The Gardener Magazine

The gardens of Stone Cottage

The gardens of Stone Cottage in Bedford are the culmination of a long personal and physical journey by the owners, Tony and Lesley. They relocated to South Africa from the UK in 2009, but it was only in 2016 that they moved to the Karoo and found the home they had been looking for.

Compared to the 13 acres they gardened in the UK, Stone Cottage sits on a tiny piece of land, only 1100m. However, as Tony and Lesley are not the spring chickens they used to be

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