North London Mews Garden Design, Camden

A garden for a mews house in Camden, North London; Alexandra’s design comprises an informal layout with focal tree viewable from the windows of the client’s music studio. The brief called for a garden that felt tranquil and private despite its urban setting, softening the hard architectural lines of the property's blackened timber extension.

The planting scheme combines perennials, biennials, evergreens, annuals and bulbs to give year-round interest, from spring cherry blossom and tulips through to structural foliage plants like cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) and wingthorn rose (Rosa sericea). An informal, wildlife-friendly approach to the borders - blending species such as Thalictrum and Euphorbia - brings texture and movement to a relatively narrow garden footprint.

Hard landscaping was kept deliberately monochrome, using a restrained material palette to complement the existing timber cladding.