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I've had another thought about small trees. For a more formal look you should consider the classic topiary trees - a short list would include yews, box, beech, limes and holm oaks. All of them are terribly amenable and happy to be chopped and pruned

After the recent soft mists and bright days I'm going to formally declare that autumn is with us. Not picture book autumn, with flaring red leaves and dustings of frost, but a sort of pubescent autumn. This is a lovely time of year - everything

.The Draughtsman's Contract (1983). Beautiful Peter Greenaway film about love and lust amongst formal gardens and sweeping landscapes. Filmed at Groombridge Place in Kent, which was also used in the 2005 film of Pride and Prejudice.Green Card (1990) starring Gerard

only formal training - and I'm ashamed to admit that my attendance record was so poor it would have attracted the scrutiny of social services in other circumstances.)I recall that I was late to join my fellow budding gardeners on the trip. The weather

in the right order’.”Secondly, if you are within driving distance of Monmouthshire you really, really must go to The Pant near Fforest Coalpit (and not just because of the sniggery schoolboy name). This is a garden that encapsulates a formal Islamic area, a

I've been busy redesigning a great chunk of my garden. It's an important area, overlooked by our kitchen and bedroom windows, so it's the first thing I see every morning when I stagger out of bed. In contrast to the rest of the garden, it's always