The English Garden

Love in a Mild Climate

The chance to explore a whole new palette of plants is rare. It is most likely to happen when you move house. It happened to me recently with an invitation to design a garden in Cornwall – excitingly far away from my usual territory.

The garden in question is at the Leach Pottery, St Ives. This vibrant

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