The deeply personal design, inspired
by his memories of growing up on Exmoor and of his journey from
teenage athlete to gardener and designer, is both a recreation and an evolution, with wild looking, stunted oak trees (Quercus pubescens) and rough - hewn sandstone (from a quarry in the Forest of Dean) that gradually metamorphose into a smooth - cut sunken terrace and pool edged
by fully - formed, beautifully composed planting.