If you need an emergency gardener in E14, delays can feel frustratingly personal.

Estate communal gardens can look effortless from the outside. Fresh lawns, tidy borders, clipped hedges, safe paths, and a space people actually want to use.

If you are responsible for a rooftop garden at One Canada Square, you already know it is not the same as looking after a ground-level bed or a tidy courtyard. Wind behaves differently up there. Water drains differently.

Small terraces can be glorious little spaces. A chair, a pot of herbs, a climbing plant catching the light from a tall building nearby, maybe a coffee on a quiet Saturday morning. But they can also become awkward fast.

Enjoying the fresh air and sunshine with family and friends is one of the simplest pleasures in life.