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![Sovereign Harbour Garden drawing](/assets/img/content/sovereign-harbour-02.jpg)
![Sovereign Harbour Garden before](/assets/img/content/sovereign-harbour-03.jpg)
![Sovereign Harbour towards house](/assets/img/content/sovereign-harbour-04.jpg)
![Sovereign Harbour Garden Geranium, Persicaria & Heuchera](/assets/img/content/sovereign-harbour-05.jpg)
![Sovereign Harbour Garden Tiarella, Hosta & Astilbe](/assets/img/content/sovereign-harbour-06.jpg)
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![Sovereign Harbour Garden Guara Whirling Butterflies](/assets/img/content/sovereign-harbour-08.jpg)
Sovereign Harbour
I was asked to create a design for a garden in Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne, next door to one I’d worked on some years before. But this was to be very different. Instead of stone slabs or shingle I normally employ, we decided to use a self-bind mineral. This is a fine aggregate that is thickly spread then compressed with a powered ‘whacker’.
We used two distinct colours, pink and sand, separated by flexible aluminium edging, creating a sinuous, curving path leading from the raised patio to a timber store. Oak sleeper raised beds were constructed and these, along with planting pockets, were filled with perennials and compact shrubs, providing year-round interest.