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Louise Brown
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Join Isabel & Julian Bannerman at Ashington Manor as they share their instinctive, landscape-led approach to creating romantic English country gardens. Through intimate, beautifully filmed lessons, they reveal how to balance structure with wildness, craft views, use colour and texture, and let nature shape the space. With practical guidance and inspiring insights, the Bannermans show how even small interventions can transform your garden into a place that grows naturally and beautifully over time.
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Isabel & Julian Bannerman
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Julian and Isabel introduce Ashington Manor and the core ideas of the course: gardens are for living in, should feel theatrical and fun, and are built through experimentation and early structure.
This lesson explores the influences behind the Bannermans’ style and the practical principles that guide their work, from “right plant, right place” to careful observation and maintainable design.
Julian and Isabel share how Ashington’s landscape and history shaped early decisions, including bold structural moves, mass bulb planting, and the use of rambling roses for scent and drama.
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Louise Brown
Apr 10, 2026
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Elizabeth
Mar 27, 2026
I have subscribed to access all the courses so have watched one on interior design and this one with Butter Wakefield who specialises in small garden design. She has a lovely personality and comes across as ...
Louise Brown
Apr 10, 2026
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Wellesley
Apr 1, 2026
What a great investment, I have learned such a lot from the first three courses. My evenings have gone from not being able to find anything that captured my imagination on TV to learning and expanding my kno...
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Mar 30, 2026
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