City Gardens

For an American couple's townhouse in Notting Hill design studio Barlow & Barlow have created a comfortable, playful interior.

Our March issue is out now. Let our Editor Hatta Byng talk you through the highlights, from wonderful London homes, to a carefully curated cottage in Wales.

Emily Todhunter of Todhunter Earle Interiors has combined open-plan living with luxurious materials – a style she refers to as maximalist contemporary – to reconcile the tastes of the owners of this South Kensington house.

Our November issue is out now, featuring out Top 100 interior designers and top 50 garden designers, plus our Art Special and our Country House supplement. Let our Editor Hatta Byng talk you through the highlights.

Fiona McCarthy delights in the bold, bright and breezy details of the Experimental Group’s atmospheric latest opening in the stylish Dorsoduro neighbourhood – the quirky Il Palazzo Experimental beside the Giudecca Canal

In her own house in north London, the interior designer Shalini Misra has cleverly manipulated the Victorian architecture and collaborated with specialist artisans to bring a feeling of intimacy to its spacious rooms.

Continuing her series on designers' gardens, Clare Foster visits Marcus Barnett, whose small urban garden is used as an extension to the family house

With its mix of clean lines and natural textures, the townhouse of interior designer Emma Sims-Hilditch pays homage to its London setting, while serving as a reminder of her rural roots.

Garden designer Butter Wakefield has spent the past 18 years transforming her London house into a flower-filled slice of the country in the city.

Our April issue is out now, exploring the most beautiful urban houses and gardens, as well as a stunning wild garden in the Cotswolds.

Small garden ideas and small garden design, from clever use of lighting to colour schemes and furniture, transform a tiny outdoor space with these amazing small garden design ideas.

As a fan of Mid-century Modernist architecture, Adam Sykes, the owner of heritage fabric house Claremont, was inspired by the houses he saw while living on America's west coast to develop the potential of this Sixties house in south London

An expert in turning the townhouse gardens of Bruges into exquisite green spaces, Piet Blanckaert has used topiary and box clipped into soft domes and finials to blur the lines of this L-shaped space.

An expert in turning the townhouse gardens of Bruges into exquisite green spaces, Piet Blanckaert has used topiary and box clipped into soft domes and finials to blur the lines of this L-shaped space.

Reflecting the painterly aesthetic of its artist owner, this London garden, designed by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan as a space for summer entertaining, contains details that surprise and delight all year round.

Our gallery of city gardens has plenty of ideas for designing an appealing outdoors space within the limits of the urban jungle, from compact seating areas to pretty planters, lush planting to elegant decking.