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kitchens to covet alfresco cooking

We are Nick Selby and Ian James, custodians of Water Lane, a Victorian walled garden that we’re restoring in Hawkhurst, an area of outstanding beauty in the High Weald.

We found Water Lane during lockdown while looking for a new adventure. Ian had been volunteering at Wolves Lane Flower Company, and we had an idea to grow and sell British seasonal flowers. We never imagined we’d take on a near-derelict three-acre walled garden with

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