Gardens: History repeats itself ... The Victorian gardens at Mount Stewart near Belfast, are back in fashion. Anna Pavord is delighted. Photography by Jerry Harpur.(Features) From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: July 24, 2004| Author: Pavord, Anna | COPYRIGHT 2004 Independent Newspapers (UK) Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Anna Pavord

"BEAUTIFUL PLACE, but very damp" wrote Queen Alexandra in the visitors' book at Mount Stewart, the Londonderrys' fine house in Co Down, Northern Ireland. She and King Edward VII spent a couple of days there in 1903, 20 years before the present garden was laid out by Edith, Lady Londonderry. But the damp that displeased the queen is pure pleasure to plants. The rate at which things grow at Mount Stewart gives it the long-established air of a place seve...

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