Battening is such a beautiful application whether creating boundaries or cladding walls especially if you are lucky enough to use Canadian cedar. In this project we used battening to conceal high rendered uneven walls over 2 floors, creating planters for trees and herbaceous borders in what was a largely baron environment. The battening with both horizontal and vertical orientations created some stunning effects and unified the scheme including the outdoor kitchen where its use conceals under counter storage.

More often than not it’s a nice detail to emphasis the wooden plugs we use to conceal fixings on benchwork, why conceal them or attempt to hide them when on show it demonstrates the efforts made to create exquisite joinery even in exterior spaces!

Whether you’re planning a garden upgrade or a complete exterior remodelling, Pen & Barrow design and construct transformational landscapes that will redefine your expectation of exterior living. 

So lets begin your garden transformation and start your outdoor adventure…

Heuchera is a staple evergreen for any garden design and provides great ground cover, leaf shape and contrast with many companions. However the choice of Heuchera’s today is vast and as such the leaf and flower (coral bells) colours can become overwhelming…

Loved the image, the honeycomb effect created when drilling out plugs for concealing fixings in our joinery.

A great combo, Artemisia and lysimachia atropurpurea. P&B like!