If you are planning a garden clear-out in Norbiton, it pays to understand the rules before you start loading bags into the car or pushing a pile of cuttings to the kerb.

If your garden has gone from a bit untidy to properly embarrassing, you are not alone.

If you live near Norbiton Station, you already know the rhythm of local gardens: a bit of shade, a few stubborn borders, the occasional fast-growing hedge, and lawns that can look glorious one week and slightly sorry for themselves the next.

You want privacy without the palaver of builders, planning permission, or a permanent fence. You want green, living texture that softens hard edges and blocks a nosy view in one elegant sweep.