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By Tricia Harris Manager of Helmsley Walled Garden Helmsley Walled Garden and insert a Feuerkerze - photos Colin Dilcock This month Tricia Harris is going with the flow to keep Helmsley Walled Garden looking stunning It’s that time of year when everything takes off and if you dawdle, you’re left lying in a heap as your garden romps away without you. Personally, I don’t mind too much at home. We stop mowing the grass, just cutting a few paths to the important parts – the bottom of the garden, the wash...

Nell Jones As a child, I had an obsession with walled gardens, largely in part, down to Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden (ashamed to say not so much the book, but the great ‘90s film adaptation with Dame Maggie Smith). Those ivy-cloaked walls, darting robins and nymphy lily ponds, lichen-covered statues and weathered green houses, all still continue to fuel my romantic imaginings. Of course, the Chelsea Physic Garden is no secret, but it remains a restorative little oasis on Swan Walk, with its own microclimate and wonderfully storied history. The Garden dates back to 1673 whe...