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ORIENTATION The formal garden faces south, with many borders and parterres facing east and west.

SOIL TYPE Fertile loam.

SPECIAL FEATURES Chess-piece yew topiaries, flower borders, woodland and stumpery, monastic ponds, vegetable garden and greenhouse.

GARDEN DESIGN Isabel and Julian Bannerman (bannermandesign.com).

Just a few miles east of Bristol on the edge of the Cotswold hills lies Hanham Court Gardens, made famous by its creators, the award-winning designers Isabel and Julian Bannerman, who also helped the Prince of

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