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    THE ENGLISH GARDEN

    Jan 27, 2020 5 minutes
    Words SARA MAITLAND

    English people are deeply proud of their gardens. Gardening has even been described as a (or even ‘the’) national art form; we may have got literature, music, and painting from continental Europe originally, but gardens - particularly garden design - are our own.

    Gardens occupy a very special place in the national psyche. We can see this pride in various ‘national’ events: The Queen, now in her 90s, still turns out every year for various events - the State Opening of Parliament, The Remembrance Day wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph in honour of our War Dead, the Trooping of the Colour (The Queen’s Birthday Parade), and The Chelsea Flower Show (more correctly the Royal Horticultural Society Great Spring Show). Every year the Queen also hosts a series of Garden Parties, both at Buckingham Palace in London and at Holyrood Palace, her official Scottish

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