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Owners - Liz and Colin Slatter

We have gardened here for over 25 years starting with a clean slate save for the beautiful Liquidambar tree and a climbing hydrangea. We have introduced several roses, both climbing and shrub, and over the last couple of years whilst waiting for an allotment have grown gooseberries, blueberries, thornless blackberries, strawberries and plums, and rhubarb planted in a large tub.
A couple of months ago Colin acquired his allotment so now there is not the pressure for space to grow our beans and courgettes. We have planted the ground to the side of the house with herbaceous plants and at the far end, where it is very dry and dusty, we are growing bearded irises with some success. The front garden makes for interesting gardening as the soil under the window is shady and damp whilst the soil near the pavement is dry and dusty! The back garden has raised beds planted mainly with perennials, with toadflax, fennel, Verbena bonariensis and hollyhocks conveniently self seeding themselves amongst the roses.

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