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Gardens of the Year COMPETITIONTION 2023

FINALIST INSPIRATION

“If you have a pond, put a seat by it. You can lose hours observing what goes on” WORDS LILY MIDDLETON
Dionne Sambrook’s garden is a haven for local wildlife but also packs in great visual interest, family space and veg-growing areas

Dionne Sambrook, Warwickshire

PHOTOS JASON INGRAM

“The thing I love about gardening is that it’s the most hopeful, optimistic thing you can do”

Dionne Sambrook, Warwickshire

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“Into each life a little rain must fall” is a quote from the American poet Henry Wadsworth Long fellow. This is particularly appropriate for gardeners. It cannot always be balmy days and summer roses. The exultations of spring are brief and the freworks of autumn fleeting. There have to be struggles and there have to be downs, so that we can properly appreciate the ups. February, to be honest, is a bit of a rubbish month for the most part. It is cold, dank, dreary and disheartening, but there are always little sparkles of hope around the corner: here are a few of them…
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