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Hard to know what I would write if the Sunday Express asked me to do a few hundred words on garden design but I can put some helpful advice in one sentence: ‘��. The concept of ‘style�� on which his article rests is of use in understanding garden history and restoring historic gardens but it often leads amateur designers astray. Or maybe the problem is more basic: to do a design you have to be a designer. Many owner-designers have proved that a design training is not essential �� and some professional designers have proved that it is not sufficient. But, somewhat tautologically, you do have to be a good designer to produce a good design �� and a fixation on styles or ‘stylish gardens�� is unhelpful.