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  • The English Garden

    A LIFE OUTSIDE

    Mar 25, 2020 3 minutes

    SUNNY SPOTS

    For lazy weekend lunches, position seating in areas of dappled shade and on hardstanding so no one is in bright sunlight and tables and chairs are stable. Avoid trees that will drop sap or berries onto furniture. Mayfair dining set of table and six chairs (left), £1,499, Bridgman. Tel: 020 8804 7474; bridgman.co.uk

    SIMPLY STYLISH

    David Hicks championed the classic, all-green, formal garden, and in such spaces, simplest designs are often the best. OKA’s Tamworth range with its off-white cushions

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