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WILD PROSPECTS

Adam Hunt and Lulu Urquhart of Urquhart & Hunt won Best in Show and Gold at last year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show and were named Homes & Gardens’ Garden Designer of the Year 2022. This month, Adam talks about the significance of noticing our local micro-seasons.

ONE of the most rewarding aspects of gardening is how much it requires us to be in touch with nature. This connection is natural and instinctive, and develops over years of experiencing the seasons and their natural rhythm and variation. It takes time to become a good gardener, mainly because each mistake made – and there are many – may take a year or more to

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