Emily Forbes was already renting in Lyttelton when she first set eyes on her section. The GP was walking through the steep streets one day in 2009 when she spotted the site for sale and fell for its romantic charm. “There was an old settler’s cottage on it surrounded by an incredible garden,” she says. “The previous owner was an avid gardener, so there was a haze of flowers beneath the overgrown plants.”
A gardener herself, Emily bought the
