With my design for this wildlife garden now taking shape on site, it is a good time to look at the ways in which this project aims to be sustainable.

A new pond, designed to attract wildlife, has brought a diverse range of creatures to our garden – even within its first few months.

In my own wildflower area, I've been using some meadow clippings from King's College Cambridge.

Midsummer has passed and the colourful exuberance of the meadow is fading, but it’s still buzzing with insects. Several Ringlet butterflies flit around and settle for a while on the yarrow.

Mid to late April is a good time to sow hardy annuals direct into the soil, a raised bed or clear border is ideal.

Over the past month we have planted 27 bareroot Corylus avellana (Hazel) trees and 15 Ilex aquilfolium (Holly) trees to create an understorey in an existing coppice of mature oak and field maples.

We are delighted that Southbank Centre have extended the life of ‘Haven’ so that it can regrow and bloom again next spring/summer.

I’m still pinching myself after an amazing week mainly spent on an inaccessible roof balcony of the Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank Centre creating a pocket meadow for wildlife.

I’m working with artists Denman+Gould to create a collaborative work called Haven on a balcony of the Queen Elizabeth Hall at Southbank Centre this summer.

Laying a wildflower meadow ‘lawn’ to establish over winter.

In this book Ben Dark writes about gardens as a way of exploring and reflecting upon human histories and passions and how intertwined they are with particular places.

A garden is like any relationship, it demands attention and hard work to really flourish.

Looking out of the window the golden fruits of the quince tree hang heavy.