The Accessible Garden

I provided two designs for this project in response to the design brief, ‘make the garden accessible for all the family including a power wheelchair user’.

Both options include;

• An upper terrace area for a morning cup of tea, with a main entertaining terrace in the lower garden.

• Space for a barbeque, outdoor sofa, and dining area

• A ramp leading down to the garden office.

• A sculpted lawn to minimise the need for retaining walls whilst providing accessible space for all the family.

The 3D design software I use makes this sort of complicated technical design relatively easy for me to produce and much easier for clients to visualise than 2D plan images.

Ramp option:

This option uses a series of carefully calculated ramps to provide safe access to the lower garden.

Lift option:

This option incorporates a discrete lift to provide access to the lower garden.

I also added a retractable garden canopy to enable the garden to be used in all weathers.