Courtyard Planting Design for a Suffolk Barn Conversion

The brief for this courtyard was a bold, pollinator friendly planting scheme for the owners to enjoy while sitting in the courtyard, and also when viewed from the upper windows of the barn. The scheme uses perennials suited to the hot dry conditions in the central bed, as well as a more formal scheme with grasses and clipped pittosporum against the black barn wall. The old brick walls provide a perfect setting for espaliered fruit trees, complemented by low level planting which spills over the reclaimed paving.