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‘Our garden is an unusual shape, forming a triangular point towards the back end and bordering with four neighbours,' says Judith. 'We wanted a low-maintenance coherent planting scheme, with a lot of evergreens so there would be year-round interest. It was important to transform the garden into somewhere we would want to spend our time.

‘Anna Penning-Rowsell designed the planting. We’ve kept established trees and a few of our favourite plants and brought everything together using a scheme of repeating shrubs and grasses. Large pots filled with annuals and evergreens add further interest and colour. Originally we were going to have the horizontal fencing on both sides of the garden but the cost was too prohibitive, so we painted the other fence dark grey to tie in with the house's window frames and the garden furniture. Climbers on both fences grow on stainless steel cables arranged in grids, which are revealed as a modern structural design feature in winter.

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