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Why even Poirot couldn't solve the mystery of Agatha Christie's gardens; To the Crime Queen they were her secluded haven, though she did allow her famous detective to visit. Now, through the National Trust, we can all enjoy Greenway.

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From: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
Date: 20040328
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Byline: ELIZABETH MARTIN

To walk around the famous gardens of Greenway, in the tuckedaway village of Galmpton, near Brixham, Devon, is to meander through mystery and enchantment.

Multi-layered with lush, semitropical plantings, the gardens seem almost wild.

Visitors are led via gravelled paths down to the Dart Estuary. This is where the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, retreated for holidays after she bought Greenway with her architect husband, Max Mallowan, in 1938.

She described it as 'my dream house and garden'.

Now owned by the National Trust, the ...

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