Urban courtyard garden in Kentish Town (NW5)

This Kentish Town garden was redesigned with paved surface and raised beds to make it more suitable for a new dog. Our brief was to provide stylish low maintenance planting that would have an immediate impact.

Much of the planting was evergreen to provide year round interest, and the predominant colour was green to give a serene and lush effect, but with small amounts of pink, purple and white for accent.

We included several elegant Japanese maples in large pots and the fences were clothed with climbers, particularly attractive ivy in the shade and Trachelospermum jasminoides in the sun.

Much of the garden was heavily shaded and in these areas we planted ferns, hellebores, and shade loving grasses and perennials.