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9 great gardens in Cheshire that are a must visit
When the editor of Cheshire Life asked me to write about my nine favourite gardens as part of the 90th anniversary edition of the magazine, I was delighted. What a fabulous idea, I said. This will be so easy to write, I thought to myself. It’ll take
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Suffolk garden designer Penelope Walker's RHS Chelsea garden
With just under two months until she starts building her RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden, Penelope Walker is feeling excited... and nervous. 'We have 10 days to construct the garden,' she says. 'There’s still a lot of detail to get through and we
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The world's most important collection of roses - here in Hampshire
As the world's most important collection of roses comes in to its 50th year, we head to Mottisfont to discover how its garden grows and what the team are doing now to protect it for the future One of the most important collections in the world
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Inside the gardens of Cannock Mill Cohousing near Colchester
An idyllic spot, just a 20-minute walk from Colchester town centre, is where a forward-thinking and ambitious group of friends chose to create a cohousing community. They identified the site back in 2012 and today the eco-village consists of private
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How a Chelsea Flower Show garden ended up in Barrow-in-Furness
It is the ultimate transplant. A garden created for the Chelsea Flower Show lifted and transported to Barrow-in-Furness. One of the legacies of the annual, famous Royal Horticultural Society show in recent years is that charities benefit for the
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A Suffolk seed company teams up with Raymond Blanc at RHS Chelsea
Back in 2017, Lucy Hutchings set out on a mission to grow as much veg as she possibly could in her tiny Suffolk back garden. No just any old veg. Beautiful, rainbow coloured veg, with sinuous trailing stems and delicate feathery foliage hung with glossy
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How two years of planning went into the gold medal-winning RHS Chelsea garden
In May 2023, we created a garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show for Talitha Arts, a charity that uses the creative arts to bring hope and transformation to those who have experienced trauma. The garden was a celebration of the arts, with delicate and
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The secret Yorkshire garden brought back to life
Just off Palace Road, leading out of Ripon towards the Yorkshire Dales, is an undiscovered gem. An historic walled garden, originally created to supply the kitchens of the historic Bishops Palace, has now been turned to a different purpose – and is
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Country-house gardening with style at Sophie Conran’s home
Looking down on Salthrop House from the winding entrance track, it appears to be enveloped by its garden. Walls are cloaked in plants, and the substantial 200-year-old manor house is dwarfed by mature trees while letting some lawns grow as meadow gives
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Sneak peek at new plants being launched at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Could these blooms soon be in your garden? There’s always a buzz of excitement around new plants at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show – and this year is no exception, with a host of new offerings being unveiled. Hannah Stephenson takes a look at
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The gardening trends likely to catch on from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
This year’s show gardens were full of colour and championed the importance of sustainability. From the blend of historical literary inspiration with contemporary design excellence to the use of native plants, there has been an emphasis on sustainability