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“A welcoming sanctuary for both people and wildlife”

Ian Stallard, London

“It’s a place to socialise, and it’s just magical to be able to sit somewhere like this in the city”

 furniture designer Ian Stallard has created a completely unique garden set across two small plots. One is a roof garden space, screened by birch trees, and the other a calm, shaded yard. Both connect to his company’s design studio, a former print workshop, and since moving here in 2012 he and his partner have set about transforming it into a welcoming sanctuary both for the people who work there and for the myriad wildlife that flocks to this green

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