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{Design Expert} The final cut

March 27, 2010
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Our Winter Garden was very late in reaching its zenith when grasses, barks, stems and bulbs finally came together in one wonderful tapestry. The prolonged frosts and snow delayed the aconites and snowdrops by more than four weeks. To say I was impati
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Inspiration board: potager lettuces

March 10, 2010
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Row 1: ‘Ashbrook’ from Dobies; ‘Nymans’ from Nicky’s Nursery; ‘Erika’ from Nicky’s Nursery; ‘Bijou’ from Mr Fothergill’s Row 2: ‘Revolution’ from The Cook’s Garden; ‘Tom Thumb’ from Seeds of Change; ‘Dazzle’ from Unwins; ‘Lakeland’ from Thompson and
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Designing a hot plot: Patricia Fox

March 8, 2010
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Patricia Fox’s modern take on the potager, ‘Freshly Prepped’, went down a storm at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show last year. The designer decided to create a kitchen garden (which was also a kitchen in a garden), where every single plant was edible. But
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The hot plot: flowering veg

March 4, 2010
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Image copyright Nobu. I’m quite a fan of mixing purely ornamental flowers and veg, but sometimes I wonder whether this is rather silly, given the number of stunning flowers  which go on to produce fabulous edible crops. So before you plant up your pa
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{Design showcase} Jinny Blom

February 18, 2010
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Jinny Blom is famous for creating swoon-worthy gardens. But even though every single garden she designs is stunning, each is very, very different. She gives F&F readers a tour of two of the most breathtaking.
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{Design Expert} A winter garden

February 6, 2010
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Kathy Brown takes us through the creation of her incredible Winter Garden at Stevington, which opens to the public this month. A photographer once phoned me up in January and asked whether it would be worth his while coming to visit. I was forced to
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Design showcase: Acres Wild

February 5, 2010
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Acres Wild is an award-winning garden design practice run by Debbie Roberts and Ian Smith. They enjoy creating bold structures softened with naturalistic planting. Their portfolio is varied, ranging from windswept gardens to lush oases. And here are
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Design showcase: James Alexander-Sinclair

January 22, 2010
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Garden designer and writer James Alexander-Sinclair is well-known for his stunning country gardens. But he has also designed some incredible town plots. He gives us a tour of three of his best designs.
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Real gardens: The Manor House, Stevington

January 16, 2010
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Kathy Brown joins Fennel & Fern to write about her work as a garden designer. The Manor House, Stevington is her stunning garden, and she tells us about how she created it. There was almost no garden when we arrived at Stevington. We inherited a
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Design Showcase: Katherine Roper

January 7, 2010
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Bristol-based Katherine Roper has designed some enchanting small gardens. She takes us through three of them.
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Design showcase: Charlotte Rowe

December 3, 2009
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To kick off our fortnightly series featuring top garden designers, London-based Charlotte Rowe takes us through some of her most beautiful projects.
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Hampton Court Flower Show 2009

July 7, 2009
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One of the nice things about Hampton Court is that it is altogether a more practical flower show than some of its relatives. That’s not to say there is anything wrong with inspirational, high-end design, but every once in a while it is nice to step i
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