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| Family orchards: Big or small, everyone can plant fruit! by Francoise Murat
I am often asked by clients about growing fruit in their garden. “Seems difficult”. “How do I prune them?”, “We only have a small suburban garden - can we still have a selection of fruit trees?”. I have a large garden - can I still have trained fruit trees?”. The answer to all these questions is an emphatic ‘Yes’!
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Categories: Landscapes, Gardens, Case Studies, Country Life Articles
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| How to restore and update a period kitchen garden by Francoise Murat
If you have a kitchen garden in your period property it can be easily adapted for modern living by being both decorative and edible at the same time
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Categories: Landscapes, Maintenance, Restoration, Property, Gardens, Country Life Articles
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| Insuring your Period Garden by Sara Huber
You get an enormous amount of pride and joy from your garden, now imagine returning home one day to find it stripped of plants and ornaments or damaged...
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| Parks and Bandstands by Chris Topp
Every Victorian park had to have a bandstand, many of which succumbed to the indifference of the post war years. With the advent of the Heritage Lottery Fund many of our parks have received much needed attention and along with the park gates and fencing, many bandstands have been the subject of restoration projects.
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Categories: Metals, Landscapes, Ironmongery, Maintenance, Restoration, Building Conservation, History, Case Studies, Ironwork
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| Perils and pleasures of a period garden – part II by Francoise Murat
Francoise talks us through the second part of her blog on restoring and or renovating period gardens, and how to take on larger projects.
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| Period Gardens - So you think you have a Gertrude Jekyll under your lawn? by Francoise Murat
Whether it is a Humphry Repton, A William Kent or a Jekyll & Lutyens design, before you bring in the diggers there are a few things to consider when restoring or re-constructing a garden to its former glories. This first article looks at the planning that must go into starting such a project and the considerable investment involved in terms of both time and money.
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| Pleasures and Perils of a Period Garden Part 1 by Francoise Murat
Purchasing a period property isn’t just about the bricks and mortar – you may have bought a piece of gardening history as well.
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