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THE LITTLE COTTAGE THAT COULD

COTTAGE GARDENS ARE bountiful expressions of colour and life, woven through with nostalgia and romance. For Leisa Rossignol, the owner of this pretty patch located in the Southern Queensland town of Toowoomba, that sentiment couldn’t ring more true. Awash with delicate florals and defined with reclaimed materials and meaningful objects, her garden is a perfect fit for the sweet weatherboard cottage that has sat on the plot for more than a century.

“I’ve always loved

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