"The garden of England" (4)
I believe the answer is:
kent
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">the garden of england</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for kent that I've seen before include "Canterbury's county" , "Garden of England - Superman's family name" , "Earl Lear banishes" , "County; punting pole" , "Knew (Scottish)" .)