GAZE OUT AT THE LANDSCAPE around Rosedale Farm and you might think you’re in a Jane Austen novel. Hills stretch away, studded with oaks and elms, while a tree-lined picket fence marks the property’s boundaries. Crest a rise, and you’ll see a classical Georgian-style house overlooking a lake, with clipped box hedges in front, and a thriving vegetable garden behind. It’s a picture of rural serenity Capability Brown himself would have approved; a blend of nature and art nurtured into perfection.
“I remember at the open house, we were standing
