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Most UK gardens are shaped around a handful of summer gatherings and then ignored for the other 340 days. An argument for designing the small garden around ten minutes on a wet Tuesday evening instead — one good seat, light that works, planting that doesn't need a rota, and a route you can use in the rain.
Some of the best features in a British garden belong to somebody else. Here's how to borrow a view — a church spire, a stand of beeches, a distant ridge — and frame it so your plot feels twice the size without moving a single fence panel.
A compact plot is not a design problem to be apologised for. These twelve practical moves use zoning, vertical planting, storage and light to help a garden under 40m² work harder and feel far more generous. Includes a before-and-after example from a 34m² UK plot.