An Olympic country garden...

A new home built in London with a garden is a thing of luxury...

Only around 1,200 of all the homes built in the Capital last year had gardens.

So green fingered types could do worse than look at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the future.

The Olympic Park Legacy Company has called for developers of the first of five new neighbourhoods at the park - Chobham Manor. And of the 800 new homes that this neighbourhood will comprise, 40% with be houses with gardens.

That equates to about a quarter of the total number of new houses with gardens registered in London last year.

The artist impressions below show firstly, an aerial view of how Chobham Manor will look and then closer looks at what the streets of mews houses and tree-lined avenues might look like.

Developers have until 2 December, 2011, to register their interest by submitting a Pre Qualification Questionnaire.

The Chobham Manor tender wasn't the only one put out this week. The OPLC is also looking for up to 12 architectural and design practices to join a four year £4m framework.

Meanwhile, Estates Gazette has put together an interesting video showing progress of one of the more striking Olympic Park structures - the 376ft tall ArcelorMittal Orbit.

Olympic chiefs are hopeful it can attract one million visitors a year and generate £10m in revenues.

The venue divides opinion, some think its interesting, some think its ugly. A fairly typical sculpture then...