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When Debora Robertson moved to France, she discovered that cultivating a garden is about more than just plants

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Clive Aslet pays tribute to Léon Krier, the visionary architect who eschewed modish modernism to champion traditional, walkable neighbourhoods — and was chosen by King Charles to mastermind the Duchy of Cornwall’s model village, Poundbury