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Sum of the manse

IN BRIEF

Name Coldstone House. What Traditionally planted walled garden of a Scottish manse.
Where Aberdeenshire.
Size Walled garden is about one acre.
Soil Heavy soil, improved with organic matter.
Climate Cold winters and dry summers.
Hardiness zone USDA 7.

KEY PLANTS

When Jonathan Snow was commissioned to design the garden of a former Scottish manse on the edge of the Highlands, he discovered that the owners wanted two very different approaches: simple and unadorned in front of the house, and full and romantic at the back.

The solution for the front, which has

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