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I'm Chris Young – a garden design obsessive! I've been in the gardening media for more than a couple of decades but I never get bored of gardens, and never get bored to trying to work out why things just seem to work. I use the brilliant Richard Bloom's photos to explain and deconstruct great landscape design. And ultimately, to explain.... Why... It.... Works.

Why does that garden look so good?

What is that plant doing there?

Why did the designer choose those materials?

Is that off-centre feature intentional?

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Author and publisher Chris Young shows the very best in garden design – with photographer Richard Bloom's pictures – and explains Why... It.... Works.