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Ulting Wick

An 11-acre Essex garden grafted into being over 25 years by owners Philippa and Bryan Burrough, Ulting Wick features impressive displays of dahlias, a wildflower meadow and more, but it’s best known for its tulips. Thousands of bulbs are planted each November and December against a backdrop of listed black barns – most of them in colourful box parterre beds, but others in clusters of pink or

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