BBC Gardeners' World

“Can you imgine being confronted with a plot like this?”

What do you do when you don’t have a garden at home but still want to create a relaxing retreat? For Vicky and her partner Maxine, the answer came when they discovered this bramble-choked, allotment-style plot right by the sea.

Over the past 13 years – or just one decade if you count the years they weren’t even sure how to tackle the garden – the pair have created several distinct zones in which to express their creativity and love of local plants and found objects.

Their main challenge on what they lovingly refer to as ‘The Lottie’ has been to bring everything they need by hand, along a coastal path 20 minutes from their home, but

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