In my experience, a trouble shared might be a trouble dragged out until bedtime, but a garden shared is a garden enjoyed to the full. What is the point in putting in all that work if you can’t share the fruits of your labours with friends and family? The garden – especially in the summer months – is a place to make happy memories, to eat, drink and laugh with our nearest and dearest, who will hopefully admire our efforts and give us a rosy glow.
Gardens that are created with company in mind are the ultimate shared pleasures. If a garden is designed from the outset to allow for dining, for having friends round for drinks of a summer’s evening and family lunches on warm weekends, then that extra dimension makes it even more valuable as an outdoor room than it is from
