Chelsea Creek is the pinnacle of sophisticated living, these penthouse collection gardens, featuring stunning contemporary exteriors are London’s most elegant new dockside development, by St George Central London, they are due to be built in Autumn 2014 Following on from the success of her stunning contemporary Rooftop Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2012, Patricia Fox was commissioned by St George to design a series of rooftop gardens for their Penthouse Collection in London. Working alongside Tara Bernerd who has designed the interiors, and Broadway Malyon Architects, Patricia and her team have designed a series of London rooftop gardens, which although individually unique, have an underlying design thread, which runs throughout the whole series, providing a unified scheme across the development. Inspiration was taken from both the architecture of the building, and from the interiors, and Aralia working as Landscape Architects developed a series of Mood Boards depicting materials, features, art and planting. This groundbreaking series of London rooftop gardens embraces the very latest in garden design, encompassing quality natural materials such as corten steel, granite and shot blasted glass, whilst introducing contemporary state of the art outdoor kitchens, outdoor fireplaces, water features and green walls. Garden Art also has a key focus within these London gardens, with the introduction of specially commissioned pieces for stone sculptures and unique glass art. The linear hard landscape design, with fluid rivers of under lit glass, relate beautifully to the linearity of the canals below. The design for the soft landscaping schemes were challenging – the gardens needed to be relatively low maintenance, they needed to stand up to the harsh environment of a London rooftop location, whilst also still providing seasonality and all year interest. The planting scheme is linear, and highly contemporary in nature, evergreen planting provides all year structure and form, with warm rusts and burnt orange flower head’s providing a splash of seasonal colour, complementary to the features throughout. Finally, an exquisite lighting scheme has been designed by Lighting IQ to define and enhance the rooftop spaces, and to provide beautiful night time lighting which provides the perfect ambiance for entertaining and relaxing in. Aralia worked as Landscape Architects working within a multi-disciplinary consultant team which included Architects, Structural Engineers, Cost Consultants and a range of sub-contractors.

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Water blade feature in the Rainforest Concept Garden by Amazon Landscaping and Garden Design Amazonlandscaping.ie 014060004

This flagstone paver pathway winds organically through the granite boulders, concrete bench, and perennial plants such as Seslaria autumnalis (Autumn Moor Grass), Penstemon gentianoides (Gentian Beardtongue), + Rhododendron occidentale (Western Azalea)

While Hummingbird sage stole the show in the bioswale last year, lavender Salvia Clevelandii has come into its own. Photo: Lesly Hall Photography

Manolo Langis Photographer

Rockery staircase stamped concrete patio in foreground. Mixed tree shrub and perennial plantings for seasonal interest. Photos by Josh Leslie

Adam Shepherd

The finished cedar framed grape arbor in late spring, with the grapes well on their way to completely covering the arbor. The arbor provides a cool shaded retreat and doubles as a support for fresh grapes.

Located in Eastport,Long Island, this residence contains a beautiful retaining wall created by our masonry installers using LI glacial boulders. Landscape lighting, including spot lights, well lights as well as path lights, was installed to enhance this design when entertaining after dark.

A basement courtyard garden reached from the first floor via an iron stairway. Shade is provided by a metal arbour, beneath which sits a stone table, urns and metal chairs. Natural flagstones continue the traditional theme and the whole feeling is one of shade and coolness.

Custom designed trellis that provide interest to the side of a home

Megan Maloy www.meganmaloy.com

These Leo Wall Planters of corten steel by Pot Incorporated provide easy access to the strawberries inside. They also serve to make a decorative living wall out of the often unused area along the edges under deck. Sedum groundcovers make a nice carpet next to the path. www.potinc.ca Garden Coaching by Amy Whitworth Stonework by J. Walter Landscape & Irrigation Photo by Joshua McCullough, PhytoPhoto