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“We wanted the garden to be low-maintenance and reflect the local area”

When Sophie and her husband

Nick wanted to design a garden for their newly built family home on the Suffolk coast, they were working with several challenges – sandy foundations and salt-laden winds from the North Sea chief among them. Although Sophie works for a climate-change trust, their primary goal was to create a low-maintenance, family-friendly garden that would reflect the local environment, especially the beach. With the help of a local garden designer, they achieved their goals and in

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