This is a very small city garden on a windy site. Our brief was to create some practical, easy to use space. This was done by removing 80 tons of topsoil to reduce the garden level. Now that the garden is much lower than the existing level, the wind has less of an effect when sitting outside. It blows over head, making the garden a real suntrap.

Reclaimed brick walls were built to retain the remaining soil and to create new planting beds. The built in seat at the back is made from cedar and all the paving is oatmeal granite. Another cedar bench seat was built near the house for morning sun.

The planting consisted of semi mature to mature olive trees and the backdrop are carpinus fastigata, 'pyramidalis'. The smaller plants are a mixture of grasses and blue and purple colour.