A stone's throw from the Royal Hospital Chelsea this secret garden is landlocked behind a row of workers cottages, reached through a tunnel scented with jasmine. The current owner added a modern extension to the tiny cottage, and our brief was to integrate the two. Box panels and beech hedges frame the main doorway, revealing scented green and white borders as you approach the house. The proportions around the new wing are more spacious, allowing for areas of lawn, portland stone terraces and rendered walls which provide a clean uncluttered space.