Small gardens

shapes, which are particularly effective when viewed from the upper floors of the house

Garden design ideas for a small private garden

The Millboard boardwalk is laid flush with the reclaimed York stone paved area by the house and they share the same soft, beige tones, for a seamless sense of flow. The vivid blues of Campanula persicifolia and Geranium Rozanne (= ‘Gerwat’) leap out against the rich-green foliage

How to create a mini meadow in your garden

Mary Keen’s greenhouse is cleverly positioned to form part of the circuit around the garden; you can admire her collection of pelargoniums by walking right through it. The path here is lined with jewel-coloured dahlias and the tall, luminous-blue Salvia patens ‘Guanajuato’ emerging from clouds of Erigeron annuus.

Inside Mary Keen’s immersive, atmospheric, compact garden

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 small garden

The deep beds are crammed with a complex tapestry of perennial interest, with an emphasis on foliage that ranges from the fresh, grassy growth of Hakonechloa macra to the deep-plum leaves of Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’.

Planting for a dry and shady urban garden

Designer Emily Erlam has created a gentle journey along a plum-coloured brick path that winds its way via intimate seating areas among a mass of evergreens and shrubby trees underplanted with perennials, grasses and bulbs.

How to create an inner-city minimalist garden

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Small garden ideas: Andy Sturgeon's urban garden

Takefue ryokan garden, Kumamoto Prefecture, Minamioguni-machi, Japan

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Erik Funneman garden, Amsterdam

How designer Erik Funneman maximised space in a small city garden

Ula Maria garden in east London

A small east London garden with a characterful and relaxed design by Ula Maria

Alasdair Cameron's small garden with green foliage in London

A tranquil urban sanctuary in central London designed by Alasdair Cameron

Harris Bugg small garden in St John's Wood

A small garden designed by Harris Bugg Studio

A south London garden designed by Sheila Jack

An elegant retreat in a small garden in London

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