Ursula Buchan

A walled garden in Suffolk yields up its secrets

When Olivia Laing began restoring the former property of a garden designer, she had no idea of the beauty that lay hidden by rampant weeds

Rosa Blanc Double de Coubert – one of the plants Olivia Laing discovered when clearing her garden. [Alamy]
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