Verdant Grove
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BACK GARDEN / ILLUSTRATIVE CONCEPT

The Family Grove

Room for everyone. Space to grow.

The Family Grove — illustrative garden concept
Generated illustrative garden scene · imagined for coastal British Columbia

THE IMAGINED BRIEF

A place for
everyday life.

Make an everyday garden with somewhere to eat, an open place to play and planted edges that feel connected to the house.

Setting
A shared rear garden
Light direction
Part shade · subject to site observation
Design intention
Family life
The Family Grove schematic with planting, route and sitting place
Original concept diagram · not measured or to scale

PLANTING / ROUTE / PAUSE

The idea,
from the ground up.

A broad open centre leaves the day-to-day use of the garden flexible. A table sits close to the house, while a planted corner offers a quieter place to read without dividing the garden into isolated rooms.

Vine maple is considered as a small canopy, with the final position guided by its mature spread and the house. Evergreen plants give the boundary structure while flowering currant adds a change of mood in spring.

The plan separates circulation from the planted edge. A real commission would explore how children, visitors and anyone with mobility needs use the space, rather than assuming one route works for everyone.

The Family Grove — illustrative garden concept
A closer crop of the illustrative scene.

THE MATERIAL PALETTE

Details that
settle in.

  • Cedar dining terrace
  • Gravel garden edge
  • Simple timber seating

Materials shown describe the concept. Their specification, sourcing and installation would be agreed for an actual site.

THE LIVING LAYERS

A palette to
begin with.

Explore the plants as inspiration. The final mix depends on measured conditions, available space and care.

Vine maple illustration

Vine maple

Acer circinatum

Red-flowering currant illustration

Red-flowering currant

Ribes sanguineum

Salal illustration

Salal

Gaultheria shallon

Coastal strawberry illustration

Coastal strawberry

Fragaria chiloensis

GROWING WITH THE PLACE

Care belongs in the design.

Agree who will care for each part of the garden. Protect young planting from heavy foot traffic and review tree clearance as it develops.

TAKE THE IDEA FURTHER

Something here
feel like you?

Add this concept to a sample brief. It is a starting conversation, not a finished garden design.

Use this as inspiration
From an idea to an agreed design
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KEEP EXPLORING

Another way
to see the garden.