A compact, considered garden set apart from the main property, where Caithness paving and an Ipe hardwood deck create a genuine sense of retreat behind high-level cedar screening.
Introduced via Nick Burton, this project centred on a garden room already in place and used as a home-office space. The brief was to make the rest of the space somewhere genuinely nice to be — small in footprint, but rich in character.
With the garden room already doing the practical work, the challenge was purely one of atmosphere: a garden that felt intimate and considered rather than an afterthought.
Caithness paving runs across the surfaces, paired with an Ipe hardwood deck and a matching Ipe planter for warmth and texture. High-level western red cedar screening gives privacy from neighbours, and planting fills in around every edge.
Circus Lane is one of Edinburgh's most popular narrow lanes, and access was the real test of the build — parking and deliveries had to be carefully scheduled to keep everything moving.
Intimate, intricate, refined — a garden with a very clear sense of place.
