Gábor DANYI
Panoramic garden in keeping with its surroundings
Garden of the Year 2008 – Certificate of Special Merit

(Summary)

In this project my aim was to design a panoramic garden on the south slope of Badacsony Hill which would be in keeping in appearance with the surrounding landscape. Since the site is situated on a south facing slope, with a 3-5 % gradient towards southeast, it has plenty of sun. Hard landscaping was carried out in a way that the excess rain water drains from the building through the site operating on the principle of gravity.

The seating, cooking area, placed on the highest point of the garden, was slightly raised to furthermore emphasize the beautiful panorama over the surroundings. This resting area is dominated by an elegantly large, curved seat where the back of the seat is formed by the retaining wall connecting the gardens two levels. A radial pergola was erected above this patio. We used law growing flowering shrubs and herbaceous perennials as partition throughout the garden to give a year around interest but keep and enhance the existing panorama.