Urban Courtyard Garden, Angel Islington

This London Urban Courtyard Garden was previously an overgrown, crazy paved 50s garden, with gnomes hidden under ivy clad walls, needed to become a contemporary London courtyard, with an onus on entertaining.

Space was tight and so was the light, being a small and contained courtyard. In answer to this, I introduced an l-shaped raised bed with built-in balau cantilevered seats, which were under-lit, to offer more visual space, whist also acting as the main feature. A built-in 'fire-pit-cum-barbecue' added the extra wow factor for entertaining and keeping. I enhanced the low walls with bespoke, slatted trellis and a feature clad-slatted wall, by the French doors.

The low maintenance, ecological planting was architectural, sculptural and bold, whilst also being mainly evergreen and texturally interesting.

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