{"id":14126,"date":"2016-05-24T01:05:18","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T18:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-coming-out-as-a-gardener-rhiannon-lucy-cosslett\/"},"modified":"2016-05-24T01:09:35","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T18:09:35","slug":"im-coming-out-as-a-gardener-rhiannon-lucy-cosslett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-coming-out-as-a-gardener-rhiannon-lucy-cosslett\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m coming out \u2013 as a gardener | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nTransforming a bramble jungle into my very own urban sanctuary has given me peace of mind. Gardening\u2019s lost generation should turn over a new leafOne gloriously hot day last summer I was in my kitchen with a friend, sweating into our lemonades, and wanting desperately to be outside. \u201cI wish we had some kind of outdoor space,\u201d I moaned. My friend was standing by the window. \u201cUm,\u201d she said, \u201cdon\u2019t you already have a garden?\u201d Related: How do we spark a gardening revolution?  Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2016\/may\/23\/coming-out-gardener-urban-gardening-lost-generation-ryanir-leonardo-dicaprio\" target=\"_blank\">I\u2019m coming out \u2013 as a gardener | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Transforming a bramble jungle into my very own urban sanctuary has given me peace of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-3FQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62386,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/so-estate-agents-are-being-replaced-by-robots-its-about-time-rhiannon-lucy-cosslett\/","url_meta":{"origin":14126,"position":0},"title":"So estate agents are being replaced by robots? 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