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AMERICAN DREAM

We started with the aim of not making it too formal,’ says Portuguese-born, New York-based interior designer Alexandra Champalimaud of the elegant but languidly winding garden belonging to the weekend retreat she owns with her Texan financier husband Bruce Schnitzer.

Situated in the heart of the pretty Connecticut town of Litchfield, the 15-acre garden

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