Tue 21st July 2026
Walled Garden
There is a tendency in Britain to separate gardens from the wider landscape. We talk about housing, planning, biodiversity, climate adaptation and public space as though they belong to one conversation, while gardens belong to another. Gardens are treated as private matters, shaped by individual preference and existing largely beyond the concerns of policy, ecology or culture. Yet this distinction becomes increasingly difficult to sustain when one considers the scale and influence of domestic landscapes across the country.