The English Garden

Scent of Success

Scent comes into its own in winter, when it is sweet and arresting in the cold, clear air. One of the best places to seek out scent is Dunham Massey in Cheshire, where the UK’s largest winter garden, designed with help from Roy Lancaster, opened in 2009. There are over 1,600 winter shrubs, trees and evergreens here, chosen for scent, colour and texture, plus carpets of cyclamen, iris and

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