Woman's Weekly Living Series

Midsummer DREAM

The first sign of Garry and Alison’s farm comes when the shaggy native hedgerows edging an unfrequented single track change to a crisply-cut hornbeam hedge with an arch that frames the view of a cottage garden awash with the soft shades of summer. This enclosed enclave is where the couple mostly relax around midsummer, when the silver birches offer welcome shade.

‘It is so lovely to sit outdoors, simply watching the butterflies and bees flitting from flower to flower,’ says Garry. ‘There

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