The English Garden

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In the spring of 2019, the garden surrounding Jane and Paul Turner’s newly built Surrey house could be described only as a blank canvas. The entire site was laid to grass, and although Jane was a keen gardener, the lack of any existing features made it hard for her to know where to make a start.

Having recently redecorated her house, Jane had forged a good relationship with the staff at her favourite Designers Guild shop where, as luck would have it, garden designer and television presenter Arit Anderson also liked to pop in for inspiration from time to time. Sensing that the two women

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