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    Letters to the Editor

    Oct 06, 2021 2 minutes
    Mark Hedges

    Go green in the garden

    REGARDING the news story ‘Don’t look down’ (), I am astounded that the topiary at Powis Castle, at 40ft high, takes 12 weeks to trim. The industrialisation of a garden, as evidenced by the cherry picker and hedge trimmer in your photo, brings with it noise, pollution and disruption. What happened to the serenity visitors hope for

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