The Gardener Magazine

On childhood memories

Faye Fenn’s dream was to be enveloped in childhood memories. Growing up in the Cotswolds surrounded by English countryside gardens full of gentle flowers, peaking into the seasons, she longed to replicate this around her newly built townhouse. Her dream became a reality, based on a well-thought-out plan that was expertly executed with some clever planting.

The greatest challenge in Faye’s quest for the garden of her dreams was the steep slope leading from her home down to the street, as well as a mound of soil left after her new

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