Winter wonderland

The award-winning garden designer Jo Thompson (right) has redesigned and officially reopened the Winter Garden at RHS Garden Rosemoor in Devon - just in time for visitors to explore it as part of this month's festive RHS Glow illuminations.

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Jo, who won Gold for her Glasshouse Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year, has worked with a team of 35 gardeners over the two-year project. After excavating and crushing 170 tonnes of concrete to recycle as hardcore in the new garden, Jo and her team planted more than 1,600 bulbs, 1,120 herbaceous plants,