The owners of this beautiful detached house in St Johns Wood in North London had carried major renovations to their house and as part of the works had had some work done on the front and rear gardens.

However, they were not happy with the overall finish and specifications, in particular the paving, and asked Charlotte Rowe Garden Design to review the works and advise how they could be re-configured without completely undoing all the works.

The solution was to change the layout of the rear garden, to change the existing stainless steel water feature for something more elegant and in keeping with the house - a hand hued granite water wall by Andrew Ewing uplit with fibre optics and replace the paving with a pale cream portuguese limestone cut in large slabs.

The lighting was also overhauled and in addition to the fibre optics uplighting the water wall, a range of border lights were set under the specimen plants such as the tall bamboos screening the garden from neighbouring properties.

The front garden was also revamped, the paving was changed and the planting was redesigned and simplified.