Curved Elegance: Channel 4 Award-Winning Contemporary Garden in Essex
Before:
- Standard lawn and patio layout lacking flow and design cohesion
- No dedicated home office or functional indoor-outdoor connection
- Limited entertaining space despite client’s hospitality background
- Minimal visual features or focal points
- Absence of integrated storage solutions
- No water elements to enhance ambience or biodiversity
- Planting scheme offering little seasonal variation or softness
After (Delivered by BGR Designs):
- Bespoke curved garden room with hidden storage, luxury finishes, and feature windows
- Staggered clay paver pathway linking soft lawn areas and curated planting
- Outdoor kitchen with polished concrete, integrated storage, and porcelain patio
- Corten steel water feature adding movement, sound, and wildlife appeal
- A harmonious blend of elegance, functionality, and connection to nature
Creating a Channel 4 award-winning garden for our Essex client was an opportunity to blend contemporary design, bespoke craftsmanship, and purposeful functionality. This wasn’t just about aesthetics—it was about reimagining outdoor living for work, leisure, and hospitality.
At the heart of the design is a custom-built curved garden room, purposefully crafted as a stylish home office with hidden storage. Every detail was tailored to enhance the user’s experience: luxurious William Morris wallpaper, exposed birch plywood wall panels, an electric Velux window, a sensor-operated side window, and a bifolding feature window that opens the room to the garden while flooding it with natural light.
At the heart of the design is a custom-built curved garden room, purposefully crafted as a stylish home office with hidden storage. Every detail was tailored to enhance the user’s experience: luxurious William Morris wallpaper, exposed birch plywood wall panels, an electric Velux window, a sensor-operated side window, and a bifolding feature window that opens the room to the garden while flooding it with natural light.
The garden flows effortlessly from the garden room via a staggered clay paver pathway, weaving through pockets of soft lawn and planting that provide texture, colour, and seasonal variety.
With the client’s hospitality background in mind, the main entertaining zone takes centre stage—featuring an outdoor kitchen with polished concrete worktops, integrated storage, and a sleek porcelain patio designed for year-round gatherings.
A Corten steel overflowing bowl water feature completes the sensory experience, its gentle sound attracting birds and wildlife, enhancing biodiversity, and adding a tranquil focal point.
Every element in this garden serves a purpose—whether to work, relax, entertain, or simply connect with nature—resulting in a truly bespoke outdoor space that reflects the very best of contemporary garden design.
With the client’s hospitality background in mind, the main entertaining zone takes centre stage—featuring an outdoor kitchen with polished concrete worktops, integrated storage, and a sleek porcelain patio designed for year-round gatherings.
A Corten steel overflowing bowl water feature completes the sensory experience, its gentle sound attracting birds and wildlife, enhancing biodiversity, and adding a tranquil focal point.
Every element in this garden serves a purpose—whether to work, relax, entertain, or simply connect with nature—resulting in a truly bespoke outdoor space that reflects the very best of contemporary garden design.
