Urban gardens provide a much-needed place to relax and unplug, garden designer Nicola Haines shares city garden ideas
Planting also helps to absorb sound, although in a small urban space you will never be fully able to block out the noise from nearby roads or raucous neighbours. Put the densest planting nearest to your screened-off seating area, rather than closest to the noise. This will help muffle the sound in the place where you unwind. The secret is to go for a good mix of evergreens with different leaf shapes.
While environmental research in this area is still in its infancy, what we do know is that by planting as much as we can, we can help to absorb CO2.
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