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husband Andrew near Newton Stewart in West Galloway. The first is ‘planting for impact’ and the second is ‘repeat planting’, with an empha- sis on linking the many different areas in this five-acre garden. The skill with which Dorset-born Mary,
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Right: Mary in her garden with the beloved family dog. Below: The hedge planting looks particularly impressive from above.
who trained in Landscape Architecture at Edin- burgh University, develops these themes and many other creative ideas is evident from the moment you arrive at Craichlaw. Approached along a drive that leads past a loch and through policies of mature trees, the mid-Nineteenth Century mansion sits in a raised position over- looking a pair of terraces. It was this grey façade that Mary sought
to soften when she first arrived at the house Andrew had inherited from his mother. The original walled garden was situated at some distance from the house but Mary, soon to be the mother of four daughters – now in their
wo themes consistently run through Mary Gladstone’s discussions about Crai- chlaw, the garden she shares with her