Contemporary Garden Design For Courtyard

Basement Level Garden

Garden design by Gavin McWilliam, now of Wilson McWilliam Studio.

This London terraced house had a complete rebuild from the ground up. The basement level was lowered in order to make a suitable space for a kitchen and family room.

Naturally, the garden had to be rebuilt from scratch as well. However, this run of houses backs onto a shared, 'residents only,' garden space, so the brief was to make the most pratical use of the shaded space adjacent to the kitchen.

To this end the area was paved with travertine, and the retaining walls painted white to brighten the space. I was brought in to make the hardwood fencing which sits behind the stainless steel planters, and to build the frame for the storage seating to be clad, as well as the hardwood seat itself.

Subequently, I was asked to build a unit to disguise the rather large extractor fan bolted to one wall. This doubled as additional storage space.

Finally, I was asked to build a seating area with planters at either end on the upstairs balcony.

Water Feature & Bench Stainless steel water feature falling into the illuminated pool built into the seating area.
Water Feature Detail Nothing to do with Carpentry, but I was involved in getting the whole thing together...Plus it just looks nice.
Kitchen View The expanse of glass makes you feel like the kitchen is part of the garden.
Kitchen View The expanse of glass makes you feel like the kitchen is part of the garden.
Storage Seating with Water-feature Fully Planted with hanging Ivy and Buxus hedging. Hardwood Fence oiled, and water feature illuminated from within its pool.
Storage Seating with Water-feature Fully Planted with hanging Ivy and Buxus hedging. Hardwood Fence oiled, and water feature illuminated from within its pool.
Storage Seating with Water-feature Fully Planted with hanging Ivy and Buxus hedging. Hardwood Fence oiled, and water feature illuminated from within its pool.
Storage Seating with Water-feature One of the "hidden" lids up.
Storage Seating with Water-feature
Storage Seating with Travertine
Storage Seating with Travertine
Water Feature & Bench Stainless steel water feature falling into the illuminated pool built into the seating area.
Water Feature & Bench Stainless steel water feature falling into the illuminated pool built into the seating area.
Extractor Fan Housing/Storage Built to house a rather large extractor fan, this doubles as extra storage as well as being just the right height to sit on!
Hardwood Fencing
View From Above At the cleaning up stage.
Bench With Planters Almost finished....Built over the leaded section of the balcony in order to hide it, room was left for a planter either end so that clematis could be trained to grow up the wall. Stainless steel wire in a grid pattern was fixed in place on the wall.
Bench With Planters
Bench With Planters Built over the leaded section of the balcony in order to hide it, room was left for a planter either end so that clematis could be trained to grow up the wall. Stainless steel wire in a grid pattern was fixed in place on the wall.

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Doherty Garden Works

Specialist in Garden Timber Structures

Basement Level Garden

Water Feature & Bench

Stainless steel water feature falling into the illuminated pool built into the seating area.

Water Feature Detail

Nothing to do with Carpentry, but I was involved in getting the whole thing together...Plus it just looks nice.

Kitchen View

The expanse of glass makes you feel like the kitchen is part of the garden.

Kitchen View

The expanse of glass makes you feel like the kitchen is part of the garden.

Storage Seating with Water-feature

Fully Planted with hanging Ivy and Buxus hedging. Hardwood Fence oiled, and water feature illuminated from within its pool.

Storage Seating with Water-feature

Fully Planted with hanging Ivy and Buxus hedging. Hardwood Fence oiled, and water feature illuminated from within its pool.

Storage Seating with Water-feature

Fully Planted with hanging Ivy and Buxus hedging. Hardwood Fence oiled, and water feature illuminated from within its pool.

Storage Seating with Water-feature

One of the "hidden" lids up.

Storage Seating with Water-feature

Storage Seating with Travertine

Storage Seating with Travertine

Water Feature & Bench

Stainless steel water feature falling into the illuminated pool built into the seating area.

Water Feature & Bench

Stainless steel water feature falling into the illuminated pool built into the seating area.

Extractor Fan Housing/Storage

Built to house a rather large extractor fan, this doubles as extra storage as well as being just the right height to sit on!

Hardwood Fencing

View From Above

At the cleaning up stage.

Bench With Planters

Almost finished....Built over the leaded section of the balcony in order to hide it, room was left for a planter either end so that clematis could be trained to grow up the wall. Stainless steel wire in a grid pattern was fixed in place on the wall.

Bench With Planters

Bench With Planters

Built over the leaded section of the balcony in order to hide it, room was left for a planter either end so that clematis could be trained to grow up the wall. Stainless steel wire in a grid pattern was fixed in place on the wall.