Revealed: All the best tricks to make a small garden feel bigger

 TV gardener and city dweller Joe Swift offers big ideas on making the most of little plots 

A large pod for sitting, surrounded by a white planting scheme. Picture: Alamy

Television gardener Joe Swift knows more than most about designing small gardens, given that his own backyard in Hackney, north east London, is about 50ft x 22ft by his own reckoning.

The designer, author, broadcaster and RHS Chelsea Flower Show regular has included a lot of tips on how to make the most of a small urban space in Create Your Own Small Garden, one of his new series of five expert gardening guides.