It’s a rare thing to meet someone with true panache, but it’s the quality I see immediately when I meet Francine Raymond on a cool autumn day. The acclaimed gardener, fowl fancier, designer and writer

A chance purchase was the inspiration behind one gardener’s covetable country garden

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Marian Boswall seeks design inspiration in classic and new gardening texts

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