Suburban Gardens

England is a nation of gardeners and most of us garden in suburbia. A private paradise encompassed by privet the suburban garden contains in its small compass the hopes and dreams of millions of gardeners past and present. From Victorian shrubberies to the 1980s "Good Life" these small plots reveal the ever-changing aspirations and realities of the suburban dweller. Lauded by estate agents and satirized in literature, suburban plots are scattered with seating, sundials, goldfish ponds, and ...