Architect’s notes: New house on historic grazing property. “Quiet” architecture. A blend of natural and modern materials. Special features: Recycled timber beams Internal mud brick and stone Wood fired hydronic heating Solar hot water

Simon Burt
Photo of a small and brown rural house exterior in Cornwall with three floors, wood cladding and a pitched roof.

Ben Bull Photography
Design ideas for a medium sized rural back garden in Essex with a fire feature and gravel.

Thomas Dupaigne
Inspiration for a medium sized coastal partial sun house exterior for summer in Bordeaux with decking.

This is an example of a medium sized and red rural two floor render detached house in Berlin with a pitched roof and a tiled roof.

Photo of a medium sized and white farmhouse render house exterior in Stuttgart with a pitched roof.

Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary back full sun garden for summer in Auckland with a garden path and brick paving.

Marie-Caroline Lucat

Diana Harden
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary front full sun garden in Gold Coast - Tweed with a retaining wall.

Medium sized and white farmhouse two floor house exterior in Bilbao with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.

Fruit on one of the dwarf avocado after only one year in the garden. This is an advantage of many of the dwarf fruit tree varieties. They all seem to start producing far sooner than their full sized cousins.

Central paved area where all paths merge. The focal point is a rustic geometric sculpture, which is directly seen when entering the garden. The front rendered and wrought iron steel fence was also a feature of this project. The design of this boundary has been staggered back in sections to provide pockets of planting on the street side, allowing the garden to seep through at various points. This creates a softer appearance from the street as well as from the interior.

Design ideas for a medium sized traditional front formal garden in Valencia with a vegetable patch.

THE LEMON TREE TRUST GARDEN A garden inspired by the resilience, determination and ingenuity of refugees living in Domiz camp in Northern Iraq, was unveiled at the 2018 RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The Lemon Tree Trust garden, designed with the input of refugees, highlighted the unexpected beauty hidden in the camp. The garden was designed to be used as a space to begin to organise the chaos inherent in forced migration, while also providing a sense of normality, wellbeing, peace and civility to broken lives. Beautiful yet drought tolerant planting educated visitors about the type of plants refugees grow in the camp. Ingenious vertical planting, inspired by refugees’ use of everyday objects, and including input from refugees themselves, provided ideas for planting in limited spaces. Trees laden with fruit, including figs, lemons and pomegranates, provided scent and crops to harvest. Brutal, harsh materials, such as concrete and steel, widely available in the camps, were elevated with techniques such as polishing, casting and crafting into patterns and intricate Islamic inspired designs. Colourful and textural planting softened the hard materials. Cooling and calming water flowed throughout the space, collected in channels and pools, recycled and pumped back through the brimming central Islamic inspired fountain, representing the importance of grey water reuse and the many makeshift fountains refugees have built in their own gardens in Domiz camp. Tom Massey progressed to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, with a 10x13m Main Avenue garden, after two successful show gardens at RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. The garden was built by award winning contractor Landscape Associates and was awarded an RHS Silver-Gilt medal. The Lemon Tree Trust supports the development of urban agriculture and greening innovation for refugees and displaced people, promoting food production, well-being and community: lemontreetrust.org Photographs by Britt Willoughby Dyer

Lidia Zitara
Photo of a small rural full sun home for autumn.

The Brixham Garden Office is from our premium quality range of log cabins and offers a very light and airy contemporary space in which to work all year round, or would make the perfect garden gym, or studio for hobbies. The Brixham measures 3.5m x 3m but can be made any size to suit you

milo Minimalist white, light colours
Medium sized scandi living room in London with white walls, light hardwood flooring and beige floors.

japanische Gartengestaltung auf höchstem Niveau in Salzgitter mit Koiteich, Steinsetzungen, Natursteine, japanischen Ahornbäumen, Moos, Buxuskugeln, Karikomi, Dr. Wolfgang Hess, Firma Japan-Garten-Kultur

Wittmann Robert
Inspiration for a medium sized and gey contemporary bungalow house exterior in Munich with wood cladding and a pitched roof.