The Full Monty

to interview the architect Rick Mather about his garden. Mather (who died in 2013) had a roof garden stylishly and thoughtfully laid out as befitted one of London’s leading architects. Yet, although the rainwater was cleverly recycled and the entire building reconstructed so the roof garden was exactly as he wanted it, I was surprised to discover that he had no irrigation system. All his watering was done by hand, with a watering can – and the garden was big,