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Tacky or tasteful?

In response to Over the fence in September’s issue on whether garden ornaments are tacky or not, I think it all depends on the ornament and whether it brings you joy. I particularly like these driftwood pieces (top right) in my small garden – they please me and surely that’s all that matters? Wouldn’t the world be a miserable place if everything was homogenised.

Freda Neacy, by email

We have a largish garden in south Oxfordshire and, on advice from David Hurrion, decided

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