Nicola Stocken
Gardens photographer and writer specialising in magazine features of images and text
A town garden based on a circular theme, featuring a colourful annual display in containers
Summer flowers and tropical plants fill a small town garden, amongst salvage finds and recycled junk
With hidden spaces to chance upon, this long town garden cannot fail to surprise and delight in spring
Two tiny neighbouring town gardens are designed as outdoor living spaces to be enjoyed all summer long
A clever garden layout makes the most of an unusual fan-shaped plot and is enjoyed all year round
A small town family garden, terraced on three different levels, with borrowed views of distant trees
An inspirational tiny town garden laced with spring bulbs planted in containers, beds and borders
A walled town garden where a long rectangular pool reflects flowers from late spring into summer
A winding, decked path between packed borders makes a long narrow summer plot appear wider
Lawn-free suburban garden with autumn borders relaxing onto winding gravel path punctuated by topiary and pots
Summer contemporary town garden of terrace, lawn, mini woodlandand kitchen plot, linked by a curving path
Long, narrow town garden in early summer, a shady, private, secret space with terraces, borders and mystery door
Small, informal town garden with gazebo of spring wisteria, summer flower beds, pool, bridge, lawns and terrace
Town garden in May when collections of hostas and maples fill pots or salvage containers on a patio, pergola, deck
By April, this small London garden of borders, pots, woodland and parterre is full of tulips and spring flowers
Small town garden with early summer pots, terrace, lawn and herbaceous borders of cottage garden style planting