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PAUL HERVEY-BROOKES is an award-winning landscape designer based in the Cotswolds
Ask people for a list of things they’d love in their garden and a swimming pool is always on there. A relaxing dip in your own pool, in your own garden is an idea that appeals to many. One concept that is becoming more popular in the UK, following on from long-standing trends in mainland Europe, is the idea of a natural swimming pool. Chemicals are not used to clean the water; instead natural swimming pools are filtered using aquatic plants, which clean the water naturally.