent
| setting | A beautiful arts and crafts style house and garden with panoramic views to the south. |
| requirement | To incorporate additional land into the garden forming an approach to the house, and to create an instant screen to the public footpath running along the south and west boundaries. |
| considerations | The experience of approach and arrival at the house, the views out upon departure, need to create a link and a progression of character and scale between the existing and proposed garden. The site is very exposed to both deer and wind. |
| solution | Large scale, mature tree planting using evergreens along the footpath boundary to create an instant screen and a backdrop to circular copses of oak and maple. Copses positioned to create an approach and setting to the house, with smaller scale multi-stem trees creating a sequence of passing through woodland into open clearings along the drive. Upon departure a long axial view is created through the length of the plot framed at strategic points with clipped planting, cut grass paths and meadow and a shepherds hut and orchard beyond. |