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  Feature Garden  

 River Cottage Market Garden 
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 Designed by Adam Crofts 

 At a glance

  Show RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 

 Year 2022 

 Category Feature Garden 

   Large Show Garden  

 Photo: Royal Horticultural Society 

  About this garden

 The story 
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 The River Cottage Market Garden demonstrates the ornamental qualities of an edible garden. Its design and ethos are based on that of River Cottage farm in the Axe Valley in east Devon. Packed with organic vegetables, fruit and flowers, it is an example of no-dig gardening, in which heritage cultivars thrive and companion planting is key. Around a glasshouse in which tender plants are grown, are orderly beds of everyday and unusual vegetables and fruit. In the corner a sail structure provides shelter for a cooking station. 

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 Designer 
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    Adam Crofts

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