London

Grosvenor Square Gardens

One of Professor Nigel Dunnett's final completed projects will open to the public this month in London

Grosvenor Square in London, one of the final finished projects that Professor Nigel Dunnett worked on, will reopen to the public this month.

Tom Stuart-Smith Jellico Gardens

Tom Stuart-Smith's Jellicoe Gardens in King's Cross

Tom Stuart-Smith's new public creation – Jellicoe Gardens – is now open, completing a series of Islamic-themed gardens, all across the King's Cross area of London.

The layered planting in the large bed obscures the seating area from view. A path, softened by mats of Ophiopogon planiscapus, Soleirolia soleirolii and Viola hederacea, slows down the journey to the end of the garden

How to create a Japanese-inspired modern small garden

Designer James Aldridge has transformed a dilapidated south London garden using layers of planting and hard landscaping to soothing effect. Words Annie Gatti. Photographs Rachel Warne.