How to create a “Hampton Style” garden
In the last year we have had requests for our clients who would like a “Hamptons Style” garden. It’s a trend that we think is timeless. A Hamptons style garden is the perfect investment to your home. These two projects South Coast Landscapes completed, we were influenced by the Hamptons style but our clients were after a modern twist. Our first featured project had a little Illawarra coastal touches as they weren’t too far from the beach. Our second featured project was the more traditional Hamptons which is forever timeless and chic.
What is a “Hamptons” style garden?
A traditional Hamptons style garden is quite large and well thought out. It has a mix of hard landscaping, paving and soft landscaping, grass with plants. It’s clean, uncluttered but yet warm and inviting with loads of greenery and non flowering trees/pants. The Hamptons style is all about the open-plan living, where you can throw the doors open from the indoor living to outdoor living.
The colour scheme
All the natural light reflects off all the crisp whites and natural colour palette. Colour Scheme to reach the optimal Hamptons style is to focus on a refreshing palette of greys, bright whites and natural wood and stones. Blending all of this colour palette together makes the area inviting and easy on the eye.
The texture
A variety of small plants and large trees offer texture to soften the larger paved areas. The large trees can also add some extra privacy from neighbours as mentioned in our blog. It is best to pick rich green leaf plants such as Coastal Rosemary, Magnolias, Gardenias.
Decisions on hard landscaping can make all the difference when achieving the Hamptons style garden. An open crispy white pergola with hardwood decking from HINSON over your entertaining area will add that open-plan living feel.
Paving is where your natural colours are incorporated with the white and grey palette. Choosing the right paver can make all the difference. Travertine pavers are our suggested paver to achieve the Hamptons style. They come in different grades ranging from $50sqm to $100sqm. The shades also vary depending on the look you are after from sandstone browns to light whites. The benefits of travertine pavers is they aren’t slippery when wet, the colour won’t fade and they stay cool in under direct sun, perfect for around a pool.
If you have a pool a glass fence will most suitable to keep the open free style continuing from the indoor to outdoor entertaining areas.
Sandstone is a popular choice to face retaining walls such as we have completed for our client. It also complements the weatherboard cladding on Hampton style homes but adding a touch of coastal to suit the neighbourhood.
Keeping in mind the colour scheme and texture balance of hard and soft landscaping we believe these two feature homes have made a big statement. Our clients love the end results and their vision has been brought to life with our hard-working landscape construction team.
South Coast Landscapes creating Hamptons style gardens
Our expert landscape construction team can create your Hamptons inspired garden with a modern twist. We are a Wollongong based landscaping company that specialize in all landscaping needs. Get in touch with our team today and see how we can help you achieve this look too.