The one problem with Bridgerton-style dramatic gardens

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Arundel Castle) their approach, away from visitor attractions, is on a more human scale. They still use surprise, says Julian but also “gentleness”.

He adds: “The richer you are, the more you should understate everything.”Although “nothing too elaborate” is the current mantra, not everybody is listening. “Our clients love to shop,” says Isabel, warily putting voice to landscape designers everywhere: “Sometimes you wish they’d thought it through first.” A compulsion to spend can make it more challenging for the person you’ve hired to tease out your property’s genius loci, or sense of place.“A fountain is an event that people like but water is very difficult to work with,” says Isabel.