This little garden (5m x 6m) in Chiswick in West London faces South and had tons of potential. But it was crying out for some love and attention. Our client had just finished carrying out major works and she had created a lovely light kitchen/ dining room. Now she wanted to be able to continue her entertainment space outside but she also wanted to keep the garden simple and elegant rather than super-contemporary.

The garden is small so we decided that it would appear large if the space was broken up to two distinct areas. As our client did not want anything too angular or geometric, we created a sweeping curved old stock brick wall leading off the dining area by the kitchen.

"The garden is small so we decided that it would appear large if the space was broken up to two distinct areas."

We decided to make the hard landscaping palette of greys and buffs. The paving is a mix of grey sands tone and grey granite setts which contrast well with the buff/yellow of the old stock brick walls of the raised beds.

"The finishing touch are three hand thrown english stoneware pots commissioned specially for the garden."