Gardens Illustrated Magazine

MARIE-LOUISE AGIUS

For landscape designer Marie-Louise Agius, last year's period of drought left her feeling scared. “Everything was curling in on itself, leaves were shedding and gardens were looking miserable.” This summer's plentiful rainfall, however, has made her much happier as managing water is absolutely central to all her design schemes. “I always joke that my epitaph will say that I tried to be a landscape designer and all I ever did was talk about drainage. But if you manage the water, you can manage the land. It's absolutely fundamental.”

Marie-Louise – whose

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