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Signs of
SPRING
The season softly awakens in 5 gorgeous gardens
Elegant TRILLIUMS for flowers now
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The Pool Garden, with its fish-filled pond, summerhouse and a fine specimen of Magnolia x loebneri ‘Leonard Messel’ growing by the warm brick walls. 14 THE ENGLISH GARDEN MARCH 2026
Green ARTS
Composed from a palette of formality, eccentricity and romance, the inimitable gardens of Northamptonshire’s Cottesbrooke Hall have been artistically arranged and retouched over the generations to create a true masterpiece WORDS JAMES ALEXANDER-SINCLAIR PHOTOGRAPHS CLIVE NICHOLS
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The Warmest WELCOME Even in the chill of late winter, Rosemary Alexander’s relaxed Sussex garden at Sandhill Farm House is ready to welcome visitors with outstretched arms, a feast for the senses emerging from its fertile soil WORDS EDWARD FLINT PHOTOGRAPHS ANNA OMIOTEK-TOTT
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The front garden is packed with scent and colour thanks to Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ and Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Aphrodite’.
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Ribbons of cheerful daffodils cover the lawn either side of a canalised tributary of the River Medway at Nettlestead Place in Kent.
Heart of GOLD Spangling the lush green lawns gold, historic drifts of daffodils are a mainstay at Nettlestead Place in Kent, whose gardens have been carefully reshaped over the decades to create a place of refuge for people and wildlife WORDS ANISA GRESS PHOTOGRAPHS MMGI/BENNET SMITH
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Wake-Up CALL Spring is in the air and Sherwood in Devon is ready for action, its woodland walks packed with scent and colour from a range of bulbs, magnolias and other seasonal delights – all planted to invigorate and tantalise the senses WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHS MARK BOLTON
In spring, Sherwood in Devon, is surrounded by the dreamy flowers of magnolias, drifts of daffodils and banks of fluffy heathers.
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C R A F T S P EO P L E Lora Avedian works on a detailed piece of botanical embroidery from her South West London studio.
Picking up the Threads Lora Avedian has explored many aspects to her artistry over the years, but eventually returned to her passion for botanical embroidery, making wonderfully textured wall hangings, collages, cushions and lampshades WORDS VIVIENNE HAMBLY PHOTOGRAPHS ANNAÏCK GUITTENY
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