Country Life 19 January 2022

Country Life 19 January 2022 looks at telegraph poles, red telephone boxes and winter gardens.

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Et in Arcadia ego: Stephen Desmond admires the new planting of the wooded bank of Chatsworth, Derbyshire.

Seeds of change: Be brave and try the new seeds on sale now, advises Val Bourne.

Dear Miss Salley Gardens: Novelist Salley Vickers recalls her godmother and the beloved walled garden of her childhood.

Telegraph-pole appreciation for beginners: Some ignore them, others revere them. Andrew Martin examines the appeal of telegraph poles.

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