Generally, small gardens are in urban environments or built into larger projects as courtyards. Small gardens can be a real challenge to create adequate entertaining areas whilst retaining sufficient space for planting and other features. Small gardens, if designed well, will add value to a property as it creates another room and increasingly small gardens in towns and cities are a much needed haven from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

Options range from dramatic garden lighting, clever use of a few specimens, bold use of colour, and planting for privacy. Small gardens were often neglected spaces but as our portfolio shows, these spaces can be transformed into an vital part of the modern home. Small garden designs.