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Alison Clements

Alison Clements

Garden designer who collaborated with Mali Clements on "A Corner of the Potter's Yard" at BBC Gardeners' World Live

Jun 21, 2026

45:21
Alison, tell me the story really behind the garden.
45:24
It's based on a pottery that was in our family, and about 25 years ago, the pottery closed down.
45:31
So our imagination is that we came back into a corner of what had been the potter's yard and found it completely derelict, with plants growing that had maybe blown in, self-seeded, changed over time.
45:45
But what we wanted to do was to also show the pots, so we had a stand created.
45:50
It was made out of steel, and it's old and rusted now with old wooden planks on it.
45:55
The pots that are now 30 years old have been planted up to show how beautiful a potted up pot can be-
46:03
Mm
46:04
... and that can be used for many different things.

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