A Country Farmhouse Garden near York

A garden for a period brick farmhouse on the outskirts of York, designed to sit easily between the existing house and the open fields beyond. The design responds to the character of the Yorkshire brickwork and the open agricultural landscape that wraps around it.

The garden unfolds across a series of distinct zones. A contemporary timber garden room provides a new architectural presence alongside the farmhouse. A sheltered terrace for dining and a built outdoor kitchen set into a brick wall form the heart of the entertaining area, with quieter seating spaces tucked into the planting at the edges.

A naturalistic perennial scheme of Salvia, Liatris, Nepeta, and ornamental grasses carries the planting through the seasons and softens the boundary between the garden and the surrounding countryside, drawing the landscape inward rather than fencing it out.