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Project details Size of project: 0.4 ha
Timeline of development: one year
3 ABOUT MAY & WATTS GARDEN DESIGN
Diana May and Mark Watts of May & Watts Garden Design
are passionate about their work, producing creative design solutions for their clients. They are discriminating and discerning in their choices, and subtle and sympathetic in their approach. They understand that their clients are busy people who like to be involved in their projects, but not necessarily in a hands-on fashion, therefore they are fl exible in their work methodology. By paying careful attention to their client’s wishes, and assessing the site, they aim to produce a design solution that is bespoke to the client and garden, offering full or partial project management to ensure realisation of the design.
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40 August 2013 R
iverhill House was bought in 1840 by John Rogers, a scholar, scientist, botanist, Fellow of the Royal Society, friend of Charles Darwin, and one
of the fi rst members of the Royal Horticultural Society. He was a patron of plant hunters and sponsored expeditions to fi nd rare and exotic seeds which he hoped to cultivate at Riverhill
Initial brief
● Garden to have the 'wow' factor ● To reference the historical crop production ● To incorporate existing path, a vegetable garden, and a water feature
● To be attractive when viewed from 'above' the Walled Garden ● Pergola for climbing plants
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– a perfect place to introduce new plants due to its sheltered situation and lime free hillside. These plant hunters went to the Himalayas to bring back plants which can still be seen at Riverhill today.
The estate is managed by Edward (great,
great, great grandson of John Rogers) and his wife Sarah. Four generations of the Rogers family live at Riverhill. In 2011, May & Watts Garden Design was commissioned to design a contemporary scheme for the Walled Garden. The sloping, south facing walled garden is situated in the ‘foothills’ of the property, this genius loci provides the initial inspiration for the design, linking this area with the wider garden. Terraces have been used in the Himalayan foothills for crop production for centuries, and it was these landforms that inspired the new terraces of the Walled Garden, as well as
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