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                            <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Country Life in Gardens-interiors ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'There is much to be said for decorating slowly and allowing layers to build up gradually': Country Life's Chelsea Flower Show stand designer opens the doors to his own Winchester home ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The architect George Saumarez Smith describes how he created a home by slow evolution, rather than revolution ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Interiors]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ George Saumarez Smith ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/s9REoLSx2Xn5hTdWhEmmiS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Queen Charlotte, Queen Victoria and the bluebells that erupt in a hidden pocket of wilderness at Kew Gardens ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ When Queen Victoria left an area of wilderness by the Thames at Kew to the nation, it was on condition that it be preserved in its natural beauty. After decades of abandonment, it is now being gently restored, writes Kendra Wilson. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kendra Wilson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5EJzEVbHbTzrXf6Joyubcb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;Hyacinthoides non-scripta&lt;/em&gt; gathered from elsewhere in Kew Gardens have been added to those in the woodland glade.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The bluebells at Kew Gardens ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Slugs: The good, the bad, and the stomach-churningly disgusting ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ With anuses right next to their mouths and an ability to produce The garden designer and author Isabel Bannerman shares her feelings about slugs. Suffice to say that those feelings are not positive ones. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Expert Gardening Tips]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Isabel Bannerman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9mQMWqkmj3rSsYpXCkq7cK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A Large Black Slug (Arion ater) attached to a piece of grass by its own slime — slime which can turn from solid to liquid, enabling it to move smoothly or cling on tight as needed. It might not be pretty, but it&#039;s clever stuff.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A Large Black Slug (Arion ater) attached to a piece of grass by its own slime. Lovely.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Elegant paints and wallpapers for every kind of country home ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ There's no shortage of elegant paints and wallpapers currently on the market — so we asked Amelia Thorpe to choose some of her favourites that will work in country homes, big and and small. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Interiors]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Amelia Thorpe ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bmBphn3cCm9z2uXaZX84CV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Botanical beauty: This &lt;em&gt;trompe l’oeil&lt;/em&gt; wallpaper is from Hamilton Weston.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Paints and wallpapers]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'I am destined to a life surrounded by books with never quite enough shelves': George Saumarez Smith on his design for Country Life’s stand at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ George Saumarez Smith’s design draws on his passions for architecture, drawing, books, and his fiancée Jane Kennerley’s love of plants. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Giles Kime ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZwpVD6cyMNrzcbPEBr2Q37-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Victorian world lost for 140 years, rediscovered and restored in Devon ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Lost until a chance discovery in 2009, the Victorian fernery at Canonteign Falls in Devon has not only been restored, but now houses two National Collections. Charles Quest-Ritson visits; photography by Mark Bolton. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Finest gardens to visit]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Quest-Ritson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qcsZt8zmchSvfrarvdX396-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Giant leaves and flowering spikes of &lt;em&gt;Gunnera manicata&lt;/em&gt; in the fern garden at Canonteign —  home of Mr and Mrs Christopher Baylis  — which contains the &lt;em&gt;Polystichum&lt;/em&gt; (hardy cvs.) and &lt;em&gt;Dryopteris&lt;/em&gt; (hardy cvs.) National Collections.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The fernery at Canonteign Falls, Devon, as seen in  Country Life in April 2026 ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pulled by camels, powered by grandfathers and the bane of Peter Capaldi: The curious history of the lawnmower ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The history of the lawnmower is a gloriously British tale of eccentricity, brainwaves and dogged determination. Harry Pearson explains. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Gardens &amp; Interiors]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Pearson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Kmz8Z9emYBR7n4PB8kMKt5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The man who made daffodils the flower of spring in Britain ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ As the last few daffodils die back across the country, Tiffany Daneff pays tribute to the Reverend George Engleheart, the man who did more to spread the word about these gorgeous flowers than any other gardener in history. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Expert Gardening Tips]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tiffany Daneff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SX2KmGpTeZ8WYVwtB9RqVc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Reverend George Engelheart, on the right of this archive picture, created 720 different types of &lt;em&gt;Narcissus&lt;/em&gt;.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Revd George Engelheart]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What is the secret to choosing colours that are sympathetic to the past? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Natural-paint manufacturer Edward Bulmer has teamed up with Laura Cavendish, Countess of Burlington, to produce 24 new colours inspired by Chatsworth House. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Interiors]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Arabella Youens ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yf6b65MraPfYhUWnJXtA3U-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Milo Brown for Rose of Jericho]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Country Life&#039;s 2025 RHS Chelsea Flower Show stand featured bespoke paint by Rose of Jericho. The colour perfectly suited the antique furniture and neo-Classical columns.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Rose of Jericho yellow paint]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mount Congreve: The exquisite Irish garden on an unimaginable scale   ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Even superlatives are dwarfed by the scale and quality of the garden of Mount Congreve, in Co Waterford, Ireland. Charles Quest-Ritson traces its story. Photographs by Jonathan Hession. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Quest-Ritson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Sn9ugQS9Tn9Bjw98n45HPE-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jonathan Hession for Country Life / Future]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The view through the magnolias at the garden of Mount Congreve to the trout-rich River Suir. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The garden of Mount Congreve]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Alan Titchmarsh: The thrill of raising a plant from a speck of dust or a green leaf can only be learned first-hand ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Theory and study is grand, says Alan Titchmarsh —but it'll never take the place of learning practical skills at the hands of an expert. A new initiative is about to make doing so much easier. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Expert Gardening Tips]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Alan Titchmarsh ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TS9WBpcfYaNMzHw8JCGpfe-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Close-up of a lettuce seedling on farmer hands on community garden]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Close-up of a lettuce seedling on farmer hands on community garden]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How the founders of Weaver Green turned a Victorian cricket pavilion into the perfect off-grid escape  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This restored cricket pavilion is the perfect escape from the demands of busy lives, finds Arabella Youens. Photographs by Simon Brown. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:54:42 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Interiors]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Arabella Youens ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/as9VNnVb6NAQfqXt89PZhb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Cushions and throws made from recycled plastic by the couple’s firm, Weaver Green.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Renovated cricket pavilion ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Reader event report: An eye to the future at Daylesford ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The magnificent Heritage Barn at Daylesford in the Cotswolds was the setting for an event at which five specialists with a deep understanding of country properties shared their expertise. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:55:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Interiors]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Country Life ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fWdkU6pzm9eWDUKdqfekSK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Almost 100 guests listened to Joanna Cocking, Sean Symington, Jonathan Dinnewell, Tim Moulding and Edward Smith.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Reader Event at Daylesford March 2026]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Bannerman's Somerset home is the best of both worlds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Are chilly drafts and tepid baths a price to be paid for the pleasures of living in an old house? Not at Julian and Isabel Bannerman's toasty Somerset home. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Giles Kime ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2pXQwA2JcuNwbw75wB7cEE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Isabel and Julian Bannerman in the Great Hall of Ashington Manor, where they fitted underfloor heating beneath the Blue Lias stone.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Isabel and Julian Bannerman in their home.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Giles Kime: What the perplexing language used to describe modern interior design actually means ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Our Interiors Editor provides a handy definition for some of the industries most befuddling terms and phrases. Because often 'historic' actually just means 'old'. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:46:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Interiors]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Giles Kime ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SrWFKwfU5HGkeiTR75DG9W-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The living room of a house in Mill Valley, California, that Rita Konig worked on with the architect Gil Schafer.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A Rita Konig decorated interior]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ ‘I have no concept of anyone who's like me. Now, that's either because I'm such an egomaniac that I am sort of completely self obsessed, or … because I haven’t watched enough films’: Monty Don’s consuming passions ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/i-have-no-concept-of-anyone-whos-like-me-now-thats-either-because-im-such-an-egomaniac-that-i-am-sort-of-completely-self-obsessed-or-because-i-havent-watched-enough-films-monty-dons-consuming-passions</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Monty Don swerves questions with the abundant charisma that made him a ‘Gardener’s World’ darling. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lotte Brundle ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NW2HJPNT3L3CoAKfcjvmoA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The sound of centuries: Britain's last bellfounders ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Behind the deep chime of York’s Great Peter or the heft of London’s Great Paul is John Taylor’s bellfoundry. With pieces from its associated museum going under the hammer, collectors have a chance to bring home a peal of their own, as Ben Lerwill discovers. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:05:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Antiques &amp; Collecting]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Lerwill ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WAGMbQb4vsnwA92vVACnXG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pretty little things: How the double primrose continues to hold us in its thrall ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Charles Quest-Ritson looks into the history and the origins of these delightful flowers. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Expert Gardening Tips]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Quest-Ritson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e7EiV4stmnWyyfhCY2XuLF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;Primula vulgaris&lt;/em&gt; &#039;Belarina cream&#039; from David Kerley.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[THE PICTON GARDEN AND OLD COURT NURSERIES, WORCESTERSHIRE: PLANT PORTRAIT OF THE PALE YELLOW FLOWERS OF PRIMULA VULGARIS BELARINA QUEEN, ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The revival of interest in folk art is fueling a new fascination with the art of decorating wagons ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Three devotees share their enthusiasm with Arabella Youens. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Interiors]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Arabella Youens ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ghWUbeKM3roHvWVACcXYKg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Tess and Alfred Newall bow-top 1920 wagon is used as a studio, playroom and hideaway.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Tess and Alfred Newall with their decorative wagon]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'People are astounded that such a biodiverse haven exists here': The garden squares that are the hidden lungs of London ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ As spring unlocks the beauty of London’s garden squares, Jack Watkins speaks to the devotees who work to keep those patches alive. Photographs by Richard Cannon. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jack Watkins ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ysuYBbGYdER5FCrQr4J84g-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pavel Votapek, Eccleston Square’s head gardener, with resident Nicky Foy relaxing in the surrounds of her late husband’s labours.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[London garden squares]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'It's not nature being a pain; all of the problems we have with pests and diseases are because of us': The trailblazing gardener who's creating a 'food forest' in Devon ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Former head gardener Josh Sparkes’s pioneering methods of growing fruit and vegetables at Birch Farm in Devon are achieving excellent results. Kendra Wilson went there to find out more. Photographs by Jason Ingram. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kendra Wilson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZyxekP4qvwCDZunau2eMjU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Josh Sparkes, who was in the RAF before training as a gardener, draws order out of apparent chaos with military precision, despite only taking out pernicious weeds once a year.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Birch Farm in Devon photographed by Jason Ingram ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Ugly, pointless and potentially lethal': Why dead hedges are a gardening fad too far  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Charles Quest-Ritson takes aim at the phenomenon of the 'dead hedge'. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Expert Gardening Tips]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Quest-Ritson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pnWPsSiqZvHhafDGXeA89S-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An unsightly aspect and flammable in summer: two reasons not to create a dead hedge.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Dead hedge ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What do you get when you cross classic English country house style with a French château kitchen? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The layout of this French château kitchen was influenced by English country-house style. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Amelia Thorpe ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KHhfaTv7JYQ2r2rDWyPWKD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Celebrating the superwomen who've shaped the world of design ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Last month, Hector Finch hosted an event at London Design Week that explored the way that women have shaped 21st-century interior design. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Country Life ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UgGcZYkXwo5TJNbqMRuyXU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[From left-to-right: Jennifer Manners, Anahita Rigby, Henri Fitzwilliam-Lay, Charlie Porter, Country Life’s Executive Editor Giles Kime and Hector Finch.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Hector Finch event]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The craft renaissance, with Giles Kime ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Country Life's interiors expert Giles Kime joins James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast to talk about the amazing work being done across Britain —and how those who are doing it are recognised in the Country Life Top 100. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Toby Keel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KT4YxSaE9tpYMgDcYFKfUY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Clunie Fretton — one of the wonderful craftspeople featured in the Country Life Top 100 — finishing a plaster sculpture at her London studio.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Clunie Fretton finishing a plaster sculpture at her London studio. She has worked at the Houses of Parliament and the V&amp;A — Country Life Top 100 2026]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The garden at Cogshall Grange: 'A modern work of art, combining shapeliness and serenity' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Layers of fresh new foliage — lime-green hornbeams underplanted with bronze and copper-leaved perennials —are set off with a brilliant selection of tulips in the garden at Cogshall Grange. Kathryn Bradley-Hole paid a visit; photography by Clive Nichols. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Finest gardens to visit]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kathryn Bradley-Hole ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TyBVjWsoWeUDbKbJPbwLii-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The garden at Cogshall Grange, Antrobus, Cheshire, the home of Julia Kirkham and Brendan Flood. &#039;Mantle&#039; by David Harber overlooks the gravelled beds. Also in bronze is the small gazebo standing against the wall, one of several pieces by Jamie Fobert Architects.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The garden at Cogshall Grange in Antrobus, Cheshire — the home of Julia Kirkham and Brendan Flood. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Italians think it's a laxative and the Germans say it leeches your bones, but rhubarb is a true British wonder. Here's how to do it justice ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Rhubarb is one of the easiest and most generous plants to grow. Charles Quest-Ritson digs into its history and recommends the best kinds; photographs by Jonathan Buckley. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Expert Gardening Tips]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Quest-Ritson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/A5ED8VuPDCQEov9KvuQNc3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Rhubarb ‘Timperley Early’ is a great favourite and with reason, as it produces a large crop of sweet-tasting stalks early in the season.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Timperley Early rhubarb]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ I pitted AI against a much-loved 1963 gardening book to see what to do with my little corner of Ireland — here's what happened ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Our columnist Jonathan Self has relied on his old gardening books for decades. Can a newcomer in the form of Claude AI take their place? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Expert Gardening Tips]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathan Self ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7NK6Fndd5NZeDTowByYoAi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Jonathan Self&#039;s grounds aren&#039;t as glamorous as the gardens at Glenarm. Not yet, anyway.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The gardens at Glenarm]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Where was Guy Ritchie's Young Sherlock series filmed? In a historic Welsh home that first appeared in Country Life a century ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Llanvihangel Court has a Spanish Armada-era avenue of trees and may have been visited by Charles I. To celebrate its star turn in Guy Ritchie's new Amazon Prime television series, 'Young Sherlock', we're revisiting our feature and photographs on the house that first appeared in the magazine in 1916. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Country Life ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XwZGWNuRQBkf2vGDtpxhvk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient time-telling devices — turned garden ornaments — from the Country Life Archive ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Man has been consumed by time and how to tell it for millennia. Sundials are an important part of this history and there are plenty of pictures of them — in some of Britain's most beautiful gardens — hiding in the Country Life Archive. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NyX6SLQfRpRfZdG6AZt5tH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'If the Chelsea Flower Show is the glitzy public face of British gardening, then the country’s amateur flower shows encapsulate its older, gentler side' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Christopher Stocks looks at the origins of the local flower show while Steven Desmond provides his advice on how to secure victory. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Gardens &amp; Interiors]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Christopher Stocks ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wWfV9bLHf3cY6TYQS5v8Gj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Big ones, little ones: the tops should be tied off and shallots placed in a saucer of sand for a chance to win first prize.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Display of onions and flowers]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ In search of the perfect country house games room  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A country house is never truly complete without a games room. Julie Harding picks out her favourites on the market right now. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Property]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Julie Harding ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UAM36hdcv436NSLmJeP5TR-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Goldings has a games room to die for.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Property for Sale]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Alan Titchmarsh: I'm planting a brand new garden —here's what's going in, what I'm trying out, and the plant that's sending me in search of my axe ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Moving to a new house means getting stuck in to a new garden —and even in his seventies that's still a huge thrill for Alan Titchmarsh. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Expert Gardening Tips]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Alan Titchmarsh ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PiQoPVvP7GALe72PrVqVhC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'There was the land, the money and the desire to show off both': The incomparable skill and immaculate timing of Capability Brown ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Tiffany Daneff pays tribute to Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, the great landscape gardener who re-shaped huge swathes of Britain. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Gardens]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tiffany Daneff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UeYxDrLEkixTxyRonXs8h-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Palladian Bridge in the ground of Stowe Park Estate in Buckinghamshire, one of almost 200 gardens of Capability Brown that still exist today.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The fine Palladian Bridge in the ground of Stowe Park Estate]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Swap out the chintz for corduroy: How to create a calming and characterful country retreat ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The owners of this 19th century cottage turned to Studio Squire for a quick and comprehensive renovation. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Amelia Thorpe ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UQAcEoA9TFvJ3zFN7z59Rh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ I'm a tulip in a bottle, baby: A very British botanical beauty contest is gaining fans of all ages ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Launched by Matthew Rice to publicise his local gardening club, the annual Tulip in a Bottle contest is popular with everyone, finds Tiffany Daneff. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tiffany Daneff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bDygwJwQt2RoiZ5cJRVCNR-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Entries for last year’s competition in the barn at Matthew Rice’s moated Oxfordshire home, once part of Bampton Castle.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Tulip flowers in bottles]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sarah Raven: ‘I find nature very inspiring and reassuring, when things are feeling a bit dire in the world and we have world wars’ ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The gardener and writer on her love of Cretan wild flowers, why she quit her job as a doctor, her husband’s grandmother Vita Sackville-West —and her consuming passions. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lotte Brundle ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cCKaa26HsSh4xt3b867AyN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Growing leeks: What to plant, when to to it, and how to make them thrive ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Our grow-your-own expert Mark Diacono shares his favourite leeks. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Expert Gardening Tips]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Diacono ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QDcHKmUbchnXgFDuEECyHA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A cheat's guide to bulbous irises and top tips for growing them ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Isabel Bannerman is bewitched and bewildered by bulbous irises. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Expert Gardening Tips]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Isabel Bannerman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PmH4u54TBz48yvgYoQkBNd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Dutch iris are popular, easy-to-grow, hardy perennial bulbs known for their long, straight stems and elegant, orchid-like blooms.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Iris flowers]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The new entries in the Country Life Top 100 for 2026 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Our Country Life Top 100 has once again been entirely revised and updated. These are the new names that appear. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Country Life ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FJ5828aAXaongWUQFZXUXZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Vanrenen Hanbury — named for founders and interior designers Sarah Vanrenen and Laura Hanbury — is a new entry in the Country Life Top 100.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A sitting room by interior designers Sarah Vanrenen and Laura Hanbury, who also have an evolving range of colourful furniture, fabrics and lighting — Country Life Top 100 2026]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Colour photographs of Gertrude Jekyll’s garden, rediscovered in the Country Life Archive, offer a rare glimpse of what it looked like at the peak of her fame ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In 1997, Country Life published a set of chromatic photographs of Gertrude Jekyll’s Munstead Wood garden that had lain undisturbed in our archive for nearly a century. We have reproduced the pictures, corresponding feature and captions here. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:08:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Gardens]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Country Life ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uDhAahAtdNNCDVmcHbYELE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The double borders of iris and lupins. No image represents Jekyll&#039;s gardening style better than this June garden. Enclosed by a yew hedge, with the loft in the distance, it was a vision quite unlike the cottage garden that inspired it. Waves of white and yellow flag irises and three kinds of lupin, including large mounds of white tree lupin, captured the essence of Jekyll&#039;s gardening message. Drifts of her own strain of lupins, in &#039;white, purple-blue, pale purpose shading to white, pink and red-purple&#039;, were offset with pink China roses and masses of white pinks and pansies along the edges of the garden. When the autochrome was published in 1912, Jekyll commented that the colour photography has not reached &#039;a degree of precision and accuracy to do justice to the careful scheme of colour groupings&#039;. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Munstead Wood garden]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How do you make an 18th century stately home fit for a 21st-century family? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Grace McCloud talks to Toddy Fleming of Studio Cameron about gently updating The Hirsel — a Category A Listed stately home on land in the Scottish Borders that's been occupied by the same family for nearly a millennium. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Interiors]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Grace McCloud ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5huDfU4QfHKCViNMQNW2JB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A dream built in glass, for herbs, flowers and 'lots of fancy tomatoes' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Gentle curves ensure that this greenhouse fits seamlessly into the corner of an Oxfordshire garden, finds Tiffany Daneff. Photography by Clive Nichols. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tiffany Daneff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PfJiqSpXVzukQuud7bioYh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Belgium-based designers DBG Classics shipped the greenhouse in kit form to England, where it was easily assembled.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[glasshouse]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ No garden should be without a winter-flowering daphne, so we've picked the best ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ There is no such thing as a disappointing daphne, Charles Quest-Ritson ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Expert Gardening Tips]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Quest-Ritson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QedoGCiwpRY7MuvEQfnryk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;Daphne bholua &lt;/em&gt;&#039;Jacqueline Postill&#039; — &#039;I had no doubt that the best, all things considered, was Jacqueline Postill&#039;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[ Daphne bholua Jacqueline Postill in flower.]]></media:text>
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                            <![CDATA[ Understanding the language of this house in the Chilterns was the key to creating a garden that would complement it. Tiffany Daneff takes a closer look, and speaks to both the owner and garden designer Angus Thompson to discover how it came about. Photography by Rachel Warne. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Gardens]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tiffany Daneff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rXRVvP24aqVPtVr4EN89D9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The lines of the garden are drawn from the building’s cruciform shape and strong axes. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The garden of a contemporary Oxfordshire home]]></media:text>
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                            <![CDATA[ Amy Merrick consults the expert growers at The Real Flower Company on her new West London cutting garden. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Amy Merrick ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eQTwkgRi7dwbb9jxfTExyj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New designs and accessories to brighten every room  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Light it up with Amelia Thorpe's Spring-time selection of the best lights and light fittings. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Amelia Thorpe ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kmyyznw32gruDsJ7CpkeEN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Home is where the hearth is: Five picture-perfect cottages with glorious fireplaces ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An imposing inglenook fireplace can be the natural heart of a home — and a characterful draw for buyers — as it radiates warmth and coaxes company towards that comforting glow. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Property]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Julie Harding ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/miLXbMZ9wMzJCMnLprGTrb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Chantry Farmhouse in Suffolk has a picture-perfect inglenook fireplace.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Property for Sale]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Intrepid, enterprising, dedicated: The new generation of nursery owners creating the flowers we'll be enjoying for decades to come ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ David Carver is typical of the new generation of nursery owners, determined to save historic collections and produce new hybrids. John Hoyland paid him a visit to find out more; photographs by Clive Nichols. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Gardens]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Hoyland ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RJiUW9vAhCwG8MAV6kQXTP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Growing daffodils can be big business — but without the patience and dedication of specialists like David Carver, the most popular hybrids of tomorrow will never come to exist.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Daffodils]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Alan Titchmarsh: Patience is in short supply today, but learning when to crack on and when to leave well alone will do your garden wonders  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Alam Titchmarsh cannot wait to get to work in his brand new garden, but acting too soon could have long-lasting ramifications. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Expert Gardening Tips]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Alan Titchmarsh ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/je8Fso4j4gqPEN8b5tqZC4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Alan&#039;s new garden is in &#039;rhododendron country&#039; and many of the hybrid species in it have grown into trees — but until spring comes, he won&#039;t know if any of them are capable of flowering.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Garden through blooming rhododendrons and tree fern]]></media:text>
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