Brief:
The parents would have liked to grow all their own food & herbs organically but with four children under 6 (!) play was paramount. The trampoline had to stay. Parking was an issue – the small boundary marker was bumper height and there was no room for people and cars.
Opportunites:
The soil was great.
Challenges:
How to fit it all in. They needed a garden 10 times the size for their wish list.
Solution:
The veg space was moved to the front where the kids would be closely supervised when helping. The boundary marker was replaced by a line of recessed setts and the drive retarred. The trampoline was recessed and a custom-made circular play frame built around it featuring swing, monkey bars, a den, steps – wobbly and fixed – and a slide which had a long run-off area for extending into a water chute. Dad’s hammock could even be hung somewhere – if he ever got peace to use it! The play frame was painted to play down the black trampoline and match the overall colour scheme of grey, orange and blue.
