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Pretty PROFUSION

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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