A superbly laid out garden that's formal with a modern twist

Magnificent old trees, superbly manicured flower-filled gardens, sweeping lawns, and a tennis court-sized, covered enclosure for fruit and vegetables surround St Githas, an elegant Federation-style home built in 1909. The two-acre garden was restored in 2020, and the new award-winning design by Sphere Landscape Design blends formality and contemporary English country style, generating visual impact whilst harmonising with the classic architecture of the home.

Throughout the garden, long, wide paths of varying-sized pavers are eye-catching and make a bold statement that emphasises the design and layout. Hedges also play a role in creating vistas and a green framework that retains its good looks into the winter months. A pair of magnificent sandstone arbours covered in wisteria with solid pillars of the same sandstone as the house, flank the back garden and frame the box-edged parterre that radiates out from an ornate three-tier bronze fountain.

The planting is in parts formal and elsewhere an exuberant mix of perennials, bulbs and flowering plants. Roses are everywhere, filling the garden beds and entwined with clematis and wisteria over the arbours and climbing obelisks.  Giant old oak and pine trees frame the property and create protected areas where shade-loving plants thrive.

A fire pit sits in the travertine paved entertainment area. In the front garden, a modern sculpture makes an interesting focal point, and vibrantly coloured timber benches are a playful surprise!  An enormous, covered enclosure houses raised wicking beds filled with organically grown vegetables; there are various berries and fruit trees.

St Githas is a grand garden designed to provide scope for the hands-on garden-loving owners to grow a varied selection of plants that offer successive flowering and year-round interest.