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Springtime Travel: Wisteria Bedecked Gardens

Monks House  Wisteria  Photo © Alice Joyce

Lavish displays of Wisteria are one of the joys of Springtime garden sojourns in the United Kingdom. From London to the countryside, you can revel in lavish displays of fragrant, cascading

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Great Dixter: Springtime Scents, Soul-stirring Beauty

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The famed ‘Sunk Garden‘

at Great Dixter

Great Dixter Sunk Garden Photo Copyright © Alice Joyce

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Horizontal Meets Vertical: B&Q Edible Garden - Chelsea 2011

An ambitious design emphasizing edible gardening and sustainability set apart the B&Q Garden at the 2011 Chelsea Flower Show. Designed by Laurie Chetwood and Patrick Collins and winner of Gold, the garden boasted the tallest form to appear at Chelsea: A 27-foot high tower representing one of the garden’s 5 demonstration zones, with plants comprising edible selections – either entirely so, or species chosen for their edible stems, roots, leafs, buds or

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