The award-winning garden designer is using inspiration from the natural springs at Falls Farm in Northamptonshire – the home of the Warner’s Distillery. Said to be built 'on rock and water', the naturally occurring springs and aquifers of Falls Farm inspired a playful and imaginative water feature, that appears and disappears throughout the garden.

Regionally-sourced natural stone and materials will anchor the design which contains a complex cantilevered roof and supporting structure. Oxford-based artist, Wendy Newhofer, is creating bespoke, hand crafted glass panels which will feature a blue tint created from copper reacting with the glass – inspired by the distillation process that takes place at the farm.

Taking inspiration from the linear terracing of the old Manor House, garden, and rural landscape at Falls Farm, an enclosure has been designed for relaxed entertaining with views to the wider landscape beyond and underpinned by subtle, textural planting.

The garden will feature planting such as Juniperus Communis - an evergreen conifer which has berries that are used to flavour gin; Crataegus Persimilis 'Prunifolia' - a broad-leaved cockspur thorn; mixed native hedging - an important part of English countryside and Rosmarinus officinalis – which will be used on site to garnish gin and tonics.

The garden will provide a relaxed space for socialising and engaging with family and friends, and central to the design is an impressive sheltered courtyard referencing the tranquil setting of Falls Farm. Situated on Main Avenue, the garden’s central column will include elements of copper and water inspired by the internal process that occurs in 'Curiosity' - the still that creates the six famed Warner’s gin variants.

Plant list

Shady planting

Sunny planting

Trees

Hedges

Wildflowers & Hedgerows

Plants on the Roof and Building