The Calor Garden is a modern, urban space, using contemporary and recycled materials, the garden’s fluid, organic layout however takes inspiration from nature. The garden is designed to show Calor’s new portable grill off to it’s best advantage as a modern, fun, dynamic and portable product. The garden is suited to a range of lifestyles and ages, with the emphasis on fun and enjoying the outdoors. Two patio areas are encircled and linked by a sinuous wall, the wall undulates in height providing informal seating and an outdoor kitchen area.
The larger patio, two inter-twining deck circles is primarily a space for cooking, eating and entertaining, the smaller, including a circle of grass, provides a quiet, secluded space for relaxing. A series of colourful, fun, flag like timber uprights weave through the garden around the patio areas, they echo the colours of the natural planting and provide screening both within the garden and from neighbouring gardens. To complete this unique space, boundary fences and a bespoke water feature are constructed from panels of recycled corrugated steel.
Linda McKeown
With an interest in architecture and the ‘built environment’ and a passion for plants, Linda gained qualifications in horticulture and garden design and has since forged a career in garden design. For the past 14 years she has been designing unique, dynamic gardens for private, public and commercial clients. Linda is based at Woodlawn Garden and Lifestyle. “Plants are the main inspiration and motivation for my designs, combining plants and exciting materials to achieve simple, contemporary form in the garden”. The same attention to detail is given to every design, Linda works closley with clients and contractors from concept through to completed design. Design and planting is tailored to the building’s architecture, surrounding landscape and client’s lifestyle. Linda is a pre-registered member of both the Society of Garden Designers and the GLDA, the leading member organisations for garden designers in the UK and ROI respectively. Linda has staged show gardens in Belfast and Dublin and has had designs accepted for show gardens at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. Linda has featured in television programmes for the BBC and in the local press.
Source: Bloom – Calor Gas Garden | Small Gardens | Bloom 2013
