Property News · March 18, 2017

Me and my garden: ‘When we first visited, I couldn’t see the kitchen garden but was desperate to have it’


Rosie Bose, nurserywoman, Kettering, NorthantsThe garden behind our terrace house in Cambridge was never big enough; I used to borrow the neighbours’ garden to grow vegetables. After having two children, we started to look for somewhere larger to live, sharing with a group of friends. We saw a beautiful house with a shepherd and shepherdess on the gateposts, but it couldn’t be easily divided, so we let it go.A few months later, we drove to Glendon Hall in Kettering. It was a foggy February morning in 1976. Within minutes of arriving, we realised it was the place. We couldn’t see the walled kitchen garden because of the fog, but we knew it was there. I was desperate to have it. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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