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  • Your Home and Garden

    New growth

    May 12, 2019 3 minutes
    Text by Carol Bucknell.
    Photography by Juliet Nicholas.

    Dianne Croad loves her outdoor pots, furniture, topiary and artworks, and has used them to great effect in all her gardens. During her latest move, in August 2016, to a house in the Wither Hills area of Blenheim, Dianne’s family couldn’t help but comment that it took more time to move the outdoor things than it did all her household possessions combined. “At one stage they labelled me ‘The Mad Pot Lady’, but I think they also enjoy the results of my hard work,”

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