An uninspiring garden needed a new identity. This was the challenge that brought the homeowners to landscape architect Christiane von Burkersroda and her practice CvB – Gartendesign. In 2020, she collaborated with the clients to develop a Scandinavian garden concept—an approach perfectly suited to this setting. Nordic gardens embody understated elegance: they are clean and refined, yet never stark, and carefully maintained without appearing formal. Spanning 300 m², the garden draws inspiration from the driveway's striking mosaic surface, where clinker, marble, ceramic, natural stone, and glass blocks converge. This material palette carries through into the garden design. Reclaimed granite slabs form stepping stones leading to a new terrace with an Ipé wood deck, framed by boulders and globe pines that anchor the seating area.

The design echoes the house's sloping roof lines, with the building itself dictating the material vocabulary throughout. Inside, an array of flooring materials coalesce into a unified whole. Outside, the garden spaces are defined through a thoughtful layering of boulders, reclaimed granite slabs, gravel, wood, and lawn—each material working to articulate different zones.

A pergola structure extends the conservatory's axis, its angled geometry echoing the building's own orientation. Climbing wisteria continues this dynamic line, as does the wooden deck itself. A granite trough fountain, strategically placed behind a crab apple, draws the gaze from the dining area through an opening in the wall and into the garden beyond. The redesigned garden centre embraces the openness and luminosity of modern Scandinavian design. A wooden deck platform forms the core, elegantly framed by delicate perennials, translucent ornamental grasses, boulders, and globe pines—a composition that is both intentional and effortlessly natural.

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Photography Credits:

Christiane von Burkersroda