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    RETHINKING TROPICAL GARDENS

    Jul 03, 2019 3 minutes
    WORDS: ALICE GRIFFIN

    When you think of tropical garden design, what comes to mind? Is it the pops of colour, yards of flamboyant foliage, the elaborate water features? While the usual backyard paradise trope still has its place, the kind of tropical gardens we’re really impressed by nowadays evoke the style in more subtle, nuanced ways. Designed by Space Landscape Designs and constructed by Vivid Outdoors, this garden at a home in Seaforth ticks all the boxes of a tropical garden,

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