A creative collaboration

Although set within centuries old bones, the gardens at The Laundry in Llanrhaeadr, Denbigh are fairly young, created from a blank canvas by owners Jennifer and Tom Williams since they took it on in 2008. Regular readers of Period Living may recognise the couple’s sensitive renovation of the Grade II-listed former laundry and dairy, which won our Home of the Year Award 2019, so it will come as no surprise to see the same attention to detail applied to the garden.

Both avid gardeners, Tom and Jennifer created gardens at their previous homes, but the design of The Laundry is their first horticultural collaboration. ‘I have a background in hairdressing, and Tom’s is in design and