The solution was to construct a super-simple space with raised beds, a handmade timber bench, some key specimen plants and good lighting using a range of colours and high quality materials.

We matched the interior materials palettewhich included walnut floors, a creamy buff composite for the work surfaces in the kitchen and chocolate buff soft furnishings by employing a similar theme outside.

The limestone paving matches almost exactly the work tops, the timber bench and storage unit match the timber floors inside and the raised beds are limewashed a pale 'donkey' colour and the handmade tongue and groove fencing and slatted trellis are painted 'peat' to match the internal walls and furnishings.

The plants includes some structural plants including a Tasmanian tree fern and a banana, mixed with black stemmed bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra), Buxus balls, an evergreen grass (Stipa arundinacea) and a mix of summer perennials and grasses.