Pretty PROFUSION
May 30, 2019
4 minutes
Words and photographs Leigh Clapp
KEY FACTS
Character A country cottage style, with a mix of cut flowers and edibles
Size Quarter of an acre
Aspect South-east
Soil Neutral clay
Owners Jayne and Chris Hendy, who have lived here for ten years with their springer spaniel, Moss
House Grade II-listed cottage, approximately 500 years old
The picture of a perfect country idyll is presented before you on entering this pretty cottage garden through an archway in the hedge. A rustic gravel path, edged in soft grey and white standard David Austin roses, leads up to the characterful, white timber-clad cottage. The scene, however, has taken years of hard work to
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