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...Rhododendrons, tender orchids, very big displays of sweet peas or shrubs and small ones of auriculas have disappeared and alpine plants are down to only one exhibit....
...A more traditional garden by gold medallist Mark Gregory for Savills uses cement-free concrete and reclaimed bricks....
...edward.luce@ft.com ——————————————- Letter in response to this column: Pledge of pan-Voltairianism after Paris attacks is no panacea/ From Gregory Djerejian...
...Erquicia points out a bag of the tiniest possible peas – a cult item in the Basque country, where they are known as “tears” and sell for as much as €600 per kilo (“we compare them to caviar,” she says) –...
...Gregory Katz is an American freelance writer living in London....
...There was even a mannerist, or postmodern phase, of the art form: witness the splendidly satirical “Cannibalise Legalists” and “Give Peas a Chance”....
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