The straight garden path sets the direction immediately. It runs between the manor house and the modern wellness area, passing clipped hedge masses and narrow planting bands that hold the route in place. The layout is clear without feeling bare: brick, white wall sections and deep green planting stay in view as you move along the line of the garden. In this clean modern garden design, the circulation itself becomes the main feature.<\/p>\n
Seen from the side, the straight garden path reads as a deliberate cut through the planting. Its hard line contrasts with the softer edges of grasses and low perennials near the borders. The route is framed by formal trimmed hedges that rise at different heights, so the eye keeps shifting between open passage and enclosed green edges. The result is a garden that is organized by movement, not by ornament.<\/p>\n
Those layered green structure elements are not placed as a single hedge wall. They step forward and back, creating pockets of space and narrow viewing corridors. Rounder hedge shapes sit beside more rectangular volumes, and the repetition of clipped forms gives the planting its rhythm. Between them, the ground plane remains legible, which keeps the garden easy to read even when the greenery becomes dense.<\/p>\n
Along the garden route, the paving is laid in a geometric paving pattern that reinforces the straight geometry of the plan. The surface changes subtly beside the beds, where the hard edge of the path meets looser planting and small grass areas. In some views, the paving runs right up to the green masses; in others it is separated by a thin strip of planting. That shift gives the garden a measured, layered appearance rather than a single flat terrace.<\/p>\n
The materials stay restrained. Stone-toned paving, clipped hedge forms and the brick-and-white architecture keep the palette compact, while the plant structure does most of the visual work. The straight lines of the paving also connect the different parts of the site, so the eye can travel from the manor house toward the wellness building without interruption. The route is simple, but the surrounding composition makes it feel deliberate.<\/p>\n
Metal edging appears in the more built parts of the garden, especially near the wood deck with metal borders. The dark lines hold the deck area neatly against the planting and give the timber surface a clear boundary. From there, the deck leads into the larger garden composition, where the same disciplined handling of edges returns in the paving and hedge lines. Nothing drifts; every surface has a defined end.<\/p>\n
The deck itself sits apart from the main path but remains part of the same sequence. Timber boards run in long directions, and the metal borders keep the perimeter crisp against the surrounding greenery. Near the edge, compact plants and grasses soften the transition, but the geometry stays visible. That contrast between wood, metal and foliage repeats the logic of the rest of the garden: clean lines first, then planting placed to sharpen them.<\/p>\n
The formal trimmed hedges do more than border the route. They divide the garden into smaller rooms and create partial screens between the open lawn, the paved line and the built structures. Some hedge masses are rounded, others more box-like, and that variation gives the planting a layered profile when viewed from the house or from the wellness side. The garden feels assembled from pieces that fit together through height and spacing.<\/p>\n
In several views, the hedge structure sits in front of a back layer with a more textured fill, including stacked wood or stone-like material. That backdrop adds depth without taking attention away from the foreground planting. It also strengthens the sense of enclosure, especially where the hedges rise higher than the eye level of the path. The planting is not decorative filler; it is the framework that shapes the route.<\/p>\n
The contrast between the building materials and the garden is easy to read. Brick surfaces and white architectural elements form a sharp backdrop for the green volumes, while the clipped hedge forms echo the straight lines of the architecture. The result is a consistent visual language across the site, with the garden extending the same order found in the buildings. Even the round hedge shapes feel controlled rather than soft, because they are placed within a strict layout.<\/p>\n
From the terrace and adjacent walkways, the garden opens and closes in stages. A broad path in one view becomes a narrow passage in another, and the planting changes from low border growth to taller screens. That variation keeps the clean modern garden design from becoming static. Instead, it moves from one compact scene to the next, always held together by the straight route and the clipped edges that define it.<\/p>\n
Image by Annick Vernimmen.<\/p>\n
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