View from the garden toward the Black Huf House

Huf House with border of grasses by the window

Looking across a border of grasses to the Huf House

Grasses in a border at the Black Huf House

Grasses and a path in the Black Huf House garden

View of the house with grasses in the foreground

Floral border and patio with table and chairs at the Black Huf House

the black huf haus

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the black huf haus

seer green, buckinghamshire

completed: 2005

client: private

architect: peter huf

size: 2 hectares

photography: helen fickling

This was the first of a number of Huf Haus projects we have worked on. Our clients demolished a house they had lived in for years in order to build their dream home and it was essential to rework their beautiful manicured garden. We had to be incredibly sensitive as there was inevitably a great deal of emotional attachment to plants which had been nurtured for decades. But at the same time we had to be fairly radical or the exercise would be pointless. The initial stages involved much editing of plant material and a great deal of tree surgery.

One of the wonderful features of a Huf Haus is the vast windows which bring the landscape right into the house and we took full advantage of this by bringing planting within touching distance of the glass. It was a delight to work with clients who were both avid gardeners and collectors of sculpture which features throughout.