Set against the classic architecture of a period home in Primrose Hill, this front garden is a lesson in restraint, rhythm, and refinement. Designed to complement rather than compete, it quietly frames the building’s historic charm while introducing a contemporary language through clean lines and bold plant forms.

At the heart of the scheme, a trio of multi-stemmed Acer palmatum anchors the space. With their sculptural trunks and delicately layered foliage, they draw the eye upward — providing year-round elegance and seasonal drama. These living sculptures are the undisputed stars, offering both lightness and depth as they shift with the seasons.

Beneath them, a tapestry of evergreen grasses weaves movement into the design, softened further by low mounds of dwarf Pittosporum, their rounded forms echoing the garden’s quiet geometry. This underplanting brings texture and subtle colour variation throughout the year, ensuring the space never feels static.

Opposite, clipped Taxus cubes provide grounding contrast — their dense, dark structure a bold counterpoint to the airy acers. It’s this tension between solid and soft, natural and refined, that gives the garden its quiet power. Nothing shouts, but everything is intentional.

Materials were chosen to blend seamlessly with the home’s architectural detailing, and the layout ensures ease of movement while maintaining a sense of sculpted calm. The result is a garden that enhances curb appeal, yes — but more importantly, one that creates a moment of pause, a composed welcome, and a timeless first impression.

Across from the wide open greenery of Queen’s Park in North London, a garden quietly rebels. Sleeping Beauty is less a designed space and more a whispered invitation — a celebration of nature left to dream for itself. Created between 2015 and 2016, this intimate city plot embraces the idea of controlled wildness, where structure exists only to frame the chaos of untamed growth.

Self-seeding cottage garden favourites and edible plants jostle for space in a joyful, anarchic blend of form and fragrance. Here, foxgloves spring up where they please, poppies dance between courgettes, and sweet peas twine themselves through anything willing to offer support. It’s a garden that evolves daily, unapologetically seasonal and wonderfully alive.

Rustic timber pergolas rise like weathered sculptures, shading Himalayan daybeds — an unexpected nod to faraway places, tucked among English flora. A winding path of worn sandstone setts gently guides you through the space, encouraging slow discovery. At its heart, a bespoke seating area built from reclaimed jarrah railway sleepers offers a place to sit among the colour and texture, surrounded by the hum of bees and the soft creak of climbing plants.

In clever touches, mirrors are placed throughout — not simply decorative, but designed to catch and bounce light into shaded corners, stretching the illusion of space in this compact urban plot. They offer reflections not just of the garden, but of the gardener’s philosophy: that nature, when trusted, creates its own kind of poetry.

Sleeping Beauty isn’t just a garden — it’s a love letter to the imperfect, the evolving, and the free.

In the quiet residential heart of Chiswick, The Lawn Lounge is a contemporary garden that blends modernity with softness, precision with romance. It’s a space designed for daily living, for quiet lounging, for summer lunches and the simple pleasure of stepping barefoot onto grass.

At its core, a mint sandstone terrace anchors the space — cool-toned and understated, it offers the perfect contrast to the warm wood tones of a bespoke L-shaped cedar bench, complete with hidden storage. It’s the kind of detail that defines this garden: practical, yes, but crafted with a sense of elegance and ease.

Above, trailing jasmine spills over trellises and softens the structural lines of the terrace with scent and movement. To the rear, a secondary terrace sits shaded beneath four parasol Morus alba, providing a dappled retreat on hot days and adding an architectural rhythm to the garden’s flow.

The lawn itself is wide and lush — not simply a transition space, but a central element. It invites picnics, play, and barefoot walks from one end of the garden to the other. Along the edges, powder-coated fibreglass planters bring structure and colour, anchoring the planting and adding visual interest throughout the year.

This is a garden where form meets function in the most beautiful of ways. Calm, clean, and quietly luxurious, The Lawn Lounge is a space designed for real life — for slow mornings, scented evenings, and everything in between.

In the heart of historic Bath, behind the honeyed stone facades of Prior Park Buildings, a once-forgotten courtyard has blossomed into a secluded garden escape — a space defined by texture, intimacy, and the careful collision of order and overgrowth.

What began as a dull, unloved outdoor area is now a richly layered garden, alive with climbers, containers, and perennials in full, expressive bloom. Raised beds were crafted to honour the local architectural vernacular, while generously sized pots and troughs bring greenery to eye level, softening the rigid boundaries of walls and paving. Atop the utility structure, a green bin roof quietly supports pollinators and contributes to the lushness that now defines the space.

Evergreen jasmine and vigorous wisteria lead the charge up the walls, their twisting stems and fragrant blooms bringing structure and scent. In between, hydrangeas swell with colour, while erigeron spills from cracks and crevices, giving a feeling of natural abundance. Geranium ‘Rozanne’ weaves through the scene with its signature violet-blue flowers, stitching the space together in a wash of soft continuity.

A Japanese maple and tree ferns add vertical interest and dappled shade, while pittosporum and other shade-tolerant evergreens anchor the design. Terracotta pots, aged to perfection, cluster like a still life on the edges of the terrace — each one part of the narrative of time, care, and the slow magic of growing things.

In this garden, there’s a sense that nature is not being tamed, but welcomed — allowed to weave its way through every crevice, encouraged to settle and stay. The result is a true city retreat: a hidden, heartfelt tangle of petals, pots, and possibility.

This garden doesn’t ask you to choose between stillness and celebration — it invites both, effortlessly. Summer Oasis is exactly that: a multi-sensory terrace garden designed to host laughter, solitude, reflection, and delight — sometimes all in a single evening.

Set on a large decked terrace built entirely from reclaimed timber boards and aged oak beams, the garden flows between spaces: from the outdoor bar where a pizza oven glows warmly, to the sunken firepit where evenings linger long into the night. At the far end, under softly billowing netted sails supported by eucalyptus poles, bespoke lounge chairs invite an afternoon doze or quiet conversation.

Field maples and pinus trees flank the garden, adding structure and softness. Beneath them, climbers spill down walls — Californian lilac, star jasmine, and the richly scented chocolate vine — creating vertical rivers of green. The hot tub, discreetly nestled beneath wisteria and blush roses, becomes a cocoon of comfort, perfectly placed for stargazing.

A long tressil dining table stretches down one side of the terrace, ready for alfresco dinners and spontaneous gatherings. Every material choice speaks of age and purpose — a garden built not just to impress, but to last.

Beyond the terrace, a rewilded meadow begins — untamed and low-slung, it meanders gently into the horizon, blurring the lines between designed space and natural landscape. Here, as the sun dips low and the shadows lengthen, time seems to slow. The Summer Oasis becomes what all great gardens strive to be — a place where every hour feels well spent.

High above the bustling streets of Notting Hill Gate lies a garden most wouldn’t know exists. Tucked away from the hum of the city, the Portobello Sky Garden, affectionately named Olive & Bloom, is a secret sanctuary that floats serenely in the London sky.

Inspired by the fragrant, sun-drenched landscapes of the Mediterranean, this rooftop retreat captures a rare sense of escapism. Olive trees, their silvery leaves rustling gently in the breeze, anchor the space with a grounded sense of age and wisdom. Around them, a dreamy palette of lavender, birch, and jasmine mingles with airy hydrangeas, softening the edges and casting gentle movement across the garden. It’s a place where the seasons shift slowly, and the scent of crushed herbs and blooms lingers in the warm air.

The planting is as much about atmosphere as it is about ecology — agapanthus and drifts of Geranium ‘Rozanne’ add swathes of seasonal colour, while Choisya ‘Aztec Pearl’ glows in sunlit corners, reflecting light back into the space. Climbing jasmine and trailing clematis tumble over pergolas, blurring the line between sky and structure.

Designed not just for beauty but for serenity, this garden is a quiet antidote to the noise below. Every element, from the reclaimed stone pavers underfoot to the bespoke planters lining the terrace, contributes to a sense of intentional calm. It is a garden built not to impress, but to soothe — a place where London becomes a distant hum and nature takes centre stage.

Nestled beside the grand leafy expanse of Regent’s Park in NW1, the Porters’ Lodge is a subtle yet striking example of sustainable garden design in an urban context. This project celebrates the harmonious integration of architecture and landscape, drawing attention not through bold colour or ostentation, but through a quiet, organic dialogue with its surroundings.

Clad in natural oak, the building nods to tradition while embracing contemporary minimalism. The oak’s texture softens the building’s edges, allowing it to sit comfortably against the park’s historic backdrop. But the real magic is overhead — a lush green roof teeming with life, floating above the structure like a living canopy. Planted with a mix of drought-tolerant sedums, native wildflowers, and grasses, the roof doesn’t just look beautiful — it also supports biodiversity, aids in rainwater management, and insulates the building beneath.

At street level, the Lodge’s garden blends seamlessly with its environment. The planting scheme champions native species and low-maintenance perennials that enhance ecological value while remaining resilient throughout the year. Every detail, from the material choices to the planting palette, was selected with sustainability in mind. This is not a garden that shouts for attention — it’s one that earns it quietly, through enduring natural beauty and thoughtful design.

In a cityscape where green space is more precious than ever, the Porters’ Lodge offers a glimpse into a greener, smarter future — one where nature isn’t an afterthought but the starting point.