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Mary’s PRAIRIE
In a quiet corner of Monmouthshire, Mary Barkham has created something delightfully different on the derelict farmland of Chapel Farm House, knitting together a technicolour stretch of perennials that merges with the mountains beyond
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Gravel paths lead from the restored farm buildings through immersive prairie plantings of echinacea, lavender and grasses.
Soft SPOT
There’s no need for formalities at The Manor House in Exton, where Tina Blackmore’s love of deep borders and informal flowing planting transforms this chalk garden of rooms into a relaxing idyll that’s much loved by its faithful regular visitors
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Oenothera lindheimeri ‘Whirling Butterflies’ dances in the golden sun, with cosmos, lilac nepeta and white rose ‘Winchester Cathedral’.
Go With the FLOW
At Mill House in Surrey, the owners’ interest in renewables resulted in the mill race being redeployed to power the house, while the waterway’s restoration has naturalised it for the benefit of wildlife and made it a tranquil feature of this timeless garden
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The Greatest SHOWMAN
The garden at Stephen Anderton’s New Inn Farm weaves together his consummate plantsmanship and passion for theatricality to create a joyously over-the-top riot of planting that’s somehow perfectly in keeping with its Welsh hillside setting
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Opposite A path weaves through deep, floral
This image On a terrace that wraps around the house, the huge rosepink heads of Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Altona’ are overlooked by lilies ‘Largo’ and ‘Nymph’.
cottage garden planting.