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- ↑ "One to One with Michael Marriott", American Rose 1 March 2018
- ↑ "David Austin Roses", Everybody Gardens, January 23, 2020
- ↑ The Garden, Volume 131, 2006 p377
- ↑ Penguin profile
- ↑ Arena Profile
- ↑ "The comfort of roses", Cultivating Place 7 May 2020, North State Public Radio (NPR)
- ↑ "Rose pruning made easy,The English Garden, January 21, 2022
- ↑ Prolandscaper Magazine, "Michael Marriott to hold a talk at Borde Hill’s Rose Garden" 16 April 2019