Design notes
A small space can feel generous.
Scale, a clear route and a place to pause can do more than filling every corner.
A small garden is still a whole place. It needs an entrance, a comfortable position to sit and a sense of where to look. These can be simple, but they should feel deliberate.
A little restraint helps. Repeating a material can make several small surfaces feel connected. One strong planting gesture can give the eye somewhere to rest.
Think about the garden from indoors as well as from the middle of it. The view from a kitchen window or doorway is often the way a garden is experienced most frequently.
Every site is different. A useful first brief records what feels cramped, what feels exposed and what is already worth keeping.