You may also like<\/strong><\/p> The clients, a couple with three young boys, very much wanted the latter. \u201cThey wanted colour and lightness and a space they could all use,\u201d says Jack. A new architect-designed garden room also had to be accommodated, and the owners were eager to keep their vegetable<\/a> beds to the rear.<\/p> Taking the house and the modern<\/a>, angular garden room at the opposite end as his starting points, Jack divided the space into a series of zones based around irregular geometric shapes. An existing sunken terrace was retained, with Jack matching the stone for the new barbecue area he created beyond.<\/p> A lush lawn<\/a> \u2013 and another outside the garden room \u2013 provides plenty of space for ball games, but it is in the central planted area, designed as a triptych of \u2018mini meadows<\/a>\u2019, each slightly different, where the garden really comes alive. \u201cI obsessed about the shape of those beds,\u201d laughs Jack. \u201cI grew up in the country and remember how much my siblings and I loved running through the fields, so I wanted to give the boys something to chase around. As the main planted area in the garden, I treated it as a work of art too.\u201d Read more about the garden below.<\/p> KEY ELEMENTS<\/strong><\/p> What<\/strong> Long, narrow city garden. Where<\/strong> South London. Size<\/strong> 6m x 42m. Soil<\/strong> London loam on a clay base. Aspect<\/strong> Southeast-facing. Special features<\/strong> Innovative layout incorporating several seating areas, a vegetable garden and three prairie-planted mini meadows. Designed by<\/strong> Jack Wallington (jackwallington.com<\/a>).<\/p><\/div><\/div> Persicaria amplexicaulis<\/em> \u2018Firetail\u2019 is in almost every bed in the garden. Here it is seen with Geranium \u2018Ann Folkard\u2019 and the seedheads of Allium cristophii. <\/em><\/p> Self-seeded opium poppies and wild carrot are allowed to mingle with the perennial plantings, which include \u2018Little Spire\u2019 and \u2018Green Jade\u2019.<\/p> A window seat in the garden room (designed by Matthew Giles Architects) appears to hover over a bed of Dryopteris wallichiana, Eurybia divaricata<\/em> and Astrantia major subsp. involucrata<\/em> \u2018Shaggy\u2019.<\/p> At the heart of the garden is a triptych of three mini meadows, inspired by prairie planting and natural plant communities. Jack likes the Sanguisorba<\/em> \u2018Red Busby\u2019, which creates a cloud of maroon buttons above the Echinacea pallida,<\/em> Veronicastrum virginicum<\/em> \u2018Diane\u2019 and Persicaria amplexicaulis \u2018<\/em>Firetail\u2019.<\/p> The garden is divided into irregular geometric shapes, which are particularly effective when viewed from the upper floors of the house.<\/p> Read our round up of modern small garden ideas<\/a><\/strong><\/p> A playful design by Jack Wallington for a family garden in south London is all about concealment and discovery \u2013 and for making memories. Words Natasha Goodfellow. 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Top tips for maximising space in a small garden from designer Jack Wallington<\/h3>
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