Contemporary garden in Crouch End

 

The garden belongs to a family who wanted to spend more outdoor "quality time" together - the family's kids can play on the decked platform "islands", but the garden also offers eating, entertaining and a working area for adults.

Plant list:

Acanthus mollis 
Ajuga reptans 'Catlins Giant'
Ajuga reptans 'Atropurpurea'
Akebia quinata
Alchemilla mollis
Astelia chathamica 'Silver Spear'
Astelia nervosa 'Westland'
Bergenia 'Silberlicht'
Betula utilis var. jacquemontii 
Canna 'Durban'
Choisya 'Aztec Pearl' 
Choisya ternata 
Clematis armandii
Cordyline australis
Cornus alba 'Elegantissima'  
Dicksonia antarctica 
Fatsia japonica 
Garrya elliptica  
Geranium 'Johnsons Blue' 
Geranium 'Patricia' 
Heuchera micrantha var. diversifolia 'Palace Purple'
Iris pallida 'Variegata'
Luzula sylvatica 'Marginata'
Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus'
Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea 'Karl Foerster'
Nandina domestica
Nandina domestica 'Fire Power'
Passiflora caerulea
Phormium 'Platts Black'
Phormium 'Maori Maiden'
Pittosporum tobira 'Nanum'
Polystichum setiferum
Trachelospermum jasminoides
Stipa tenuissima
Verbena bonariensis
Zantedeschsia aethiopica 'Crowborough'