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This month we've found some seasonal snowdrop images from the archives:
Snowdrops are a wonderful sign that spring is on the way
Many National Trust properties and other country houses open to the public have snowdrop walks at this time of year.
However, in some places the delicate flowers are appearing later than usual, because of the cold weather at the beginning of the year.
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Brockfield Hall, the great Yorkshire house that's gone from Regency mansion to modern family homeBrockfield Hall in North Yorkshire is the family home of Charlie Wood and Hatta Byng, editor of House & Garden, who have transformed it since they came here in 2020, winning multiple awards in the process. John Martin Robinson reports on the restoration project that revived this compact Regency house as a modern family home. Photographs by Paul Highnam for Country Life.
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Barbour’s heritage jackets get a floral makeover courtesy of ErdemUtilitarian outwear has taken the fashion world by storm and now Britain's world-famous wax jackets are getting in on the act, inspired by some of our greatest countryside icons.
