“I like looking out the windows at evergreens,” says Margy, who also has planted privet, sarcococca, daphne, evergreen magnolias and a bay tree.

The nave has been turned into an elegant, slightly melancholy garden laid out on Wren’s floor plan with bay trees, pink roses and blue irises.

Relieving the white-and-brown palette were potted bay trees, all symmetrically placed on either side of every door, window, and arch.