This Rathfarnham garden is an small suburban back garden where the lawn were completely destroyed when a new shed was built. The garden also got drainage issues as well, we later found, under 15 cm topsoil there was a heavily compacted layer of subsoil. Any time when rained the lawn turned into a swamp. We were not only asked to reinstall the lawn, but also to create and implement some simple and practical design which could help resolve drainage problems and also turn the underused back garden into an outdoor living room.
This is a finished project, which was mostly done in February of 2018. Planting was delayed by the Beast from East, but as weather turned back to normal in early March, a spectacular display of plants found their new home in this garden. We used these plants to provide interesting colours and textures all year around in the raised beds. We were encountered the following challenges during this project:

• All materials has to be carried through the hallway and the kitchen as there was no side entrance to the garden.
• Because of it we ordered only necessary materials and aimed to retain all the unwanted topsoil in the back garden by creating two raised beds.
• A small patio was created which catch the late afternoon/evening sunlight, ideal for outdoor activities like barbeques.
• Lawn area was raised above previous level by spreading new topsoil, then installing roll out grass.
• A lower laying area was created with floating stepping stones and pebbles to resolve drainage problems and connect the various elements of the garden (decking, shed, patio)
• Trellises were installed above fencing panels to make garden more enclosed and increase privacy.