Garden party: six green space essentials

Add a touch of class to your precious urban outdoor space with this vintage-style furniture. This three-piece set is ideal for small gardens, patios and balconies. Perfect for a tiny London pad.

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Avoid the dreaded damp bum with this luxury, waterproof, pure new wool rug, complete with fringe, webbing straps and carry handle. Great for the park or your back garden.

£64.99 | Shop on eBay

London has an abundance of upmarket delivery companies who'll bring your posh nosh in a snazzy hamper. But we recommend hitting up one of London’s markets for ingredients and packing your own, which this wicker picnic basket is perfect for.

Though you can grill up a feast in many London parks, few of them tolerate disposable foil barbecue trays – they also cook the grass, you see. So you're best off investing in a kettle barbecue on wheels.

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Put your gladrags on and pretend to be upper class for a day by packing your mallets, hitting your local park and clacking a ball or two through some hoops.

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Keep the kids preoccupied, and cool in the summer sun, by setting up one of these cheap and cheerful sprinklers in your garden. It waters the grass, too.

£8.99 | Shop on eBay