Gadieburn
Once an awkward space, now perfect for family connection.
This lovely Garioch-town home had a classic multi-house development new-build garden featuring turf, standard council slabs, and soil compacted with debris from the build. The homeowners wanted to give it personality, to make it visually appealing, and for it to become the perfect gathering space for extended family and friends.
With its distinct width and narrow depth, this garden space needed zoning to create comfortable get-together spots, alongside ample planting and some visual hierarchy with trees to help draw the eye away from neighbouring houses.
The three zones created are a morning coffee nook, a firepit lounge corner, and a BBQ dining spot under a pergola with built-in lighting. The distinct areas allow for generous hosting of large groups to mingle and explore, with some intimate spots for the family to enjoy alone.
The colour palette across the garden as a whole is muted and calming, with warm beige materials and timber left to age naturally. Calamagrostis vertical grasses help to create movement and height, and there are pops of purple and lilac to create interest as well as depth and layers in the planting.
The eye is drawn to the pathways in this space, linking zones and inviting people to explore. What was once an awkward, uninviting garden is now an outdoor area that feels connected to the family home, and is a low-maintenance, comfortable area that everyone can enjoy.
Extension of what we created on the inside of the house
"Our back garden before Terra Forás was a basic, bland, new build garden. We are a very sociable family who loves to entertain and we wanted the garden to be an extension of what we created on the inside of the house. This specifically included individual areas but for them to still feel connected. Adam took onboard my limited requirements but ultimately we trusted him to create a garden for us that was sociable, has year round interest and provide much needed softness in keeping with the surrounding landscape.Ultimately, Terra Forás has created a garden for us to use and enjoy and it will only get better as time goes on. "
"When we returned to Aberdeen from London after twenty two years, we left behind a really nice garden which we had developed once the kids stopped playing football. While we liked our new house very much, the garden was a major disappointment. It was a small town plot, which we couldn’t change.....
"We needed to undertake a major overhaul of our garden once our house was built. We did not really have a ‘vision’ and needed someone with the expertise in both design and knowledge of flora and fauna.....
"When we contacted Terra Foras our city centre back garden was overgrown, uneven, difficult to keep on top of and lacked a decent seating area. It was desperately needing a makeover on a big scale, so we knew we needed to get the professionals in.....
“Our garden was looking uncared for due to the structure of the garden making it difficult. It wasn't suitable to give our children the freedom to play in it with some features making it unsafe. We also didn’t have the time needed, to maintain it properly as it was.....
"It was Terra Foras’s design led approach and innovative thinking that attracted us to them. We hoped the garden redesign would create a visually exciting and very useable external space. This has, without question, been achieved.....
"When we returned to Aberdeen from London after twenty two years, we left behind a really nice garden which we had developed once the kids stopped playing football. While we liked our new house very much, the garden was a major disappointment. It was a small town plot, which we couldn’t change.....
"We needed to undertake a major overhaul of our garden once our house was built. We did not really have a ‘vision’ and needed someone with the expertise in both design and knowledge of flora and fauna.....
"When we contacted Terra Foras our city centre back garden was overgrown, uneven, difficult to keep on top of and lacked a decent seating area. It was desperately needing a makeover on a big scale, so we knew we needed to get the professionals in.....
“Our garden was looking uncared for due to the structure of the garden making it difficult. It wasn't suitable to give our children the freedom to play in it with some features making it unsafe. We also didn’t have the time needed, to maintain it properly as it was.....
"It was Terra Foras’s design led approach and innovative thinking that attracted us to them. We hoped the garden redesign would create a visually exciting and very useable external space. This has, without question, been achieved.....