
Outdoor Kitchen Garden Design and Build in Lancashire
The brief for this project was to create a luxury outdoor living space and garden design that complemented this truly beautiful property in Lancashire. Our clients wanted a garden design that would ‘wow and excite’ their visitors, while remaining functional with different zones for relaxing and socialising.
The design spec was to include a high-end outdoor kitchen, with a covered area with heating to ensure the space could be used all year round. The locality of the property is semi rural, and in order to achieve a slick minimalist garden design, careful attention was needed to the balance of materials and planting within the proposed garden design.
We employed a subtle blend of softer planting and hedging towards the garden boundaries whilst using the horizontal plane and hard standing spaces to achieve the functional usable spaces.
We zoned the garden design into separate functional rooms each with their own distinct design. This included:
The outdoor kitchen housed an outdoor fridge and barbecue built into a granite work surface. The kitchen includes industrial pendant downlights for food preparation and cooking into the evening for guests. The outdoor structure has a sedum roof which is beneficial to wildlife and also slows the flow of rain water through the structure. The structures contain a series of drains which work excess rain water through to the planted area beneath.
A Zen meditation space that was simple and uncluttered where a swing chair could be placed for reflection.
A dining area with seating for ten guests, close to the kitchen which allows clear access to the kitchen for dinner parties and family get-togethers.
A lounge area, with a contemporary lounge set and coffee table, close to the property that serves as a reflection point and evening entertainment area.
A subtle lighting scheme was installed, so that the garden was gently lit in the evenings, to draw the eye to garden highlights. We selected a Collingwood lighting system, that is controlled via IOS app.
A floating yellow balau hardwood bridge was used to join the two separate areas of the garden, while leading the eye carefully through to the outdoor building and sedum-covered structure to the rear of the landscape. The floating bridge feature covers an infinity pool that houses aquatic plants and a cascade water feature that is also controlled by IOS app.
Simplicity is so often the key to good garden design, and it became clear that an uncluttered material palette would achieve the desired outcome. The garden design is a combination of yellow balau timber decking, deep grey porcelain and powder coated steel, with the remaining textures being made up of evergreen hedging, softer meadow planting and a sedum roof.
We employed a subtle blend of softer planting, mainly native indigenous types, supplied in a meadowmat format that is quick to install and great for the environment and biodiversity.
Other features of the garden design include corten steel bowls which can perform two separate functions; they may be filled with water to reflect the sky above, adding extra light to the garden design. Or they can simply be filled with logs and burnt on an evening to stave away bugs whilst watching the evening sun going down.
