This city garden (above) was planted for for two keen gardeners who preferred no lawn. Plants include: a great evergreen climber with abundant white flowers in spring Clematis armandii, a ground cover with purple-tinged leaves Heuchera m. 'Palace Purple', an evergreen shrub with purplish foliage Nandina domestica, Lavandula 'Hidcote Blue' and Bergenia 'Silberlicht.

This this image is a formal contemporary dining area by the entrance to the house. Plants inlcude: The purple foliage in the forefront from Cotinus c. 'Royal Purple', tall wispy spires of the purple Verbena bonariensis, some tall bamboo Phyllostachys aurea and and the evergreen Bergenia 'Silberlicht'.