Locality and architectural style strongly influences garden style, as does site history. The combination and interplay of elements both hard and soft - their colour, texture, tone, pattern, scale and order - all contribute to the character, attraction, mystique and ultimately the success of an outdoor space.
Putting functionality aside for a moment here we focus and celebrate the sensory - the visual, aural, olfactory and tactile. Just add light and shade...and well constructed detail.