The Balanced Garden
Project year: 2023
Posted: 16 Jul, 2023
Award
Gold Medal
Details
This relaxing family garden combines strong design with colourful, sensory planting and thoughtful spaces for children to play. Key features include a vibrant tiled wall, water feature, floating timber bench, and a multifunctional sandpit that also provides seating and storage. CED Stone supplied Scottish Beach Pebbles for the playful path and Buff Green Sandstone paving, both adding texture and durability. Designed at child height with shallow water for safety, the garden balances adult relaxation with child-friendly exploration, showing how small spaces can be beautiful, practical, and wildlife-friendly without becoming overly child-focused.
Products used:
Scottish Beach Pebbles
Sovereign Paving - Buff Sandstone
Designer:
Amy Gunning Gardens
I create gardens and outdoor areas which bring planting to the forefront and encourage people to enjoy nature. I look to design spaces which are beautiful and colourful yet lasting and functional - places to relax and, most importantly, enjoy.
Contractor:
George-Stone Gardens
We design, build and maintain gardens for homeowners and commercial customers in the Gloucestershire area undertaking everything from the creation of beautiful outdoor spaces for families to hotel garden redesigns suitable for the hospitality.
