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NATURAL ATTRACTION

1 WALLED, WILD AND WISTFUL

Garden design by Tom Stuart-Smith

Tom’s design for Middleton Lodge, North Yorkshire, ‘blends informal wild flowers and grasses with more structural clipped yews and beech – favoured by nesting birds – together with trees and roses creating intimate spaces for garden visitors and wildlife. Hedgehogs frequently nestle undisturbed throughout their winter hibernation. The garden has been designed to provide interest all year and is divided into four areas that each reach their peak at different points throughout the seasons. There is always a part of the garden that

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