The no lawn garden (Blackheath)
A garden design without lawn can make for a pared-back, lower-maintenance space.
Doing away with the monoculture also creates paths that function as all-weather entertaining spaces while leading you to hidden seating destinations.
Before, this garden had a square-ish central lawn with a thin strip of planting around the fenceline.
After, the planting is through the garden, with generous paths leading to a hidden sunlounger and embracing a dining area and a second seating area for morning coffee.
Two paving materials were chosen in a pared-back dark palette.