he naturalistic prairie-planting style has a freedom about it,’ say Pauline and Paul McBride, owners of Sussex Prairie Garden. ‘It is moving back to a more natural way of gardening with plants as the main focus.’ Inspired by the prairies of North America, the cultivated style has been developed by designers such as James van Sweden, Wolfgang Oehme and Piet Oudolf. ‘It can give a softness and a fullness,’ Pauline and Paul continue, ‘as well as
