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WINTER ILLUMINATIONS

Artistry, experience and an innate sense of spatial awareness have combined to create this exceptional series of gardens which shine so serenely in wintertime. Kathy and Simon Brown have seemingly harnessed the elements, working with the power of nature to light up their landscape.

The expansive, individual gardens now embellish almost five acres of their former greenfield site. ‘After 35 years we have become adept at capturing the magical effect of backlighting, making bold and deliberate

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