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When Quincy and Lock Kresler moved into their Victorian house in Clapham Old Town with their two young daughters, they knew immediately whom to call to tackle the garden. “We’d worked with Garden Club London at our previous home where they managed to make a lovely garden out of a space that wasn’t much bigger than a patio,” says Quincy. “I knew they had a really good sense of spatial awareness, and I liked how they led with the planting.”

Planting was important to Quincy, whose mother is a horticulturist. “Even though I spent my childhood in the USA, my mother subscribed to English gardening magazines and went to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show every year. I grew up with an understanding of what a good garden should be: not overly manicured,

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