Amateur Gardening

A tree-challenged garden

EVERY garden has its challenges, and in Graham and Maggie Hale’s case it’s the 11 trees dotted over their third-of-an-acre plot. Nevertheless, the couple have learned to live with their inheritance and absorb it into the beautiful space they’ve created around their Victorian cottage in the Dorset village of Iwerne Minster. Indeed, they’ve even found ways to use the abundance of vertical height to their advantage.

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