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    Pretty PROFUSION

    May 30, 2019 4 minutes
    Words and photographs Leigh Clapp

    KEY FACTS

    Character A country cottage style, with a mix of cut flowers and edibles

    Size Quarter of an acre

    Aspect South-east

    Soil Neutral clay

    Owners Jayne and Chris Hendy, who have lived here for ten years with their springer spaniel, Moss

    House Grade II-listed cottage, approximately 500 years old

    The picture of a perfect country idyll is presented before you on entering this pretty cottage garden through an archway in the hedge. A rustic gravel path, edged in soft grey and white standard David Austin roses, leads up to the characterful, white timber-clad cottage. The scene, however, has taken years of hard work to

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