Today though, there is a surprise. Lawns that were once closely mowed are now flowery mead
It is interesting how a lifelong fascination with plants and gardens can be initiated by subtle early influences; among mine I’m sure were the children’s novels written by Cambridgeshire author Lucy Boston, of which The Children of Green Knowe is best known. While the eponymous Green Knowe is fictional, it was based on the author’s home at Hemingford Grey, a village four miles east of Huntingdon, set on the southern bank of the River Great Ouse.
The Manor is one of UK’s oldest inhabited buildings: parts of it date to 1130, and the village is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Lucy’s books often feature ghosts, so perhaps it’s just imagination, but much about Hemingford Grey (even the
