Here are some photos of a garden in Clapham that I replanted. A thick layer of farmyard manure was applied to all the raised beds to keep the moisture in the soil. Plants chosen for the sunnier border included Corylus avellana 'Contorta' (twisted willow) and  Rosa Princess Alexandra of Kent which I chose because it has unusually large, strongly fragrant, fully-double, pink blooms and it flowers twice. Shade tolerant plants such as Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae and Helleborus x hybridus ...
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