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Making the most of the good drainage provided by the steep bank beneath the wall, Jo has introduced a thyme meadow that tumbles down into the main meadow mix from Emorsgate Seeds, which is based down the road from Jo’s farmhouse. The tall spires of Verbascum thapsus add vertical accents that link to the tower of the 14th-century village church beyond.

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Tom and Sue Stuart-Smith's courtyard garden with Genista aetnensis, Euphorbia seguieriana subs. niciana, and Salvia nemorosa 'Amethyst'

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The UK’s champion of guerilla gardening, Richard Reynolds, began greening the streets around his London home in 2004, and is the author of On Guerrilla Gardening: A Handbook for Gardening without Boundaries

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In this mixed House Border, the
red flowers of Rosa ‘Florence
Mary Morse’ bring early colour alongside the white sprays of Persicaria x fennica ‘Johanniswolke’. The tall, slender annual corncockles are woven through the border plants, and, along with alliums and bronze fennel, help to unify the plantings
and create a naturalistic scene.

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The layered planting in the large bed obscures the seating area from view. A path, softened by mats of Ophiopogon planiscapus, Soleirolia soleirolii and Viola hederacea, slows down the journey to the end of the garden

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