If you garden anywhere near Earlsfield station, you already know the space has a character of its own: a bit urban, a bit exposed, often busier than you'd like, and never quite the same from one side of the day to the next.

If you live in a terraced home near Garratt Lane, you probably know the garden can be both a blessing and a bit of a puzzle.

Sometimes a garden just needs sorting out now. The hedge is beginning to lean over the path, the lawn has got away from you after a wet week, and there's a bit of panic because guests are coming later.