Homes & Gardens

HOLDING COURT

I LOVE the feeling of enclosure and privacy that a courtyard garden provides – like it’s a secret that one might stumble across. There’s something magical about it.

■ Courtyard gardens really speak to my inner control freak; they are an opportunity to be incredibly precise in the design. In a way they are the hardest gardens to design; everything is on show.

■ You shouldn’t try to do

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