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Practically beautiful

IN BRIEF

Name Castle End.

What A modern cottage garden.

Where Oxfordshire.

Size One acre.

Soil Varied clay loam.

Climate Temperate with average rainfall and prevailing wind.

Hardiness zone USDA 8b.

Beautiful billowing borders are filled to the brim with perennial herbs such as marjoram, sage and thyme

Herb gardens are nothing new. They date back to the monastic gardens of the Middle Ages, where plants were collected and cultivated for culinary and medicinal use. To this day many reference the past,

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