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Garden adornment

Garden adornment
Alice Roberton takes a step back in time to learn the history of garden statues and why they are still an asset today

Throughout time, garden statues have adorned public spaces, important buildings and private gardens. This can be clearly seen in sculpture and statues from classical antiquity – the period of cultural history between the 8th century BC and the 6th century AD centred around

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