Homes & Gardens

TROPICAL HAVEN

Not many garden designs start at the Number 65 bus stop, but that was precisely what motivated Tati and Ricardo Lindenberg-Arantes to give their city garden a radical makeover. ‘Double decker buses park right outside our house and anyone sitting upstairs could look straight down on us,’ says Tati.

In addition, the L-shaped garden behind their end-of-terrace house contained an ugly brick garage which

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