Introduction

Monty Dawn is the lead presenter of Gardeners World. He's also made dozens of gardens in his time, famously helping small space gardeners realise their ambitions through his BBC TV series Big Dreams Small Spaces. In this episode we talked through the practical questions you need to ask yourself at the outset and how to create an all without professional help. We'll start with the objective ones which are first of all go outside and find out where the compass points are. Where does the robin come and sing in the morning? When you go out in the morning where's the sun, that's the key. What shade is being cast by the neighbours, trees or whatever? Where is it noisy?