We were delighted to create a relaxed setting to these converted farm cottages on the Rudding Park estate in North Yorkshire, providing informal breakout spaces and informal borders to complement the former use of these buildings and their rural setting. The cottages have been developed as two luxury holiday lets and our designs, working closely with the owners of the estate, cultivate a loose enclosed aesthetic through the use of scattered multi-stem trees and billowing planting. The agricultural feel of the site is amplified by the presence of a large barn immediately beyond the gardens, which we allowed glimpses of as a reminder of the rural context, reinforced through our use of traditional stone walling and gates. As the planting matures, the trees will be crown lifted to reveal their sculptural stems.