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30 FANTASTIC GARDENS TO SEE

CAROLE DRAKE

Attending a camera club with her father in Bristol in the 1970s set the course of Carole’s career. She has worked as a photographer since 2004 and lives in South Somerset. caroledrake.com

Caher Bridge, Clare, Republic of Ireland The cottage garden of Carl Wright sits lightly on the edge of the Burren in South West Ireland. There is a fabulous plant collection here and also a strong sense of design, including a moon window. Visits by appointment only. Tel: +353 65 707 6225; caherbridgegarden@gmail.com 2 Durnamuck, Wester Ross, Scotland Against the dark, salty waters of Little Loch Broom, near Ullapool, this croft garden glows with the intense colours of the southern hemisphere in late summer and well into autumn. It’s the work of two horticulturists, Sue Pomeroy and Will Soos, who met while working at Inverewe down the coast. scotlandsgardens.org Rodmarton Manor, Gloucestershire, England This atmospheric Arts & Crafts garden in the Cotswolds has deep, lush borders, lots of topiary and a walled kitchen garden. It also includes one of my all-time favourite garden spaces, the Troughery, a collection of stone troughs sitting on tapered stone legs amid clipped yew and box, beneath the massive knobbly fists of pleached limes. rodmarton-manor.co.uk

ANNAÏCK GUITTENY

Born in Nantes in Brittany, Annaïck moved to the UK aged 20. She is fascinated by detail,

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