A garden scene with a rectangular water feature surrounded by green bushes, trees, and purple flowers.

Nonesuch Farm Wiltshire
Rural family house with breathtaking views of the Marlborough Downs ‍

The idea

This project involved a comprehensive redesign of the entire site, using a consistent palette of brick and reclaimed stone to unify the front, back, and kitchen gardens. The centre-piece of the transformation is a structured kitchen garden, enclosed by a six-foot Yew hedge that gradually tapers toward an elegant ornamental cherry tree at the entrance.

The flora

In the back garden, expansive sweeping beds extend into the lawn, creating a transition into the perimeter wildflower meadow. The planting scheme features a textured mix of Cirsium, Geranium, Allium, and Pinus mugo, while the main brick terrace is anchored by a specimen Amelanchier lamarckii, providing seasonal interest and delicate structure.

The detail

The garden's standout feature is an intricate brick rill. Water circulates between an elevated Corten steel trough and a circular pond, creating movement and sound throughout the space. To soften the industrial edge of the steel, the trough is enveloped in lush planting, with fragrant lavender encircling the lower pool.

A large house with white and brick exterior walls, surrounded by green trees and a well-maintained lawn.
A house with a white brick exterior and a thatched roof, surrounded by a lush green garden with a grassy lawn and trees.
A sunny garden scene with a brick and thatched roof house surrounded by greenery, trees, and colorful flowers, with a curved brick pathway leading to a small pond.

“The gardens have been a great success.”

Charlie

Close-up of water cascading over a metallic edge, with a blurry background of green foliage and some pinkish flowers in the foreground.
A garden scene with various plants, trees, and flowers. A rectangular water feature flows into a small pond, surrounded by lush greenery and purple flowers.
Close-up of a stone pathway with irregularly shaped stones, some moss and small plants growing between the stones, in sunlight.
A garden with various plants and flowers on a sunny day, next to a house with a brick pathway leading to the house.
Planting along side brick outbuilding with serpentine gravel path
Thatched Wiltshire cottage exterior framed by trees, with a gravel drive and lavender-edged border
Weathered timber door on a brick outbuilding beside a stone path with terracotta pots and cornflowers
A garden with a round pond in the foreground, surrounded by various plants and flowers. Behind the pond, a brick pathway leads into a lush, green wooded area with tall trees and dense foliage. The sky is visible through the tree branches.
Gravel courtyard path between a red brick barn and a white thatched cottage with a weathervane
Thatched porch entrance to a whitewashed cottage with perennial planting including persicaria and astrantia

Design
Eaglestone Gardens

Planting design
Eaglestone Gardens

Build
Minerva Landscapes

Photograph
Izzy de Wattripont

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