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  • Amateur Gardening

    Gardeners with a story

    Aug 09, 2022 2 minutes

    In this extract from AG 16 May 1970 we look at one of the greatest gardeners of all time

    UNLIKE some 18th century garden designers, Lancelot Brown really knew his gardening. Rung by rung he climbed the gardening ladder, reaching Stowe in Buckinghamshire in 1740. Starting as kitchen gardener, he was

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