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    Northern LIGHTS

    Oct 07, 2020 5 minutes
    WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHS JOE WAINWRIGHT

    When the coppery tones of tall beech hedges glow in the morning sun, a blue haze of frost sparkles on lawns and meadows, and the canopies of great trees rise like golden clouds above woodland paths, you know that autumn has arrived in the delightful garden at Holker Hall. Set on the pretty Cartmel Peninsula in southern Cumbria, just a half-hour drive from bustling Bowness, it first opened to the public in 1950. And having benefited from generations of inspirational design and planting, it continues to attract visitors from around the world.

    Owners Lucy Cavendish and Tor McLaren, together with head gardener Glyn Sherratt, are determined to ensure that whenever visitors come to the garden there will be lots to enjoy. As Glyn explains: “Autumn is a gorgeous time of year

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