EXAMPLES OF GARDEN DESIGN. 



GARDEN TO A SMALL DETACHED RESIDENCE. 



The small garden at the Corbels, Windermere (111. No. 382), will probably be inter- 

 esting, as it was the property of the writer, and being designed for his own occupation, 

 consequently expresses his own ideas untrammelled by the wishes or prejudices of a 

 client. There is, therefore, more of that feeling of breadth and continuity of purpose 

 which should characterise an ideal small garden, and. which is usually absent owing to 

 the overcrowding of plants and other features. 



There are no drive or carriage turn, and instead of sloping paths there are fourteen 

 steps from the garden entrance to the front door, otherwise the tennis lawn, so restful 

 to the eye, would have been impossible. The arrangement of the steps is much easier, 

 especially for old people, than the steep path which would otherwise have been necessary. 

 By referring to the plan it will be noticed that whereas steps are necessary in order to 

 reach the front door, the back path is level ; it will therefore be realized that the fall 



Semi- 

 detached 

 residences. 



FIG. 3/8. TERRACES IN FRONT OF SEMI-DETACHED RESIDENCES. 



in the ground between the Windermere road and the field below the summer-house 

 is considerable. It was to meet these levels that a terrace three feet six inches below 

 the floor level of the house, was arranged, the tennis lawn being constructed at a 

 level about half-way between those of the terrace and field. Thus the terrace is three 

 and a half feet below floor level, while the tennis lawn is three feet six inches lower or 

 seven feet below floor level, and the field again ten feet below floor level. The terrace 

 and boundary walls are built of the native blue slate rock with coping of the same 

 material, a touch of character being given by the arched gateway, connecting with the 

 highway and the summer-house. 



A feature is also made of the trellis work, which gives a dividing line between the 

 summer-house walk and the fruit border, and also provides the necessary connection 

 between the house and the summer-house, and being overgrown with climbers, is a pretty 

 feature in the garden. The connecting border is planted with free-flowering roses, 



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