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A bed of roses

TUCKED away down a country road in northern New South Wales is a beautiful 32 acre property featuring natural bushland, rainforest and 4 hectares of lawn and flower gardens. There are also two beautiful lakes surrounded by gently undulating lawns and large, leafy deciduous trees. Ian and Ulrieke Kethel are the proud owners and creators of this beautiful place, named ‘The Rose Patch’.

Originally part of the Kethel family dairy farm, the property was a mixture of bush and grassland when Ian began gardening it 30 years

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