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    Jane Powers is an award-winning garden and nature writer from Ireland. She is a columnist and regular contributor to The Times and The Sunday Times in Ireland and is the author of several books on gardening. You can follow her on Twitter @powersflowers.
    The garden at Danesmoate, near Dublin — the home of Mr Adam Clayton. The 18th-century house may have been a rustic retreat or hunting lodge. ©Jonathan Hession

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    Taking on a historic estate with 17 acres of gardens and landscape at the age of 28 is no mean feat, but Adam Clayton did just that when he bought on Danesmoate — and he also had the foresight and vision to plant thousands of trees and shrubs, restoring vistas and bringing back life and colour to this beautiful river valley. Jane Powers tells the story, with pictures by Jonathan Hession.

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