Country and Modern ; Modern Garden Design has Given a Clean, Contemporary Edge to a Cotswolds Farmhouse, Making a Welcome Change From Traditional Cottage Planting. Mandy Bradshaw Explored How Foliage and Plants Have Been Chosen for Their Contrasting Shapes

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WITH a country setting and an old farmhouse as a backdrop a cottage-style garden would have been the obvious choice for Andrew and Elizabeth Ransom. However, they have a taste for things modern and rather than flower-filled profusion, their garden sports sculptures and clean lines. It has evolved gradually as the Wyck Rissington house, a weekend retreat for 13 years, became their main home only 10 years ago. Major building work forced a rethink on much of the garden's design, but they were able to incorporate many of the mature shrubs and trees.

The style is one of block planting - some beds have a single variety, others combinations of two or three. There's an emphasis on foliage and plants are chosen for their contrasting shapes, or for the way they catch the sunlight, or move in the wind.

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Country and Modern ; Modern Garden Design has Given a Clean, Contemporary Edge to a Cotswolds Farmhouse, Making a Welcome Change From Traditional Cottage Planting. Mandy Bradshaw Explored How Foliage and Plants Have Been Chosen for Their Contrasting Shapes

A difficult north-facing border at the front of the house uses a limited palate of plants. Pyracantha enlivens the walls while purple heuchera and limey Alchemilla mollis are shot through with scarlet campion. Further along there is a section of clipped box and bronze...

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