Living Gardens

Family Circle. West Hampstead, London NW6

Child Friendly garden in North West London

The garden designers have created a fun, bright child friendly garden

Children’s cottage play garden in West Hampstead, London, NW6

The garden designers were asked to incorporate the cottage in the design brief and the playhouse is surrounded by bright planting

Garden landscapers create a children's cottage garden

The garden is landscaped using reclaimed granite setts and yorkstone

Children’s play garden with child friendly planting

The garden landscapers have built raised beds matching the existing garden red bricks

West Hampstead traditional courtyard garden designed for children N1

North West London garden has raised beds and blackboards at eye level designed for children

This was an interesting and challenging garden design in a small west facing garden in North London. Our clients have three young children of varying ages and wanted a garden for all to enjoy, incorporating traditional and modern elements. The garden is composed of two circles outlining and linking the spaces. A radial pattern of reclaimed granite setts denotes the main area suitable for adults to entertain and children to play in. Yorkstone paving surrounds the area to define the shape and complement the materials.

A traditional white wooden picket fence encircles the children’s playhouse complete with a modern Astroturf lawn.

Raised planters built from second hand soft red bricks matching the existing architecture are home to floral cottage style planting to enhance the scheme. Roses and jasmine climb while a crab apple (Malus) and Cercis Canadensis provide height and interest.

One wall has three shaped blackboards cut into the hardwood trellis, opposite is a salvaged fireplace where candles create an atmospheric evening glow.