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Levens Hall and Gardens, in the South Lakes, Cumbria, in autumn.

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Levens Hall and Gardens, in the South Lakes, Cumbria, in autumn

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Levens Hall and Gardens in autumn, looking back to the Hall across the leaf-strewn lawn.

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The new head gardeners' tree at Levens Hall and Gardens in the Lake District, UK, with owners Chloe de Nazelle and Richard Bagot and daughter (left) and Richard's parents Hal and Susie Bagot (right).

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Tom Vickers, the designer and creator of the new head gardeners' commemorative tree sculpture at Levens Hall and Gardens, Lake District, UK.

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The leaf commemorating the most recently retired head gardener at Levens Hall and Gardens, which sits on the new head gardeners' commemorative tree.

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The new head gardeners' commemorative tree at Levens Hall and Gardens, the Lake District, UK, with L to R: Lydia Crowther (wife of the retiring head gardener, Chris Crowder), Levens Hall owners Chloe...

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Looking through a gate from the Levens Hall garden, which now has the head gardeners' commemorative tree sculpture beside the gate.

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Tom Vickers the designer and creator of the head gardeners' commemorative tree sculpture at Levens Hall and Gardens, Lake District, UK

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The Snuff Box presented to Chris Crowder at Levens Hall and Gardens.

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Levens Hall and Gardens' head gardener, Chris Crowder, with the snuff box once belonging to Alexander Forbes, who previously held the same role.

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Budding young wizards can have fun during plant identification at Levens Hall and Gardens, Cumbria, UK

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The Freddie Whimsett mural in Levens Kitchen, at Levens Hall and Gardens, the South Lakes, Cumbria.

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The Freddie Whimsett mural in Levens Kitchen, at Levens Hall and Gardens, the South Lakes, Cumbria.

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The Freddie Whimsett mural in Levens Kitchen, at Levens Hall and Gardens, the South Lakes, Cumbria.

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Close-up detail from the Freddie Whimsett mural in Levens Kitchen, at Levens Hall and Gardens, the South Lakes, Cumbria.

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Close-up detail from the Freddie Whimsett mural in Levens Kitchen, at Levens Hall and Gardens, the South Lakes, Cumbria.

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The earliest known English patchwork, as housed at Levens Hall and Gardens in Cumbria, England, having been created by the wife and daughters of Colonel James Grahme and completed around 1708.

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Looking through the huge Beech Hedge from the Beech Circle at Levens Hall and Gardens, the South Lakes, Cumbria

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Secluded areas of the gardens at Levens Hall and Gardens, the South Lakes, Cumbria.

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Part of the gardens at Levens Hall and Gardens, Cumbria

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The huge Beech Hedge encircling the Beech Circle at Levens Hall and Gardens, Cumbria

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Plants in the Bee Borders at Levens Hall and Gardens, Cumbria

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Pam Walton , one of the gardening team at Levens Hall and Gardens, pictured working in the bee borders.

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