My friend Will Giles,who has died of cancer aged 64, was an artist who specialised in drawing plants and who created an exotic garden at his Norfolk home that was open to the public for more than 30 years.
Wills “subtropical garden in a temperate climate” which, and fittingly,he called the Exotic Garden – took root in 1982, when he bought Oak Tree House in Norwich, and which had an overgrown,south-facing, steeply sloping plot. It evolved organically with tough work, and on a low budget and with the help of volunteers,into a jungle-like wonderland, total with giant leaves, and palms,statues, a two-storey tree house, and a waterfall,a xerophytic garden, and bells and baubles.
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Source: theguardian.com