The Windmill

Brief
To design, landscape, and maintain a contemporary prairie-style garden in North Essex, balancing wildlife-friendly planting, defined boundary structures, and functional outdoor living areas in equal proportions.
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We created a modern prairie-inspired garden featuring a carefully balanced layout of lawn, planting, and hard landscaping, each occupying roughly a third of the space. The garden incorporates two dining areas positioned to optimise natural light, a covered sofa seating area, and ambient evening lighting throughout. Boundary definition was thoughtfully designed, while the planting scheme emphasised pale yellows, pinks, purples, and whites to attract wildlife, deliberately excluding bright yellows. The project received a Gold Medal at the Association of Professional Landscapers Awards in 2021.
Client Feedback
Our first design meeting with Matthew was a delight – he had certainly listened to our brief, our likes and dislikes and gauged our characters in the design. We loved the basic outline of the design and after a few design meetings and minor alterations the sketches were sent to be drawn up on CAD by one of the team. The results are the hugely impressive garden we now enjoy. We quickly became impressed by the skills and attention to detail shown by the landscape team. We are so happy with the end result it is hard to convey that in writing but Matthew, Ryan and the teams we had working for us were amazing. They all have a great sense of passion and ownership about their work. The craftmanship of some of the hand built wooden structures is amazing and the choices of plants is perfect.
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