Property News · April 2, 2016

How does your garden grow? Gemma Wood, Wye Valley Sculpture Garden, Monmouthshire


When I returned home 20 years ago, I wanted to add structure to the garden, so I rented a JCB. My parents were excited about my vision, but it was a challenge I remember being scared of the garden when I was a toddler, because it was so vast. Back then, my grandfather used the garden to practise his ideals of working with the land and nature, organic growing and raw foodism. It defined everything he was.When my parents took it over in the 70s, they set up one of the first vegetarian B&Bs in the UK. The guesthouse thrived, and I grew up in a really interesting, buzzing place. My father would bring in magnificent organic vegetables from the garden every day. We went to the market for citrus fruit, but everything else came from the garden. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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