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Contents

April 2019

131

INDIVIDUAL STYLE

Maggie Alderson hunts down

homes with interesting features

NOTEBOOK

April events to take note of

107

108

FRESH PRINTS

Our pick of Kit Kemp style

fabrics and wallpapers

TAKING SIDES

Stunning side tables

131

141

GREEN & PLEASANT

Juliet Bidwell’s St George’s Day feast

SKILLS THRILLS

Hilary Wilce explains the

importance of skills for learning

LIGHT & SPACE

Art director Clarkson’s

coastal retreat

GET THE LOOK

Recreate airy seaside chic

111

119

SETTING THE SEAM

Kate Watts chooses bold suiting

MAKE IT LAST

Jo Fairley’s tips for

successful scent layering

147

155

WHAT’S ON?

Find out…

COMPETITION

Win a £500 voucher to

spend at BoConcept

MAKE HISTORY

Go behind the scenes

at Battel Hall

123

FORWARD THINKING

The latest non-invasive

surgical news

156

FABLES FROM THE FARM

There’s a real buzz at Coopers

Farm this month

100

GET THE LOOK

Invest in vintage style

à la Battel Hall

DESIGN THREAD

Kit Kemp shares the key to

magical interiors

127

128

A YEAR OF WELLNESS

Eminé Rushton takes a

look at the vital role hormones

play in our wellbeing

NATURAL WISDOM

Wellbeing help and advice

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Rare ground floor flat available now

Supported Living for the over 65’s

Set within the 48 acre estate of Birtley House Nursing Home, Birtley Mews

is a development of eight luxury apartments which boast spectacular views

and are accompanied by landscaped gardens, lakes, woodland and wildlife.

The flats are sold on a Licence to Occupy basis with the advantage of no

stamp duty. The following is included in the monthly support package:

• Utilities (minus council tax & tv licence)

Each flat features:

• Free Wi-Fi

• Two bedrooms

• Lunch & supper

• Two bathrooms

• Laundry & ironing

• Large living area

• House maintenance

• Kitchen

• Pets welcome (subject to approval)

• Built in storage

• Onsite Warden support 7 days a week

• Parking facilities (including for guests)

• Companionship & daily social activities

• 24hr access to onsite emergency nursing services

Call us today to discuss or to book a viewing. Or you can head to

www.birtleyindependentliving.co.uk for further information.

BIRTLEY MEWS, Birtley House, Bramley, Guildford, GU5 0LB 01483 892 055 www.birtleyhouse.co.uk

RUNNYMEDE - THE ART IS DEVELOPING

Luxurious LIVING,

moments FROM

DORKINg HIGH STREET

MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT TO VIEW

the SHOW HOME

f i n e n e w

h o m e s j u s t

r e l e a s e d

IMAGES ARE INDICATIVE ONLY.

A peaceful location, hidden away just behind Dene Street, moments

from the bustling High Street of Dorking town centre.

Just nine Georgian style, 3 & 4-bedroom houses offer flexible accommodation - the upper floor

of which, provides stunning Surrey Hills views beyond the roof tops of this picturesque town.

Show Home open Saturday & Sunday - 10am to 4pm. Prices from £895,000

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WHITE HORSE MEWS, DENE STREET, DORKING, SURREY. sat Nav RH4 2DP

83 Bates Road, Brighton

cliveemson.co.uk

01273 504232

Entries are invited for our upcoming auctions

Contact one of our regional offices to arrange a no

obligation auction appraisal by calling 0345 8500333,

completing the online form at cliveemson.co.uk/selling

or by emailing auctions@cliveemson.co.uk.

Online Auctions - The Best of Both Worlds

Fast, flexible and transparent auctions utilising

both online auction technology and traditional

auction experience.

Whether you are looking for the buzz of the room, the

flexibility provided by online auctions or both, Clive Emson

Auctioneers have the solution for you.

In addition to our eight five day auctions per year we can

now offer our clients and associates an online service that

will either give you a second bite of the cherry or complete

flexibility over the marketing period.

Local Expertise - National Coverage

We have five strategically placed Regional Offices from

which the Auctioneers (and their local support team) for

that region operate.

Where possible, each property will be personally inspected

by a member of the Clive Emson team before being

catalogued and our dedicated viewing staff will accompany

all potential buyers at pre-arranged block viewing times,

administered by the local office.

With fixed online dates following each ballroom auction

we can make sure that we strike while the iron is hot. This

can be for lots that didn’t quite meet reserve or for those

looking to capture the excitement of the auction room with

a new instruction.

Whether you are an agent looking to expand your services

or a client looking for a fully comprehensive auction service

make sure you give us call on 0345 8500333 or email us at

auctions@cliveemson.co.uk.

Catalogue Out Now!

Our April/May catalogue is available now! Call us on 0330 024 1044 to order a printed copy, visit cliveemson.

co.uk/download to download the catalogue or view the ebook at cliveemson.co.uk/ebook.

Upcoming Sussex & Surrey Auction

The Hilton Brighton Metropole

Wednesday 1st May - 11am Join us on:

CHOOSE 2 OUT OF

5 INCENTIVES FOR

OUR 2 BEDROOM

HOMES*...

Stamp Duty Incentive

Agents Fees Paid

White Goods

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EASTER WEEKEND EVENT - 19TH TO 22ND APRIL

The Maltings is an elegant development of traditionally built high specification 2, 3, 4 and 5 bedroom

homes in the heart of West End village in Surrey.

PRICES FROM £429,950

SALES CENTRE OPEN DAILY 10AM - 5PM

To find out more please contact our Sales Centre:

T: 01483 478897

E: themaltings@savills.com

WWW.THEMALTINGS-WESTEND.COM

Price correct at time of going to press. The computer generated illustration is for general guidance only. Interior images are of the show home.

*Help to Buy is available in England on new homes up to £600,000. Terms and conditions apply. Incentives can be redeemed at the Easter Weekend Event only.

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Prices from £650,000

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Sales office & show homes open

Tuesday–Saturday, 10am–5pm

Call for your appointment

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– Award-winning two and

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– Beautifully-landscaped,

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– Allocated parking

– Easy access to Leatherhead

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– Private courtesy bus for

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– Communal residents’ lounge

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– Owners benefit from services

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from a superior specification as well as exceptional craftsmanship and attention to detail. Here you will find stylish modern living

and a home that offers all the very best for an enjoyable lifestyle in the historic village of Rudgwick, only 8 miles * from Horsham.

2, 3, 4 & 5 bedroom homes from £415,000 **

BOOK YOUR PREVIEW APPOINTMENT

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*Source: Google Maps. **Price correct at time of going to press. Computer generated image of Barleycroft is indicative only. Photography depicts typical lifestyle and previous Berkeley Showhome and is indicative only.

www.barleycroft-rudgwick.co.uk

Selling Agent

01483 268 555

LOVE LIVING AT UPPER LONGCROSS

STEP INSIDE BREATHTAKING LUXURY

Our collection of 5 bedroom homes offer the ultimate in luxury living in a sought-after

village style location. From contemporary living areas, an abundance of open space and

high specification interiors, Upper Longcross is a place you’ll be proud to call home.

Book an appointment today to discover a stunning collection of family homes.

5 bedroom houses £1,200,000

Chobham Lane | Longcross | Surrey | KT16 0EE

www.upperlongcross.co.uk 01932 967024

Show home photography. Imagery includes optional upgrades at additional cost. Pricing correct on 14.03.19.

COMING SOON

An exclusive gated development of

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Properties are computer generated artist’s impressions and indicative only.

Ideally located in this sought after Surrey Hills village, near Dorking,

Garden Hill is small development of just four luxurious detached and

semi-detached houses with guide prices starting from £550,000.

Exclusively marketed by Patrick Gardner.

Call now to book your appointment to view at the development launch.

Tel: 01372 360832 email: salesandmarketing@patrickgardner.com

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GARDEN HILL, OFF WESTCOTT STREET, WESTCOTT, DORKING, SURREY. SAT NAV POSTCODE: RH4 3NJ

MERROW GU1 2QY

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Final 4 & 5 bedroom homes priced

from £1,150,00

Marketing Suite open Friday to Monday

10am – 5pm. Viewings available 7 days a week

by appointment only

01483 667 305

lindenhomes.co.uk/wellingtongrove

Photographs show typical Linden homes at Wellington Grove. Interior may include optional upgrades or extras available at additional cost. †Part Exchange is available on selected homes only. Acceptance is at our sole discretion and not

all properties are suitable. We reserve the right to refuse to agree to Part Exchange of your current home and we are under no obligation to give reasons why. Part Exchange may not be available in conjunction with any other offer and

is also subject to the terms of your Reservation Agreement with us. As a guide, your current home must not be worth more than 70% of the value of your chosen Linden home. Reservation fees may vary. For full terms and conditions

please visit lindenhomes.co.uk/schemes/part-exchange. Prices and details correct at time of going to press.

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Highly sought after location - just a short walk from the

renowned Walton Heath Golf Club

FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CALL

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Interior photograph depicts the Showhome at Lavington.

01372 360832

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why not give us a call without obligation and in confidence.

WE ARE ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LAND AND PROPERTY WITH DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL

Many of our clients retain our services and, in the majority of

cases, pay our fees saving property owners significant costs.

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Show home open daily, 10am - 5pm

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Photography of Great Oaks. Travel times approximate only. Price correct at time of press.

YOU’RE

ONLY ALONE

WHEN YOU

choose

TO BE

Whether you prefer your own company, kicking

back and listening to the tracks of your years,

or you feel like being sociable and spending

time in the company of others, the choice is

yours at Lynwood Village.

With a daily choice of activities or excursions,

superb leisure and dining facilities and a vibrant,

welcoming community on your doorstep,

when you live at Lynwood Village you’re

only alone when you choose to be.

And if you want some time on your own, you

can relax in your beautiful new home, safe in

the knowledge that company, help and support

are close at hand should you need them.

YET ANOTHER REASON TO

LOVE LYNWOOD VILLAGE LIFE

Independent living made easy for the over 65s

Owned and operated by Ben

Ben – Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund. Lynwood Court, Lynwood Village, Rise Road, Ascot,

SL5 0FG. A charity registered in England and Wales (no.297877) and Scotland (no.SC039842). A company

limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (no.02163894). Registered with the Homes and

Communities Agency (no. LH 3766).

To arrange a visit, please call:

01344 874 250

visit: lynwoodvillage.co.uk or

email: sales@lynwoodvillage.co.uk

House

Month

of the

£5,900,000

Individual Style

Maggie Alderson picks her favourite homes on the market

Gooserye

The dream: With three distinct

wings and a plethora of outbuildings

and garages, Gooserye is more like

a small hamlet than a house. With

its earliest origins in the 1600s,

it was greatly extended in 1908

in the vernacular revival style of

Edwin Lutyens. The ground floor

ambles through a glorious series

of panelled reception rooms, with

three staircases up to the first floor.

One wing, while fully attached to

the main house, is known as ‘Pond

House’ and is set up as two flats.

Where: On the edge of the

village of Worplesdon, between

Woking and Guildford.

Setting: Rural.

Beds: 11 Baths: 5

Special features: A minstrel’s gallery.

Pleasing details: An indoor

pool and a billiards room.

Outside: 16 acres of grounds

with formal gardens inspired

by Gertrude Jekyll, a tennis

court, opening up into parkland,

paddock and bluebell woods.

Time to town: 25 minutes

from Woking.

Agent: Savills, Guildford

01483 796820 savills.co.uk

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8 Lakeside Drive

£2,195,000

The dream: A brick-built architectdesigned

20th Century gem, with

exposed brick within, a timber staircase

and polished wooden floors. It has all the

appeal of a great piece of mid-century

furniture, in house form. Extra large

black metal windows form a wall of glass,

flooding the space with light. A rare gem.

Where: Less than a mile

from Esher High Street.

Setting: The name of the street refers

to the lake it sits alongside, with plenty

of green between all the houses.

Beds: 5 Baths: 3

Special features: A double height hallway.

Pleasing details: The laundry

room is on the first floor.

Outside: Wonderful mature

landscaped gardens, with a swimming

pool and sauna/pool change.

Time to town: 30 minutes to

Waterloo from Esher.

Agent: house. SURREY

housepartnership.co.uk

45 Vine Road

£2,250,000

The dream: A newly-built house, with

bags of character, including extra-large

Crittall-style windows (the ones with the

black metal frames) flooding the house

with light and also used decoratively inside.

The design and décor combines the best of

groovy industrial style – the odd bare-brick

wall and interesting lighting – with the

elegance of traditional fireplaces and woodeffect

floor tiles laid in a chevron pattern.

Where: East Moseley, round the corner

from Hampton Court Village.

Setting: Close to the urban buzz, but with

mature trees from neighbouring properties.

Beds: 5 Baths: 4

Special features: A New England style,

weatherboarded integrated garage.

Pleasing details: Marble-tiled

bathrooms – walls and floors.

Outside: The garden has been landscape with

a mixture of gravel, box-edged beds and lawn,

with a vegetable garden and a shade pagoda.

Time to town: 32 mins to Waterloo

from Hampton Court Station.

Agent: Savills, Esher 01372 461900 savills.com

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Bedroom & Wardrobe – plus much much more…..

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Photo Credit: Jojo Cooper Photography

A professional matchmaking service that

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Established in 2009, by Founder and Director

Hayley Bystram, the elite dating agency

can attribute many successful relationships,

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The way in which people date has changed

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Bowes-Lyon Partnership’s personal

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Every step of the match-making process

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suitors. The personalised approach and

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Lyon Partnership’s matchmaking process,

has resulted in hundreds of compatible and

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With offices in Mayfair, London and

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agency introduces eligible, high-calibre

accomplished single people, who are

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The secret of their success is simple; Hayley

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If you are looking for a fresh and

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So, the most common question we are asked at VP:-

What is the key to unlocking the potential of a property? Just “Reimagine your home”

First things first, almost every property in London and the Home Counties,

particularly Surrey, will increase in value following a modernistaion and

enlargement. However, not everyone is looking to value their property in

purely monetary terms. Many homeowners are looking to enhance their

lifestyle at home and to make their home a reflection of themselves and how

they want to live.

Being a DIY enthusiast or practically minded might not be enough to

embark upon a significant enlargement and modernisation to a prestige

residential property. There are a myriad regulatory and local authority

considerations to overcome as well as the inevitable question, is planning

consent required? Who can help? So, more often than not, the first step is

finding the right people to get you through the process. We are here to help.

There are some very important decisions to make, both at the outset and

during the project journey itself. First of all there needs to be a complete

reality check. Why are you considering having a project carried out in the

first place, what are your goals, how much do you want to invest? Do you

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gorgeous newborn lambs due and ‘Meet the Shepherd’

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New Dimension

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March, The Hannah Peschar

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years. Broadleaved plants, mature

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For the second time in very recent years, Maggie

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deliver your monthly offering of beautiful homes,

ridiculously tasty food and seasonal supplements whilst I take

some time off on maternity leave. Thank you, Maggie!

I’m pleased to be back and I’m looking forward to all that

2019 holds for Surrey Homes and its sister magazine, Wealden

Times. Alongside our regular printed issues, there are a trio

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Midsummer Fair, from 6-8 June at Hole Park estate, and

Wealden Times Midwinter Fair, from 14-16 November at

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at Sandown Park. We’re looking forward to welcoming a

whole host of fair favourites alongside plenty of new faces.

This month’s issue is packed with gorgeous interiors.

A trip to Leeds Castle’s Battel Hall reveals an extensive

renovation project for interior designer and stylist

Francesca Rowan Plowden and Antonia Deeson takes

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Elsewhere, Juliet Bidwell creates a dinner party

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Kate Watts chooses vibrant suits for this month’s

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tones and colours in an area,” explains Clare. “You can

mix a traditional wing back armchair, like the one I got

from my mother, with a modular sofa and a piece of

G-plan or midcentury modern furniture, you just have

to keep the same palette to make it all hang together.”

village, only adding to Pett Level’s sense of being a longlost

idyll of English pastoral fantasy. With its now iconic

shingle beach (as loved by David Bowie in the video of

Ashes to Ashes) and Jurassic footprint, the landscape at Pett

Level is picture postcard perfect; gently rolling hills dotted

with grazing sheep fall gently into a valley that leads to

the sea. One of the many landing points for the Dunkirk

evacuation, this small village has since become somewhat of

an architectural battle ground. A tale of two architectural

trends. Go down to the shore and the houses have almost all

(thanks in the large part to music manager Tom Watkins)

become large contemporary glass boxes, all very Miami.

However step back from the sea and nestled in and around

the rolling landscape, set back from the beach and hidden

by the trees, the houses all follow a very different visual

language. Chocolate box pretty is an over-used term, but

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As with everything in this most magical

of houses it is Clare’s effortless sense of

style that makes it so special. It is a house

that is cherished, yet not over precious

one that would perfectly suit this very special location.

Clare explains that the original house had a poor

layout for socialising. “We had to knock down the walls

of the old entrance hall and sitting room, and connect

the conservatory with the old kitchen which was tiny,

almost unusable for a modern household.” The now

spacious ground floor offers a variety of sitting areas,

the original wood panelling having been saved and reused.

It is an incredibly clever mix of the classic and

the contemporary, the rural and the urban, the open

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to keep the same palette to make it all hang together.”

It is Clare’s unique eye, both as an Art Director and as

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In the basement cinema room, comfy sofas and armchairs are stylishly arranged

in front of the large screen that hides behind the velvet curtain

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Top & above left: A fully panelled staircase leads to a half landing, where a stained glass panel sits in a window. Clare was told that it was

originally medieval and the architects had incorporated it into the 1930s scheme Above right: As you come upstairs Clare has used a wallpaper

by local designer Lindsay Alker, called Battle Great Wood. A further upstairs guest room is decorated in a wallpaper from Cole & Son.

for a large extended family, Clare, literally, thought outside

the box. She looked at the house from the outside in, rather

than getting too tied in to what layout was already there. “We

brought the entire ground level up in order to connect the

living areas to the kitchen. The whole place needed opening

up and we needed to fix the flow. It works now for parties

and for family life, everyone can come and go without falling

over each other.” The spectacular conservatory is one of the

many stand out areas of the house. Dominated by the large

dining table (which one can tell has seen many a good dinner

party!) there are pots of plants and objets dotted all over. A

passion flower vine feeds through one of the windows. “It’s

quite spectacular in the summer, when the vine is in flower,”

says Clare, who has loved gardening since she was a child.

“I am a bit of a collector,” says Clare. “I get quite a few

things from my film and TV jobs and also from boot fairs.

It’s not about being the most expensive, it’s about being the

most interesting. I find amazing things around Hastings in

the shops in George Street and the High Street. McCully

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that most people overlook, like taxidermy – I think it’s quite

beautiful, but it’s not to everyone’s taste, I know.” Clare

takes me through to the kitchen where she is making lunch.

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floor, so it’s nice, you don’t get cut off from everything.”

The new extension, which now houses the extended kitchen

and dining area, features a spacious pitched roof with

rooflights, a large oriel window and a pair of French doors,

all of which flood the room with light from every side. Yet

more light comes in from the conservatory to the left.

Back in the entrance hall, a pair of glazed double doors

opens to the reception area. Built, like the rest of the house,

on the diagonal, with no dead flat windows or walls, the living

room offers various different nooks and crannies to explore.

Painted in a soft eau de nil colour, with a generous wooden

floor, you find a small desk area hidden away, next to a pair

of offset French windows. The main seating area is created

by a contemporary corner sofa. Several armchairs, all from

different eras, sit around an original fireplace. An over-stuffed

sofa invites you to sit in yet another area, next to which stands

an easel with a still life – it all just seems to work. You feel

the house can expand and contract seamlessly, never feeling

too large yet offering many different cosy spaces, should you

be on your own. However from the steady flow of friends

and family who come down regularly from London, where

Clare also lives, I don’t think there is much ‘alone time.’

Over the garage, where there was once a balcony, Clare has

created a guest suite, with pitched roof and large windows

and further skylights creating a light and airy space. “I wanted

a Scandi feel in this room. I got the curtains from a job,

and they sort of dictated the rest of the room. The rattan

bedhead was from eBay – I love it but my grandchildren

seem to delight in picking bits off it!” The bedroom leads

off a library area, packed with books. However the big

surprise is what lies beneath. Follow the low level lights

down a set of plushly carpeted stairs and you find yourself

in a basement cinema room, worthy of LA. Comfy sofas

and armchairs are stylishly arranged in front of the large

screen that hides behind the velvet curtain. “It’s great, we

watch so many films down here, it’s not something I would

have ever put in myself, but now it’s here, I love it!”

The upstairs of the house is equally as stylish as the ground

floor. A fully panelled staircase leads to a half landing, where

a stained glass panel sits in a window. Clare was told that it

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This page: The master bedroom is painted in a seaside-perfect

turquoise and accessorised with pink fabric blinds

was originally medieval and the architects had incorporated

it into the 1930s scheme. Very typical of everything in this

house, even the staircase has a story! As you come upstairs

Clare has used a wallpaper by local designer Lindsay Alker.

Called Battle Great Wood, the block print of leaping stags

feels almost Elizabethan and perfectly suits the Arts and

Crafts style of the house. A large oak mirror that Clare

found locally nods to the wooden floor and the panelling.

Hidden behind a pair of mirrored doors, that you could

have been lulled into thinking was just a wardrobe, lies a

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grandchildren’s bedroom kitsch paintings are hung in

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furniture that Clare found in a Hastings junk shop

“It used to be a look out spot,” says Clare, “but with the long

series of windows overlooking the Channel, I thought it would

make the most amazing bathroom, so I raised the bath up onto

a dais and covered it in marble, so now you can sit back and

relax in the bath and see the sea.” The master bedroom which

leads off the bathroom is painted in a seaside-perfect turquoise

and accessorised with pink fabric blinds – again showing off

the eclectic mix of Clare’s travels and interests. The room and

bathroom definitely have the touch of Los Angeles about them,

and Clare tells me the family lived in the city during the 1990s

and the bedside tables are a keep-sake from that time. The

upholstered bed, in the French style, is from Graham & Green

and the bright blue lamps are from a vintage shop in Hastings.

You can sense Clare’s TV and Film skills at work again as

you enter what she calls the “grandchildren’s bedroom.” It

is as though you have stepped into an Enid Blyton story;

kitsch paintings are hung in groups on the walls, retro toys

and objects style the furniture that she originally found in a

Hastings junk shop. A patchwork quilt covers the bed and the

same patchwork fabric hangs at the windows. A further

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upstairs guest room is decorated in a wallpaper from Cole

& Son, that again nods to the Arts and Crafts vernacular

of the house. In each room Clare has cleverly combined

different styles and eras all put together with ease. “I was

very lucky, an artist who once lived under my husband’s

mother’s house died, and they were giving away his stuff as

no-one wanted it, sadly. We managed to get hold of some

really eclectic pieces, much of which you see in the house

now. I have added to it over the years with other pieces but

it’s always nice to inherit a good set of paintings early on.”

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“Lady Baillie brought Leeds Castle back to its former

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interior designer Francesca Rowan Plowden, who is behind

the recent refurbishment. “She created a place of serenity

and calm, yet also a place of celebration, parties and fun.”

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century hall house. “I wanted to create a sense of luxury

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Francesca has done this by using rich colours and

patterns, woollen throws, velvet cushions and sheepskins:

“I’m a fan of big puddles on curtains too,” she says.

By this she means an abundance of fabric, which pools

around the foot of curtains where they meet the floor. It’s a

luxurious touch that works a treat in keeping draughts at bay

in such a historic building. Working fires in the downstairs

rooms also work on both a practical and aesthetic level.

It’s a far cry from the tired and dated building that

Francesca first visited: “The last major redecoration was

carried out in the 1950s, with later updates in the 1980s,”

says Francesca and it’s safe to assume that, decoratively

speaking, there was not a lot to go on. Fortunately, much

of the property’s original architectural details remain,

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corbels, and a rare decorative laver basin just inside the

front door. As blank canvases go, it’s pretty special.

The magic of Battel Hall hits you as soon as you walk into

its magnificent light-filled hallway. Abundant flowers top

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Left: The main entrance hall Below: The mural is a replica of

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Battel Hall in the 1860s. The original is in Leeds Castle chapel

a sturdy sideboard, while a Persian rug adds homeliness to

the rich red quarry tiles on the floor. Handsome portraits

and a vintage telephone all add to the sense that you have

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Standing at the foot of the stairs, the first room

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of feel,” says Francesca, “rather than the feminine

Lady Baillie-style of some of the other rooms.”

She has achieved this with strong colours and minimal

pattern; red-painted walls and panels, and block

colours on the velvet furniture and cushions. Pattern

is restricted to the Persian rug and coffee table, while

parquet flooring is the perfect 1920s/30s touch.

Tucked around the corner is the ‘morning room’ or

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company of that name. “I tried to incorporate

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bespoke hand-painted wallpaper,” says Francesca.

Decorating this room proved a particular challenge

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above: The Peony bedroom. This headboard is by Rowan

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would probably have to say the Wisteria room because of

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castle, across the garden and towards the North Downs.

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Peony bedroom – any children lucky enough

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Within the collection there are some really fun Bathing

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in the bath to scent it (and you) with notes of neroli,

lime leaves, white flowers and subtle musks.

Follow, perhaps, with luscious Softening Body Cream and

finish with a zhoosh of the Eau de Toilette. And if you don’t

feel spring-like after this, I really can’t help you.

Frédéric Malle Body Butter, £115-150 for 200ml (price depends

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your heart desires, within the range, although not everything is

available in every scent.)

Chanel No.5 The Body Cream, £65 for 150g. While everyone

else was dropping their bodycare, Chanel have continued to

offer a wide range of treats from top to toe. Available in several

fragrances (check out the chanel.com website for the full rundown),

the body creams are voluptuously rich, in beautifully

hefty, Chanel-emblazoned jars. Lighter textures are also

available and I’ve a particular soft spot for Chanel soaps, which

is another great starting point for layering.

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Best keep this citrusy treasure

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Hermès’s minimally-packaged,

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body) also does double duty as an

aftershave balm.

Jo Malone London Orange

Blossom Body Crème, £54 for

175ml. Jo Malone London fragrances

are designed to be layered – but not in the traditional way.

Instead the brand encourages applying combinations of

fragrances to create something that’s different again.

This particular hefty glass jar of sweet-scented, white floral

heavenliness has pride of place on my bedside and I slather

my limbs with its moisturising formula night after night – but

you could follow their Fragrance Combining suggestions and

layer it with, perhaps, the classic Lime Basil & Mandarin,

or, for something more exotic, Dark Amber & Ginger Lily.

Jo Malone London offers a superb line-up of layerables, from

hair fragrances to bath oils and even shampoo.

Goutal Paris Italian Hand Balm, £26 for 40ml. Now

that the late founder of the perfume house’s daughter

Camille is at the helm, this most quintessentially French

brand has had a name-change to Goutal Paris.

Although there isn’t a huge range of bodycare on offer

in the UK (do check out what’s on offer in the lovely

store at 14 rue Castiglione, just off the rue de Rivoli

next time you are in Paris), I do want to point you in

the direction of the gorgeous new hand creams.

The ‘Italian’ fragrance (there is also Garden and Oriental)

is wonderful smoothed onto wrists before spritzing Eau

d’Hadrien, one of the all-time stars in the pantheon of

Cologne classics.

Floral Street Neon

Rose Body Cream,

£22 for 200ml. Great

name, great fragrances:

inspired by Covent

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modern location in Battersea), Floral Street offer a portfolio

of appealingly affordable scents, some of which now can be

enjoyed as Body Wash (£18 for 200ml) and Body Cream.

There are four ‘neo-florals’ (as in, not your granny’s

floral scents…), in the bodycare collection and I

particularly like this gorgeous fusion of jasmine, apple

blossom, bergamot, angelica and peach nectar.

I promise you’ll almost hear your skin slurping up the blend

of shea butter, sweet almond and argan, as you smooth it in.

I recommend some playtime at the brand’s store on Covent

Garden’s King Street.

E. Coudray Iris Rose Perfumed Body Cream, £38 for 250ml

(escentual.com). This vintage French fragrance house

is pure boudoir chic. It’s almost a crime to apply this

cream unless you’re wearing a silk peignoir, while sipping

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There is also a Body Oil (£55 for 100ml) in this

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And if your favourite fragrance doesn’t have accompanying

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can mix-and-match perfumes and bodycare, though it helps

to stay within the same fragrance family – florals with florals,

Orientals with Orientals, etc. – to avoid scent clash.

Not confident enough to do that? Then reach for an

unscented body cream or butter as the ‘base’ on which to layer

a favourite fragrance. Try Clinique Deep Comfort Body Butter,

£26 for 200ml (like everything they make, it’s fragrance-free)

– or if you’re on a budget, I don’t really think you can beat

Aveeno Daily Moisturising Lotion, £7.69 for 300ml, a nongreasy

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lavishly scent yourself over it

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from here on in.

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The latest non-surgical aesthetics and

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Med-Jet for Mesotherapy

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Godalming’s Health & Aesthetics has the new

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Med-Jet uses a microscopic jet of pressurised CO2, seven

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but because no needle is used, there is less trauma to

the skin, and less stress and pain for the patient.

Med-Jet can also be used to deliver Botox to areas

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Another key benefit is that the delivery of the

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Dr Rekha Tailor, Health & Aesthetics’ Medical

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administered by needles. Even though the needles we use

are microscopic, many people still have a fear of them and

when used for treatments such as Meso therapy can cause

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As a result of childbirth, and the natural aging

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While many women feel self-conscious about their

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CO2RE laser system is designed to provide a comfortable

treatment experience. Similar to having a smear test, the

CO2RE Intima laser is inserted inside the vagina. The

gentle laser energy is pulsed into the inner and outer vaginal

tissues, resulting in coagulation and stimulation of collagen.

These changes begin immediately after treatment but may

take the prescribed number of sessions for optimal results.

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Embarrassment makes women avoid smear tests,

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2,000 women, on behalf of Jo’s Cervical Cancer

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every single year, and nearly 900 die annually.* Being

invited for tests every 3 years (or 5 years if over 50),

is simply not reassuring enough for some women and

those over 64 don’t get invited by the NHS at all.

So Dr Sophie Shotter, Illuminate Clinic’s founder,

wanted to help change these shocking statistics by making

cervical screening readily available at her clinic: “These

statistics are frightening and we really shouldn’t rely

solely on the NHS to keep ourselves healthy. A friend of

mine, Laura, had a hysterectomy at age 30 and I want to

do all I can to avoid anyone else having to go through

that. I also know 18 women personally who have had

abnormal smear tests. It’s shocking that uptake of smear

tests is at an all-time low. Many women I know are so

proactive about their health, and would choose to have

smear tests more regularly – this is an area of the body we

can’t examine for ourselves. We already promote women’s

health and well-being through our bioidentical hormone

replacement therapy services at the clinic, and this felt

like a natural add-on to help our patients feel reassured.”

Dr Sophie is offering her patients quicker results and

tests whenever required. The clinic will also offer HPV tests

and vaccinations, to help prevent certain cervical cancers

caused by the infections. Most HPV infections do not lead

to cancer, but they can, so Dr Sophie wants to be able to

safeguard her patients by offering services that they are able

to have quickly and conveniently.

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April: Finding your balance

Without diving too deep into

the biochemistry behind our

body’s mechanisms, it’s safe

to say that, for most women, rarely a

month passes without us feeling the

impact of our hormones.

I have friends who suffer extreme PMT,

others who struggle to regulate serotonin

levels and feel continually foggy and sad

and yet others with disturbed sleep. Then,

later in life, there are all the challenges

that comes with the menopause. From

our skin to our sleep, our moods to our

energy levels, hormones rule.

Naturally, when we are living good,

healthy, calm lives, our endocrine system

is able to produce all the hormones we

need, in the right quantities. But in

today’s fast-paced world, where we work

longer hours, sleep less, switch off rarely

and eat less natural, unprocessed food,

our endocrine systems are unable to do

the crucial work that they need to do.

To balance hormones, the simplest

changes have the biggest impact. A

balanced diet with plenty of healthy fats,

oils, protein and complex carbohydrates,

is key. Studies have also shown

that consuming healthy fat at every

meal triggers the release of the ‘satiety

hormones’ that help you feel full and

satisfied (rather than empty and still

craving sugar) – think avocado, olive oil,

nuts, seeds and oily fish.

High stress levels are perhaps the

biggest impactor upon our health.

Cortisol, the ‘stress hormone’, has a

big knock-on effect on oestrogen and

progesterone production. You need a

good level of progesterone to balance out

the effects of oestrogen – and because

cortisol and progesterone are made from

the same mother hormone pregnenolone,

when you are extremely stressed (so

producing a lot of cortisol) your body

sacrifices its progesterone production.

These higher levels of oestrogen in

the body cause a raft of very familiar

symptoms – PMS, bloating, breast

tenderness, heavy/painful periods – but

if oestrogen levels remain elevated over

a long period of time, they also put

women at an increased risk of fibroids,

endometriosis and breast/ovarian cancer.

There is also a tricky vicious cycle

in regard to sleep. When we are

menstruating, pregnant or post-partum,

or in menopause, our hormone levels

are more likely to be imbalanced (with

oestrogen spiking or falling), which

makes us more prone to interrupted

sleep. And, interrupted sleep also causes

our hormones to imbalance further.

By doing all that we can to establish

a good sleep routine – getting into bed

at the same time each night and rising

at the same time each morning – we

stand a better chance of supporting our

hormonal production to click back into a

healthy groove.

Early lights out,

screens off, hot

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and tech,

every evening,

is vital. And we

need to incorporate

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in nature, and time away from screens –

into our everyday lives.

And plenty of self-care! A recent

review of multiple studies found that,

on average, massage therapy not only

reduced cortisol levels by an average of

31%, but also increased levels of the

mood-boosting hormone serotonin

by 28% and dopamine by 31% – a

wonderful reason to book in for a

treatment, or to warm some oil and

massage your own feet, hands, arms, legs

and torso, with firm, soothing strokes.

Given the seriousness of certain

conditions associated with chronic

hormonal imbalance I would urge all of

us to put our hormonal health at the very

tops of our lists. I’ve also found books

on the subject – from Henrietta Norton’s

Take Control of Your Endometriosis,

Christiane Northrup’s Women’s Bodies

Women’s Wisdom, and Lucy H Pearce’s

Moon Time – extremely helpful in

deepening my understanding of our

bodies, cycles and needs.

“ In today’s fast-paced world, where we work longer hours, switch

off rarely and eat less natural and unprocessed food, our endocrine

systems are unable to do the crucial work that they need to do.”

Eminé Rushton is Wellbeing Director-at-Large at Psychologies magazine, and co-founder

of the conscious living blog, The Balance Plan, balanceplan.co.uk

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Green & pleasant

With St George’s Day on the 23rd of this month, Juliet Bidwell has created

a menu inspired by olde English dishes, using native and seasonal ingredients,

with a modern twist – what could be lovelier?

Photographs: David Merewether Styling: Holly Levett Food: Juliet Bidwell

Halibut with wild garlic mayonnaise

Serves 8 Prep time: 25 minutes. Cooking time: 15 minutes.

In Tudor times, by law, fish had to be eaten instead of meat

on certain days for religious reasons. Wild garlic is native to

Europe and grows wild in English woodland, making it an

excellent forage food. It is also known as ramsons, from the

Saxon word hramsa. It has been used in English cuisine for a

thousand years.

• 1.4kg halibut, cut into

portions

• 160g breadcrumbs

• 2 lemons, zested

• 2 tsp rosemary,

finely chopped

• 2 tbsp chives,

finely chopped

• 2 tbsp parsley,

finely chopped

• 4 tbsp olive oil

• salt & pepper to taste

Wild garlic mayonnaise

• 200g wild garlic, washed

• 2 tbsp mayonnaise

• 2 tbsp crème fraîche

• ½ lemon, juiced

• salt & pepper to taste

1Preheat oven 190˚C.

Combine the

breadcrumbs with the lemon

zest, rosemary, chives and

parsley. Add the olive oil and

season with salt and pepper,

stir till the breadcrumbs

are evenly coated in oil,

and taste for seasoning.

2Place the halibut portions

skin side down on a

baking tray lined with

parchment paper. Pat the

breadcrumbs evenly onto

the halibut and bake in a

hot oven for 7-10 minutes

till just firm to the touch.

Remove from the oven and

leave to rest for 5 minutes

before serving with the

wild garlic mayonnaise.

For the garlic mayonnaise

3Blanch the wild garlic

in boiling salted water

until wilted, drain and

when cool, squeeze to

remove the excess water.

4Put the wild garlic

and mayonnaise into

a food processor and blitz

until smooth. Remove to a

bowl and stir in the crème

fraîche and add lemon juice,

salt and pepper to taste.

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Spring vegetable & goat’s cheese pie

Serves 8 Prep time: 20 minutes. Cooking time:1 hour 30 minutes.

Earliest references to pies, go back to the Middle Ages, when

they were a popular part of any banquet or feast. Vegetables

were a common food for the poorer people although 75-80%

of the diet was protein.

• 1.6kg leeks, washed,

sliced ½cm thick

• 400g small white turnips,

peeled, cut into 2cm cubes

• 400g banana shallots,

peeled, sliced into

2cm rings

• 600g asparagus, cut

into 2cm lengths

• 120g baby leaf

spinach, washed

• 6tbsp olive oil

• 80g butter

• 4tbsp crème fraîche

• 1litre vegetable stock

• 200g soft goat cheese,

cut into cubes

• 4tsp tarragon,

finely chopped

• 8 sprigs of thyme

• 8 sprigs of rosemary

• 320g puff pastry,

ready rolled

• 1 egg, lightly whisked

• salt & pepper to taste

1Preheat oven 180˚C.

Sauté the leeks in half the

olive oil and half the butter

until soft, then remove from

the pan and set aside in a

bowl. Add the remaining oil

and butter to the pan. Add

the turnips and shallots and

cook until golden brown.

Then add the stock, thyme

and rosemary sprigs and cook

till the turnips are tender.

Remove the turnips from the

stock and add to the leeks.

Keep the stock.

2Meanwhile, blanch the

asparagus until just

tender, drain and add to

the other vegetables along

with the spinach, tarragon,

crème fraîche and goat’s

cheese. Gently mix together

and place in your pie dishes

with a little stock if needed.

the pastry to fit

3Cut your pie dishes and

brush the rim of the dishes

with the beaten egg. Place

the pastry on and crimp

the edges, and cut two slits

in the top of the lid so

the steam can escape and

brush the pastry with egg.

4Place the dishes on a

baking tray and cook

for 30-40 minutes till the

pastry is golden brown

and piping hot.

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Lemon & lime posset with rhubarb & ginger

Serves 8 Prep time: 36 minutes. Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Rhubarb arrived in Europe from Asia in the 14th century.

Originally it was used for medicinal purposes, but started to be

used in cookery when sugar became more abundant and cheaper

in the 18th century. Ginger was imported, from much earlier,

also for medicinal purposes. A posset was originally a hot drink

made of milk curdled with spiced wine, often used as a remedy

for colds. In the 16th century the drink evolved into a cream,

sugar and citrus-based confection, similar to syllabub.

ramekins. Allow to cool, and

then place in the fridge.

For the compote

2Place the sugar and

water in a saucepan on a

low heat to melt the sugar.

Once the sugar is completely

dissolved, increase the heat

and bring to the boil, and

boil for five minutes.

3Place the rhubarb and

stem ginger in an ovenproof

dish, pour on the sugar

syrup and cook in the oven

for 15 minutes at 170˚C or

until the rhubarb is tender.

Cool before serving.

• 800ml double cream

• 200g caster sugar

• 2 limes, zest & juice

• 1 lemon, zest & juice

Rhubarb & ginger compote

• 400g rhubarb, washed &

cut into 5cm batons

• 8 stem ginger pieces, finely

sliced

• 400g caster sugar

• 400ml water

1Put the cream and sugar

in a saucepan and bring

to the boil slowly. Boil for

three minutes and remove

from the heat. Whisk in the

lemon and lime juice and

zest and pour into glasses or

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4 AN EDIBLE

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Jo Arnell’s guide to

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11 POINTS OF

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An edible paradise

Jo Arnell tells us how to make a productive garden beautiful with deliciously attractive plants

There are a couple of boring

old phrases that hover, Jiminy

Cricket-like, in my ear when

I’m plotting out my vegetable garden:

‘cut your coat according to your

cloth’ is one, and, ‘don’t bite off more

than you can chew’ is the other.

By the beginning of every June,

when I’m up to my neck and nearly

choking, I realise that I should have

paid attention. There is sense in not

overreaching, in pacing yourself and

generally living within your means,

but the problem is that I can never

find much joy in that approach.

To me, a garden, especially a

productive one, should be gloriously

immersive. If your outdoor space

(or even your window box) is a

gorgeous place, brimming over with

beauty and promise, you’ll feel that

quiet surge of joy that will make

the (sometimes overwhelming) hard

work and effort worthwhile.

Veg patch or flower border?

A cottage garden traditionally

combined vegetables, herbs and

flowers. Somewhere along the lines

they were separated and the vegetables

were consigned to the boring back

of beyond, hidden at the bottom of

gardens, or done away with altogether.

Where vegetables are still in evidence,

they are often a bit lacklustre, sitting

in dutiful rows, catching the sun,

but not many admiring glances.

Don’t get me wrong, I do find

a well-organised vegetable plot to

be a thing of beauty in itself and

appreciate that growing in rows makes

it easy to hoe, feed and maintain the

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crops, but somehow I can’t help but

feel it all needs jollying up a bit.

One of the ways to do this is to grow

flowers among the vegetables, to have

less of a workaday veg patch and more

of an alluring edible garden. Even if you

do have a dedicated vegetable garden,

you can grow some flowers among them

in the form of companion plants – some

flowers are edible too and will have a

dual role as pollinators, attracting in

beneficial insects. They are beautifiers

and will act as a lure, not just for the

insects but for you and your visitor,

making you want to visit the plot.

Vegetables to grow in the flower borders

Ideally you want crops that have a

fairly long period of interest, to avoid

them looking depleted too quickly.

They will need a sunny spot with good

soil and not too much competition

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“If your outdoor space is brimming over with beauty

and promise, you’ll feel that quiet surge of joy that will

make the hard work and effort worthwhile ”

Grown this way veg are less prone

to disease and attack by pests, will

be more productive and benefit the

wider environment. It is the unnatural

monocultures (picture the dust bowl

prairies, or endless acres of just one crop)

that are unhealthy and prone to huge

plagues of pests and widespread disease,

that become reliant on ever-increasing

amounts of chemical fertilisers and

ecologically disastrous pesticides.

No time or space?

There are lots of ways of having an

edible garden and you don’t have to

aim for self sufficiency – just a small

container full of homegrown tomatoes

might be enough this year, but while

you’re growing those, why not aim

for a bit of salad to go with them?

One cucumber plant will keep you

in cucumbers for the season, while

salad leaves pop up and are ready to

harvest in just a few short weeks.

The plant breeders and garden

centres offer dwarf, ‘patio’ versions of

many vegetables and these will happily

provide mini crops in smaller spaces.

Some, like stubby Chantenay carrots

are actually better off in containers,

where they will grow straight and true,

away from the pesky carrot fly that

lurks at ground level, its larvae waiting

to bore holes into tasty carrot roots.

Herbs

Herbs are such good value plants. Pretty

to look at, fragrant flavour enhancers in

cooking and drinks. They are especially

useful to grow in containers and most

will sit happily – and more or less

permanently – on the window sill,

positively thriving in a dry situation

and even enjoying regular haircuts.

If you are fed up with the pots of

herbs that you buy at the supermarket

dying almost as soon as you get them

home, here is a life-saving tip: the

Clockwise from top left: Use netting to protect crops from pests like the Cabbage

White butterfly; Vegetables grown in traditional rows; Potato ‘Pink Fir Apple’ is

a main crop variety, but eaten as a new potato; Sunflowers can be grown as a cut

flower crop or to entice pollinators to your patch; Dahlias appreciate the same rich

soil as vegetables

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reason that they are dying, when you

pull them out and look closely, is that

there’s not just one plant in the pot,

but often up to thirty, all crammed

up against one another. Separate these

little plants, grow them on in their

own containers and you will have

enough to last you (and possibly your

neighbours) the whole summer…

You don’t have to wear a hair shirt

to grow vegetables (other gardening

outfits are available), it really can

be a pleasurable experience. If your

plot looks inviting, you might even

be more inclined to go out there.

Let’s pacify our inner Jiminy and

hijack William Morris’s wisdom about

beauty and usefulness (‘Have nothing in

your house that you do not know to be

useful, or believe to be beautiful’) and

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Edible beauties

There is still plenty of time to grow a plot full of beautiful vegetables

this year. Here are some of my favourites, chosen for flavour and ease

of growing as much as their looks.

Artichoke ‘Violetta di Chioggia’

– almost too decorative to eat,

artichokes can happily be grown at

the back of the flower border. This

one has stunning purple buds.

Courgette ‘Parador’ – will give you

a sunshine yellow crop to harvest

all summer long. Keep picking

them, in fact don’t even turn your

back for a moment, or you will end

up with a yellow submarine…

Cauliflower ‘Romanesco’ –

technically this is a broccoli, but let’s

not split curds. Despite the impressive

looks it’s much easier to grow than

cauliflower and tastes good too,

elegantly spiralling from plot to plate.

Borlotti bean – climbing or

dwarf – these truly magic beans

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I didn’t discover whether the students knew the answer

or not as this conversation coincided with a sparrowhawk

homing in at huge speed on the myriad small birds waiting

their turn for our bird table. So much excitement.

Anyway, yes, fern fever or pteridomania was rife in

Victorian times taking over the obsession for roses in

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that men, women and children would risk life and

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Some of them went out into the countryside armed with

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This ‘fever’ coincided with the craze for greenhouses

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Ferns are an ancient family of plants. Work done on

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plants evolved. They are a member of a group of vascular

plants that do not flower or set seed but reproduce via

spores and have very specialised tissues that conduct

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One of the most exotic-looking ferns growing in the UK

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Woodwardia fimbriata is another giant chain fern

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Evergreen ferns can be good in shaded, perhaps

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What are you currently working on? We’re working on

some interesting projects with challenging ground levels and

access issues. At our base in Burwash Weald our apprentices

have been putting the final touches to our 2019 Chelsea

Flower Show garden called ‘Donkeys Matter’. Designed by

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Nursery visits are essential at this time of year as we

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a specimen tree in parkland but not so attractive or

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Do you have a signature look or plant? At Frogheath

Landscapes we always strive to create a good balance between

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English Woodlands in Heathfield are a wonderful source

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difficult to find specimen plants. How Green Nursery in

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When choosing trees, it is worth considering just

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Skills thrills

Skills

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Children go to school to learn. But learn what? Schools

have been grappling with this question ever since

they were invented and life in the 21st century is

adding yet more complications to an already tangled tale.

Obviously, children need to be taught stuff – reading and

writing, English grammar and literature, biology, physics

and chemistry, history and geography, technology, modern

languages. They also need to be taught about art and music

and drama. And, of course about themselves as human beings,

by learning about wellbeing and human psychology.

But children also need to be helped to

acquire skills. All the facts in the world

are useless unless you also know how to

research, question, evaluate, collaborate,

and problem solve. So schools need

to teach facts and skills through all

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That’s a big ask in itself, but schools

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of society. They must teach children about avoiding obesity and

self-harm. About not carrying a knife and spotting fake news,

handling their screen time and taking care of their mental health.

It’s easy to see that it’s impossible for schools to teach

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cloth will always prompt arguments. Traditionalists want

children to come out of schools knowing tons of hard

facts. They are advocates of a ‘knowledge-rich’ curriculum,

emphasizing memory, instruction and practice.

But in today’s internet age, does it make sense to use

valuable classroom time teaching the kinds of facts and

figures that children can look up on their smart phone in

“In today’s internet age, does

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a trice? Wouldn’t it be better to spend more time teaching

them how to do research on the internet, what sources

they can trust and how to spot fakery and bias?

The so-called ‘skills-led curriculum’ does exactly that,

encouraging children to actively discover what they need to know,

to work collaboratively to learn it and to reflect afterwards on what

they have learned. In this skills-led approach, what children learn

is not considered nearly as important as how they learn it. Because,

so the thinking goes, if they have learned how to learn about one

thing, they can use all those same skills to learn about another.

A while back, a lot of money

was put into training teachers to

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collaboration and reflection, and this

approach has led to plenty of active

and interesting classroom education.

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amount of content-light lessons

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pendulum, having gone quite far one way, is swinging back

towards more teacher-led lessons with lots of factual content.

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in the middle. Obviously, it’s good for children to have

core literacy and numeracy, to understand the sweep of

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fed these things in order to regurgitate them in exams.

It’s just as important that they leave school knowing

how to apply knowledge, make connections, evaluate

information, and find out things for themselves.

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& NAFAS Regional Flower Show

Sat 25th, Sun 26th & Mon 27th May

Gates Open 9.30am - 5pm (last admission 4pm)

Featuring over 300 exhibitors with a wide variety of goods.

Floral marquees with stunning fl oral displays including

medal winners from Chelsea. There is a food hall,

craft pavilion, brass band & children’s rides.

Garden furniture, water features, garden sheds and

buildings, tools, sculptures, & much more.

Jacqueline Aviolet will be in attendance all weekend to

give answers to your gardening questions.

Tickets available now.

Tickets

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Prices: Adults £8.00,

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Children up to

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What’s On in April

Sat 20 April, 11am-4pm

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Albury Organic

Vineyard, Albury

EASTER OPEN DAY

Visit the vineyard for a familyfriendly

020 8545 6777 open day with self-guided

Enquiries

tours of the vineyard, a glass or

two of bubbly, and delicious

wood-fired pizza. Entertain the

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FAIRS & FESTIVALS

Sat 13 April, 10am-4pm

Harbour Hotel, Guildford

GUILDFORD BOOK

FESTIVAL’S SPRING

READERS’ DAY

Guildford Book Festival’s Readers’

Day brings some of Britain’s

best-loved authors to the town

to share their stories – creating

a mini festival in a day! Spring

Readers’ Day, hosted by novelist

and journalist, Fanny Blake,

features: Culinary authority and

Bake Off judge, Prue Leith, to

discuss The Lost Son, her eighth

novel and the last of her Angelotti

Chronicles, set around a food

empire; internationally bestselling

crime writer, Sophie Hannah;

Erin Kelly, the Sunday Times

bestselling author of He Said/

She Said; Surrey author Elizabeth

Noble; Lucy Foley, author of

Sunday Times bestseller The

Hunting Party; journalist and

author Marianne Kavanagh and

Seni Glaister, to discuss her second

novel, Mr Doubler Begins Again.

Tickets: £43, including light

lunch and refreshments.

guildfordbookfestival.co.uk

Sat 27 & Sun 28 April

Old Deer Park, Richmond

THE SURREY FOOD

FESTIVAL

Cooking demonstrations from

celebrity Michelin-starred chefs

and leading cook book authors,

a cocktail master class, a tutored

chocolate tasting, great bands

playing on stage all day long

and a host of fabulous food and

drink stalls. As this is an event

for the whole family, the kids

are well catered for too. There

will be rides, different inflatables

offering challenges, body zorbs,

face painting and lots more. A

VIP tent will offer a bespoke bar,

there will be food stalls offering

all manner of fare, from burgers,

Thai, BBQ, pizzas, to churros, ice

cream and canolli. Beer, artisan

gins, wines and coffees will also be

available all day. The food market

will also offer a great range of

food and drink products to enjoy

there, or take home for later.

Tickets: Prices start from £3

on the day, under 12s free.

surreyfoodfestival.com

MUSIC

Fri 19 April - Sat 18

May, various dates

Green Farm Kent,

Shadoxhurst, Kent

Folk star Sam Lee

& Singing with

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9 – 6 Thursday – Sunday • 9 – 5 Monday

(Garden open until 6 pm daily) Admission to

garden also gives admission to the craft fair.

Free entry for RHS Members.

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What’s On in April

Blackland Farm

Outdoor Activity Centre

Come and join us for

fun-filled activity days.

Why not have your

birthday party here too?

Blackland Farm

Kayaking

Canoeing

Bungee trampolining

Rock climbing

Archery

Crate challenge

Zip wire

Abseiling

Aeroball...

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OUTDOOR

ADVENTURE

INDOOR PLAY

Nightingales

Folk music star Sam Lee offers

a nighttime walk to a unique

concert by wild nightingales and

special guest musicians as the

thrilling finale to a campfire feast,

featuring songs, wildlife insights,

and story telling. The Singing

with Nightingales series coincides

with the arrival of nightingales

in England from Africa to begin

their song-filled mate-seeking

season. The evenings will feature

songs and music from Sam and his

guests, story-telling, wildlife lore

and a home cooked feast, followed

by a silent walk to a location

favoured by birds to hear their

courtship arias and listen in as

birds and human performers duet.

Among the artists performing

will be the award-winning

composer and vocalist Kerry

Andrew (April 20); singer and

multi-instrumentalist Christo

Squier (April 21) and the flute

player Helen Vidovich (May 17).

Tickets: £75, including food,

drinks and entertainments

singingwithnightingales.com

Sat 27 April, 7.30pm

St Martin’s Parish Church,

Epsom KT17 4PX

FAR FROM THE HOME

I LOVE: MARGARET

FINGERHUT

Acclaimed international pianist

Margaret Fingerhut has devised

a very special concert that she

is performing across the UK to

raise awareness of refugee needs

as well as to collect funds for local

refugee support groups. Through

music and words Margaret tells

the story of some of the many

composers who were refugees

because of war or persecution,

or who migrated for their work.

Her programme includes Chopin,

Grieg, Handel, Haydn, Prokofiev

and Rachmaninov, and she has

specially commissioned a new

piece by Arain, the Kurdish

Syrian composer who wrote

the Refugee National Anthem

for the 2016 Olympics.

Tickets: £12, students and

concs. £6, in aid of Epsom &

Ewell Refugee Network

ticketsource.co.uk /

margaretfingerhut-epsomern

/ 0333 666 3366

THEATRE

Tues 9 - Sat 13 April, times vary

Yvonne Arnaud

Theatre, Guildford

The Remains of the Day

In 1930s England, Darlington

Hall runs like clockwork under

one of the last truly great butlers.

Reserved and dutiful like his

father before him and with the

funny and forthright housekeeper

Kenton by his side, Stevens

faithfully serves his employer.

Meanwhile, England stands on a

precipice, as fascism builds and

boils in Europe. Twenty years

later, Stevens travels to find an

old friend, remembering choices

made and not made, journeying

to one last chance at happiness.

Now transformed into an exquisite

stage play by one of Britain’s

most exciting writers Barney

Norris, Nobel Prize-winner Kazuo

Ishiguro’s novel, which became a

beloved Merchant Ivory film, is

a story for anyone who has ever

been afraid to follow their heart.

Tickets: From £23, Students/

Under 18s - all tickets £10

01483 440000 yvonnearnaud.co.uk

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18 & 19 MAY 2019 10am - 5pm

Admission £4, Concessions £3, U16s & LAC Members FREE

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New exciting

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Musical Theatre Summer Workshops

Performers who join us for our 5 day summer workshops are totally wrapped up in

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any aspiring performers to spend a week of their summer holidays!! Performers

are given the opportunity to learn new techniques, build confidence, develop skills

and meet like-minded people, whilst working as part of a team! Please enquire as

soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Workshops are designed and suitable

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Monday 12th -

Friday 16th August

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Friday 3 May

He has defined Brazilian

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Madeleine Peyroux

American Jazz Singer

Saturday 4 May

Eight albums later and 22

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‘Dreamlands’ Madeleine

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Jimmy Webb

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Sunday 5 May

The songwriting legend

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Courtney Pine

British Jazz Legend

Saturday 25 May

Black notes from the

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Miloš Karadaglić

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Sunday 26 May

You can expect a wonderful

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Mica Paris

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Monday 27 May

Mica performs a special

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the Farm

It’s proper spring and Jane and the

bees are getting busy (and buzzy)

Early April brings moments of warmer weather and

the chance to cast jumpers aside and step out in just

a T-shirt. Bliss, but this is no time for getting out

the deckchairs and lemonade, it’s time to look at the bees.

I last peeked inside in October when I made sure they

had plenty of stores for the winter. And then after closing

them up for the last time I wrapped their wooden hives

with flappy plastic bags to frighten off woodpeckers

who are wont to drill their way in and eat the honey.

For the same reason I fitted tiny metal guards across

the entrances to stop mice moving into what must

be delightfully warm and cosy winter quarters. Then

it’s time to let the bees seal up all the cracks from the

inside, which they do by collecting tree resin and sap

and mixing it together into a gloopy concoction called

propolis and literally sticking everything together.

I can’t help thinking it’s only a matter of time before – move

over spinach, quinoa and blueberries –

propolis becomes the next ‘super’ thing.

Apart from being bee glue, it’s a good

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taken out to battlefields to treat wounded

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So with antibiotic resistance becoming

an ever more pressing issue, it may yet

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that’s not all – the great violin maker Stradivarius favoured

it over everything else to varnish his priceless instruments

and many musicians still agree there is nothing better.

But come that sunny April day, when it’s time to crack

open the hives and see what’s been going on inside, I’m always

full of dread and excitement in equal measure. Every year a

significant number of bees don’t make it through the winter.

The British Beekeepers Association monitors the number

of winter losses, region by region, and despite best efforts

losses were at about 23% in the South in 2017, 17% last

year was better and we won’t know about 2019 till we’ve all

looked, recorded and sent off our forms later this year.

But as ever hopes are high that not only will all five

of our hives have made it, but that the queen will be

laying lots of eggs to build up

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time before – move over

quinoa and blueberries

– propolis becomes the

next ‘super’ thing.”

numbers for the season ahead.

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Urban bees often have a much easier time of it than their

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get there. Greater London Honey recently won Best in Show at

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By comparison, their country cousins often only have acres

of monoculture like oilseed rape to forage upon. But luckily

the Coopers Farm girls (all worker bees are girls, but let’s not

go down that road) have the equivalent of a handy deli round

the corner in the shape of our wild flower meadow. We planted

about fifty bee-friendly species six years ago and now it’s a joy,

for us, the birds, the bees and who knows…we could just give

the City boys a run for their money in the tasty honey stakes.

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