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Gardens have always helped city dwellers create a feeling of home and connection to the environment. Even the smallest gardens are often multipurpose spaces for growing and leisure. From a Tudor knot garden to a modern green roof, our gardens reflect centuries of social change, fashion and innovation.



Functional and practical garden
A garden where every plant has its use, whether for medicine, household chores or eating.
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Bold and colourful garden
A garden with a greenhouse, full of carpet bedding and glorious colour.
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Green roof
A garden for the future, with plants that thrive in limited soil and water.
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Shiv Ji, 2023
Chila Kumari Singh Burman’s illuminated commission on our green roof depicts Shiva the Destroyer.
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