IN BRIEF
What Family garden with wildlife corridor, designed to peak in sprin and autumn, and to screen the house from flats beyond.
Where London
Size 19m x 10m.
Soil Loamy clay.
Climate Temperate, northwest facing garden.
Hardiness zone USDA 9.
Among the many benefits of urban living, privacy is rarely top of the list. Those lucky enough to have gardens often find themselves overlooked, with the all-too-frequent result that the space goes unused – it's hard to relax if you feel observed. So it was at this project in Brockley, south London, where a block of flats to the rear looked directly on to the
