Winter glow
Dec 07, 2021
3 minutes
WORDS BENJAMIN POPE
PHOTOGRAPHS RICHARD BLOOM
the gentle rolling hills of the Sussex High Weald sits a wild botanic garden with the name Wakehurst. It’s the home of the Millennium Seed Bank, a James Bond-style bunker that ensures the future preservation of more than 2.4 billion seeds. Often referred to as ‘Kew in the country’, Wakehurst has long been considered a botanical haven and is still regarded as holding one of the finest collections of temperate flora in the world. Bequeathed to
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