In Progress: Contemporary Family Garden, South London

A stylish, contemporary space for a young family to entertain, play and grow. The morning terrace adjacent to the house has a dining table for breakfast and morning coffee with the sun on your back and the sound of the babbling bowl water feature which is a visual focal point throughout the garden. Stepping stones with low growing herbs and ground covering plants which are fragrant when walked on lead you into the central lawn which is an open space amongst the busy yet elegant planting scheme of evergreen and flowering perennials. A cold frame and raised planters give room for some home grown produce and the garden room is screened from neighbouring houses by the pleached hornbeam trees. The evening terrace has lounge furniture and a fire table to extend the gardens use into the evening.