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GARDENER’S WORLD

Little by little, Christopher and Lillie Edgar have been working their way further south. It was the magical setting and the open views that first drew the couple to their beautiful country home. Their house, not far from Hastings and the south coast, sits on the crest of a hill, with its grounds and meadows dipping gently down towards the valley below. From here, one can see for miles across the open countryside and farmland of East Sussex. It truly is an idyllic spot for a family home.

‘We used to live in London and then Tunbridge Wells,

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