Well designed outdoor spaces are contributing more than ever to greater social interaction, and our gardens offer the perfect opportunity to create that special, sociable place to enjoy life with family, friends and neighbours.
Although gardening is no longer the top use of our outdoor spaces; the garden is now used more for zoned entertaining places, according to research by Houzz, the leading platform for home renovation and design.
The current ‘staying in is the new going out’ trend may also explain why we Brits are spending more time in the garden, and despite our unpredictable weather, socialising appears to be one of the most enjoyable ways of putting our outdoor spaces to good use.
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Ellen Robinson from Horto explains “Having a well-designed outdoor space for socialising together with entertaining and using the garden as an extension of the home, makes perfect sense. But if we are using our gardens more and more as a social hub, then getting our outdoor space looking and feeling amazing has never been more crucial”.
Ellen adds “Many of our clients imply that outdoor living is as important to them as their indoor spaces. This importance brings with it detailed functionality and design requirements and carefully integrating the Horto Garden Room between the home and garden”
Tim Foggin from York wanted to ensure that his specific design criteria for a garden room were fully met by Horto. Tim explains “my wife and I had spent a lot of time researching and eventually deciding on what we both wanted; essentially creating a superb social space in the garden for our family and friends, which included a full-sized pool table, TV and games area, plus a bar. We’ve recently finished the refurbishment of our home, so it was important that the garden room reflected the link between the house and outdoors, with respect to design, size and position”.
Tim adds “Horto were easily our first choice, because we felt we could trust them to turn our plans into reality. Gary was extremely helpful and supportive from design stages to completion, he was just brilliant. When finished, we welcomed our family and friends for a New Years’ Eve party in the new garden room; their overall response was ‘wow, what an amazing space!’ Horto were truly fantastic from beginning to end”.