Gardens Illustrated Magazine

LIVING SCULPTURES

Philip spends between three and five years training multi-stem trees to reach a size that will have instant impact in the garden

plant creates more impact in a garden than a tree. Peeling or patterned bark; coloured and changing foliage; flowers, berries or hips that also provide food and board to wildlife – all these combine to make a tree an essential element for all gardens. To get more of the benefits that trees bring to the garden, nurseries and

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