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National Trust gardens in Kent

Three kentish house & gardens in one day

Visiting three National Trust properties in one day is not necessarily something to aspire to, but if you have the legs for it, start early enough, and have membership, then why not. At the end of it you are able to say “my favourite was x”, or “x had the best border”, “y the grandest …

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Flowers by Macoto Murayama

Top 5 plant happenings for July

There are a number of interesting exhibitions to choose from this month, as well as many summer flower events both wild and cultivated, proving once again that plants are an endless source of inspiration. Here are our top plant inspired picks for July. 1. Silent Exchange by Charlie Waite at the The National Theatre, London Landscape photography (like all …

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Dungeness plants and art

Plant & Art Havens: Dungeness

Plant Curator is working on the plant art aficionado’s ultimate UK road-trip. High up on the list of stop-off points is a small area of southern Kentish coast. Dungeness is a strangely beautiful, postmodern place. Wild and windswept, this isolated seascape inhabited by hundreds of plants and some pleasingly minimalist buildings, is made all the …

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Tom doing topiary

Interview: Topiary Tom shapes the future of plants

Topiary is back in fashion – for a while with all the talk of rewilding and permaculture there was a worry that manicured gardens would be pushed into oblivion. But you can’t hold a good art form down, and as far as gardens go this is one of the best. The shaping of plants into …

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Community garden bench

Creativity abounds in community gardens

For the visitor a large community garden gives formal gardens a run for their money by soaring above the individualistic to create something bigger borne out of collective consciousness. The diversity of thought and purpose rather than design make each community garden a unique place to visit. None more so than those found in Vancouver, …

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