{"id":3957,"date":"2016-02-06T13:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T06:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardens-transform-your-plot-into-a-mini-prairie\/"},"modified":"2016-02-06T13:04:26","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T06:04:26","slug":"gardens-transform-your-plot-into-a-mini-prairie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardens-transform-your-plot-into-a-mini-prairie\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardens: transform your plot into a mini-prairie"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPrairie plants go to sleep in winter, but their beauty still shines in this Sussex garden. Don\u2019t have eight acres to play with? Plant a mini-prairie of perennials instead Even in the depths of winter, the entrance to the Sussex Prairie Garden is easy to spot, marked as it is by a giant roadside cutout of a bright pink bison. The garden is closed to paying visitors until 1 June, but that is largely because the waterlogged grass paths couldn\u2019t stand up to the footfall, not because it isn\u2019t worth a visit at this time of year.Paul and Pauline McBride designed their eight-acre garden to be at its best from summer to autumn, but on a bright and frosty morning it presents an arresting spectacle. Backed by a line of oaks, with the undulating hills of the Sussex Weald in the distance, the effect is of a sepia-tinted photograph sprinkled with glitter. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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