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Cardiff Full-Scale Garden Transformation

  • Project Type
    Architectural
    Design
    Kitchen
    Garden
  • Location
    Cardiff

A Structured Garden Designed as Outdoor Rooms

Project Overview

This Cardiff project is a full-scale garden transformation, designed to extend the architecture of the home outward and create a series of structured, connected external rooms.

The scheme is built around a strong material palette of Egyptian limestone paving and setts, supplied by London Stone, laid in a detailed herringbone formation. This provides both visual movement and a refined, architectural finish that anchors the entire space.

The layout has been carefully considered to move away from a single open garden into multiple defined zones, each with its own purpose and identity. A central axis draws you through the garden via a framed walkway, formed with bespoke timber structures and raised rendered planters, creating rhythm, scale and progression through the space.

At a lower level, a sunken seating area introduces a more intimate environment, designed for evening use and social gatherings. This is complemented by a dedicated outdoor television area and a separate hot tub zone, allowing the garden to function across different times of day and throughout the year.

Planting has been integrated to soften the architectural elements while maintaining structure. Semi-mature trees have been positioned within raised beds to provide immediate impact, vertical interest, and a sense of establishment from day one.

From a construction perspective, the project has involved extensive groundworks and level adjustments to resolve existing site constraints and improve the relationship between the house and garden. Drainage, thresholds, and long-term performance have been considered throughout to ensure durability as well as visual quality.

The build programme spans approximately five months in total, with the primary construction phase delivered over the first four months. The project is now progressing through its final stages, where detailed finishes, planting, and feature elements are being refined to complete the overall vision.

As the garden evolves, each space will become more defined, ultimately delivering a cohesive, high-end outdoor living environment designed for both everyday use and long-term enjoyment.

“Millard Studio redesigned our kitchen & garden and we are extremely pleased with the results.

For us this was a big project and it was very daunting doing major renovations but Luke and team were very attentive and made us feel that we were in safe hands. Any issues that we had were resolved quickly and satisfactorily. The quality of the work carried out by all the trades involved with the project was exceptional.”

Catherine Joseph

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