"In our soft too many s become oppressive, and we need a very carefully balanced combination of evergreen and deciduous planting to give us the right degree of comfort, variety and satisfaction. But with a brighter light and greater extremes of temperature, a much higher proportion of evergreen is felt to be right."
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Brenda Colvin
(8 June 1897 – 27 January 1981) was a British , garden designer, and author. She was appointed in 1973 (CBE). Born in , , she was a member of the , connected with the .
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