The Blue Diamond Forge Garden

Designers

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Alan Roper with the Blue Diamond Group Team Artisan

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Blue Diamond Group

Conquest Creative Spaces 07911 716223, bluediamond.gg

Inspired by the National Trust’s working 15th-century forge at Branscombe in Devon, this garden spreads around a thatched, stone forge where a blacksmith’s equipment and tools can be seen through the open door. A stone wall protects the garden at the front while trees, mainly alder and birch, shelter the back and sides of the building. A stream runs round the perimeter, while inside the wall is a plunge pool, an essential element in the blacksmith’s craft. A stepping stone over the stream leads into an area planted with wildflowers and cottage garden plants, including heleniums and crocosmias, that mimic the fiery tones of the forge’s embers.