Although you often hear about a garden that was ‘a blank slate’ and ‘a dream to design’, it’s usually easier to work with one that has a few existing elements to factor in. This was certainly the case for Lucy Conochie and Jane Heather, who helped turn a small North London courtyard into a garden that suited both its location and the needs of their client perfectly.
“It’s tiny but it was such an interesting little space,” recalls Lucy of the courtyard, which is a literal stone’s throw from Primrose Hill. “The lovely thing about the garden is that it has