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nearby church the following morning,<br />
must have been a joy. <strong>The</strong>y soon set<br />
to work clearing the site and then<br />
covering the ground with anything<br />
they could find which would prevent<br />
the weeds from taking over again.<br />
Donald had trained in Horticulture<br />
at Plumpton College and began work<br />
at the Grange and Charlotte has<br />
horticultural running through her veins<br />
as well as being a hugely talented artist.<br />
Her father was a farmer up on the<br />
North Downs and her mother, Greta<br />
Cox, had a nursery growing and selling<br />
choice plants like the double, pure<br />
white primula, Primula ‘Alba Plena’,<br />
said to be centuries old and a particular<br />
favourite of Charlotte’s. She also grew<br />
rare and fancy leafed Pelargoniums,<br />
along with other favourites such as<br />
old roses, ferns and Paris polyphylla,<br />
which is one of the most exquisite and<br />
exotic hardy perennials imaginable.<br />
Her mother loved box and yew,<br />
as did her aunt, and it was they<br />
who first instilled in Charlotte her<br />
love of topiary. So whilst others<br />
were asking for dinner services and<br />
saucepans for their wedding presents,<br />
first on their list were bare root<br />
yew plants, which could then be<br />
planted out in rows to grow on.<br />
So these yews became the backbone<br />
to what is now a magical garden of<br />
rare trees and of yew and boxwood<br />
topiary. <strong>The</strong> exuberant borders are<br />
full of really wonderful plants and<br />
plant combinations in particular all<br />
bordered by great hedges cut into<br />
fantastical shapes. <strong>The</strong>re are over<br />
thirty species of box in the garden,<br />
collected from other gardens over<br />
time. Many were bought originally<br />
from Langley Boxwood Nursery,<br />
which was set up by Elizabeth and<br />
Mark Baynbridge, when plants<br />
used to cost about £1.50 each!<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are fastigiate forms that shoot<br />
up vertically and need little clipping,<br />
various variegated forms, box <br />
Aloe aristata<br />
Creating Beautiful Gardens<br />
For Brilliant Year Round Results<br />
<strong>Wealden</strong> Country Landcraft<br />
<strong>Wealden</strong> Country Landcraft<br />
For all your design, construction and maintenance requirements, contact:<br />
Adam Sutton BSc (Hons) Environmental Science | Tim Playfoot BA (Hons) Garden Design<br />
Tel:01892 722699|Adam:07979 362241|Tim:07990 751353|www.playfootgardendesign.co.uk<br />
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