Exotic woods, labyrinths of narrow, mossy paths and thousands of tree ferns make this an internationally important garden, ...

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The Arts and Crafts movement was an international design trend with roots in the UK — and lots of buildings built and ...

Clematis montana is easy to grow and look after, and is considered by some to be 'the most graceful and floriferous of all'.

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For the first time, Country Life's most recent list of Britain’s top interior designers, garden designers and architects ...

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