The owner of this estate in Oxfordshire asked for help in redesigning the various spaces immediately surrounding the house, in order to create a more intimate and inviting series of interconnecting garden rooms.

The planting around the swimming pool was designed to be at its best around mid to late summer, when the pool is most likely to be used.

The monoculture of grasses on the banks surrounding the water mill was removed, and a wildflower turf, containing dozens of native species was laid.