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At a home designed by the architect of the Royal Botanical Society, a new garden takes shape
Almost two centuries separate this Decimus Burton villa from its new contemporary garden and yet they suit each other perfectly.
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The gardens at Dunvegan Castle: Hard landscaping on the Isle of Skye
Despite their exposed position, the gardens of Dunvegan Castle, home of Clan MacLeod for 800 years, have nurtured an important historic collection of species from around the world and are now going from strength to strength, writes Caroline Donald.
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How to make a garden good enough for Country Life from scratch
Within only 14 years, seven acres of featureless grass around Charlton Farm in Wiltshire have been transformed into a garden full of incident and charm, writes Caroline Donald
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Lukesland: The romantic Dartmoor gardens bursting with exotic blooms and historic shrubs
Set in a steep valley just below Dartmoor, Lukesland Gardens — in Ivybridge, Devon — are romantic woodland gardens filled with exotic trees and flowering shrubs, many of historic importance. Caroline Donald paid a visit; photographs by Mark Bolton.
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The Japanese Garden at Cowden: An iconic Oriental garden in the heart of Clackmannanshire
Described in 1925 as the most important Japanese garden in the West, the Japanese Garden at Cowden in Clackmannanshire — the ancestral home of Sara Stewart — fell into decline and was eventually closed in 1955. Now, it has been magnificently restored, as Caroline Donald explains. Photographs by Clive Nichols.
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The gardens at Kestle Barton: A landscape of creeks and fields married to an award-winning gallery
Caroline Donald visits the garden at Kestle Barton Gallery, near Helford, Cornwall, a garden that marries an award-winning art gallery with a landscape of creeks and fields. Photographs by Mark Bolton.
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The gardens of Armadale Castle: Clan Donald's crumbling, magnificent retreat tucked into a corner of the Isle of Skye
Caroline Donald visits the ancestral home of Clan Donald, Armadale Castle on the Isle of Skye, where the gardens are once again in safe hands and the historic trees will be given a boost with the planting of a new arboretum of endangered conifers. Photographs by Claire Takacs.
