Trees
Trees add height, which in turn provides cooling shade and screening from nosey neighbours. It is important though when choosing a tree to make sure that it won’t get too big for your garden. For smaller gardens Japanese maples, smaller ornamental cherries or a weeping pear would be ideal.
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- 2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (4)
- 2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (1)
- 2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (1)
- 2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (2)
- 2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (1)
- 2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (1)
- 2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (2)
- 2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (1)
- 2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (1)
- 2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (1)
- 2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (1)
- 2016 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (1)
- 2016 - Jekka McVicar - St John's Hospice (1)
- 2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (1)
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Acer palmatum (Palmatum Group) 'Butterfly'
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