Gatehouse Garden: A Dramatic Black Backdrop for a White Wildflower Meadow

Gatehouse Garden: A Dramatic Black Backdrop for a White Wildflower Meadow



In London’s Stoke Common Nature Reserve, a gatehouse built in the early 1990s sits on three bucolic acres, surrounded by woodlands of ferns, pines, and rhododendrons. Extensively remodeled, the five-bedroom home now has a burnt-wood extension, which acts as a dramatic black backdrop for an entryway courtyard garden. Taking cultural cues from the charred Japanese-style […]


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