Flint & Beech
A family garden on a slope in Tring, finished

Project · Tring

A family garden on a slope

A plain, sloping lawn turned into a dining terrace, steps and a level family lawn, with clean lines to suit a modern extension.

Location
Tring
Work
Garden design & build
Materials
Porcelain paving, rendered walls, porcelain steps, pleached hornbeam and box hedging
On site
Seven weeks on site

The brief

The owners had added a large glazed extension and wanted the garden to match it: a terrace big enough for eight, a usable lawn, and very little maintenance.

The challenge

A gentle but awkward fall across the width of the garden, a soakaway that had failed, and a tight programme before a family celebration.

What we did

We levelled the garden into two planes: a porcelain terrace at the house and a lawn beyond, linked by broad steps. New drainage runs beneath the terrace, and evergreen hedging gives structure all year.

Before and after

A family garden on a slope before work started
Before
A family garden on a slope after completion
After

Start with a walk round the garden.

We will visit, look at the site with you and talk through what is possible. There is no charge for the first visit.

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