Surrey Homes | SH58 | August 2019 | Restoration & New Build supplement inside

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Contents 

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OUT OF THE ORDINARY 

Maggie Alderson finds unique 

properties on the market now 

NOTEBOOK 

The latest news and events 

TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL 

Once a convent, once a school, 

once part of a mansion, 

now a chic family home 

GET THE LOOK 

Make your home too cool for 

school with our furniture picks 

TOP OF THE LOTS 

Three auctioneers reminisce 

about their most memorable sales 

GREEN AND PLEASANT 

A refreshing and charming 

30s Arts & Crafts house 

GET THE LOOK 

Steal some Green and 

Pleasant styling for yourself 

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PRINT POWER 

A master-class in styling prints 

REWIND & REVIATLISE 

Josephine Fairley recommends 

make-up for ageing skin 

HOLIDAY SKIN 

Tips for post-hoilday skin care 

WATER FOR HEALTH, 

FITNESS, MIND & BODY 

Sarah Maxwell explores 

water for wellbeing 

A TASTE OF THE 

MEDITERRANEAN 

Nicci Gurr’s mediterranean 

recipes for sensational 

summer dining 

LATE SEASON CROPS 

Veg garden stars for 

later in the season 

LATE BLOOMERS 

Sue Whigham’s autumn 

garden advice 

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A WISE MOVE? 

How older family members 

can help younger ones onto 

the property ladder 

PLAY & LEARN 

We explore why fun is important to 

child development with Hilary Wilce 

WHAT’S ON 

Your guide for what to do in August 

COMPETITION 

Win a ZWILLING 8-piece knife 

block and a cookery course for 

two with Kent Cookery School 

FABLES FROM THE FARM 

Jane Howard on her marvellous 

wildflower meadow 

RESTORATION 

& NEW BUILD 

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Photography depicts streetscene and Showhome and is indicative only. 

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PLOT OR NOT? 

If you think your land or property has development potential, 

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. 

Commercial buildings for residential conversion, former public houses, redundant 

buildings for redevelopment, buildings for conversion or replacement, houses 

for improvement, large sites on the edge of town, barn conversions, large 

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STYLE YOUR NEW HOME 

JUST THE WAY YOU 

WANT WITH £10,000 TO 

SPEND 

AT BARKER AND 

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dining sets and decorative accessories, you’ll find 

everything you need to complete your dream home. 

With more than 300 suppliers from across the globe, there’s a world of choice online and in-store… 

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September 2016 

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“Guy and team at CHH did a fantastic 

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I would certainly use them again” 

David J (Oxted, Surrey) 

January 2017

HOMES READY TO 

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Our beautiful collection of developments located across Surrey and Middlesex offer a wide range of homes. 

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Take a tour of our beautiful show homes and see what living in a Crest Nicholson home could really be like! 

This traditional collection of 2, 3, 4 & 5 bedroom houses 

is surrounded by open countryside on the edge 

of the beautiful village of Cranleigh, Surrey. 

Priced from £400,000 - £925,000 

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A combination of stunning 2 bedroom apartments 

and spacious 3 & 4 bedroom executive homes. Park Avenue 

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Priced from £425,000 - £899,950 

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01932 505495 

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JUST 1 HOME 

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SPACE TO GROW? 

With just 1 five bedroom home now 

remaining, don’t miss out on the chance to 

own your beautiful forever family home. 

Internal images of The Bramblings. 

Price correct at time of print. Travel times and distances approximate only.

auctions@cliveemson.co.uk 

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Founded in 1989, we have a sterling reputation 

for our commitment to quality and service. We 

provide a high profile auctioneering facility for 

both independent and corporate agents, giving a 

platform to specialist land and property auctions. 

We are one of the leading property and land 

auctioneers in the UK and our team of over 30 

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England. All our land and properties are available 

for sale within our auction catalogue; our service is 

specialised and does not compete with ‘traditional’ 

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We host our auctions regularly at premium venues 

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Upcoming Five-day September Auction 

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Interior photographs depict the Showhome. 

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GREAT OAKS | THE COLLECTION | 4 BEDROOM HOMES 

Stunning homes located in the highly sought 

after village of Bookham in Surrey & just a 

stone’s throw away from Bookham Station. 

Great Oaks offers quick and easy access 

to central London, with direct trains to 

London Waterloo in just 50 minutes. 

• Take an afternoon stroll 

through National Trust 

Bookham Commons 

• Entertain the children at 

Bocketts Farm Park, let them 

meet the animals and explore 

the indoor play barn 

• Walk to the village and try 

the local produce at the 

butchers, bakers, greengrocers 

and fishmongers to name a few 

• Relax in a deckchair at 

Polesden Lacey and enjoy 

an afternoon of live Jazz 

Prices from £749,950 to £785,000 

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YEARS OF 

PROPERTY 

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Product photography is of Great Oaks and is indicative only. Travel times are approximate only. Prices correct at time of print.

ALL THE 

pleasure 

NONE OF 

THE WORK 

Beautiful gardens are a joy to behold and 

good for your health, too. Spending time 

outside in nature has significant benefits 

for your physical and mental health. 

But gardens are also hard work and at 

some point you may find it all becomes 

too much to manage. 

Living at Lynwood Village you can 

enjoy the best of all worlds. Take in the 

stunning formal English Garden, stroll 

along accessible paths through ancient 

woodland, play outdoor bowls or croquet, 

or simply sit and admire the leafy view 

from your private balcony. All the benefits 

of beautiful outside spaces, right on your 

doorstep, with none of the work. 

YET ANOTHER REASON TO 

LOVE LYNWOOD VILLAGE LIFE. 

Independent living made easy for the over 65s 

SUNNINGHILL | ASCOT | BERKSHIRE 

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 

£5,995,000 

Out of the 

Ordinary 

Maggie Alderson picks her favourite homes on the market 

Redwood 

The dream: This characterful halftimbered 

home with a lovely roof 

and chimneys has been added to over 

the years in a hotchpotch which adds 

greatly to its charm. The plan is truly 

rambling and the fun continues outside 

where there is a barn with a gym and 

another which is an entertainment 

complex. The interior of the main 

house has been thoughtfully refitted 

in a style which fits the period 

setting, while offering all mod cons. 

Where: A mile and a half from Oxted. 

Setting: In a leafy residential strip amid 

farmland with expansive views south 

from the house across the Weald. 

Beds: 9 (including the 

two cottages) Baths: 6 

Special features: The superb pool 

complex is attached to the house by 

a corridor and there is a lovely tripleaspect 

study, with leaded windows, 

perfect for contemplation. 

Pleasing details: The first house we have 

seen yet with a dedicated ‘dog room’. 

Should be compulsory in all homes. 

Outside: Eight acres of mature gardens, 

with a summer house, a helipad and 

a tennis court with a pavilion. 

Time to town: Insanely well connected, 

with just 30 mins to London Bridge, 

45 to Victoria and under an hour 

to St Pancras, from Oxted. 

Agent: Sotheby’s International Realty, 

01932 860537 sothebysrealty.co.uk

£1,175,000 

The Park 

The dream: What appears to 

have started out as an early 20th 

century family home has been 

transformed via clever renovations 

into a superb contemporary living 

space. The all-white ground floor 

has glass-wall sliding windows 

and a Poggenpohl kitchen. 

Where: Bookham, ten minutes’ 

drive from Leatherhead, surrounded 

by farmland and woods. 

Setting: Among detached homes 

in established gardens. 

Beds: 3 Baths: 3 

Special features: A ground floor 

extension has created a very cool 

roofed-over outdoor entertaining area, 

with a log fire and an integral BBQ. 

Pleasing details: A very stylish openstep 

staircase with wooden treads 

and glass and cable banisters. 

Outside: Lawns and hedging. 

Time to town: Under an hour 

to Waterloo, or London Bridge 

from Bookham station. 

Agent: Savills, Cobham 

01932 586200 savills.com 

£3,595,000 

Pelhams Walk 

The dream: From the front this looks like a 

very smart large two-storey family home, with 

an integral garage – but get round the back 

and you see it is actually a five-level megapad, 

which backs right on to the River Mole. 

You could moor your pleasure boat a matter 

of metres from the 14 panels of bifold doors 

on the indoor pool and fitness complex. 

Where: Ten minutes’ walk from the centre 

of Esher, handy for Sandown Park (where 

our fabulous Open House shopping, eating 

and lifestyle fair is happening in October.) 

Setting: Detached houses on one 

side, open views to farmland and 

an equestrian centre the other. 

Beds: 7 Baths: 6 

Special features: All the aspirational extras 

beautifully done – a walk-in wardrobe, cinema 

room, his and hers bathrooms, a steam room 

and a sauna…and the pool has a jet stream. 

Pleasing details: Striking tropical 

timber features in the kitchen. 

Outside: Landscaped gardens with 

box hedges, specimen trees, decking 

and paving down to the riverside. 

Time to town: Under 30 minutes from 

Esher station, which is 10 minutes’ walk. 

Agent: Knight Frank, Esher 01372 

464496 knightfrank.co.uk

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The most exciting craft event to be launched in Kent for decades 

5 – 8 September 

Special Launch Offer 

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Putting the WOW back into Craft Fairs 

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Admission to garden also gives admission to the craft fair. 

Free entry for Hever Castle Annual Members. 

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LIQUID GOLD 

Has Whiskey become a better investment than 

Gold, Property and Stocks? Find out the answers... 

This headline is likely to ruffle 

a few feathers from avid 

investors in gold, property and 

stocks, but casks of whiskey 

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investment for people looking to hedge 

against inflation and the uncertainties of 

the financial markets. 

Knight Frank has included whiskey in its 

wealth report for the first time in 2019; a key 

indicator that this asset class is favourable 

with HNWI & UHNWI who are securing 

their wealth by owning casks of whiskey. 

This is not about being speculative and 

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they go up in price. That style of investing 

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THIS IS HOW IT WORKS 

You buy casks of whiskey straight off the 

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Some distilleries, therefore, opt to sell 

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WHY IS WHISKEY BECOMING 

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Unlike most commodities, whiskey 

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Its price increase is inevitable over time. 

It doesn’t tend to suffer the highs and 

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The Irish variety is the fastest- growing, 

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whiskey comes back to where it once was on 

a global stage. 

So, Irish whiskey specifically offers a mix 

of stability and huge growth upside. The 

Whiskey industry in Ireland is set to soar 

above €1 billion euros per annum — which 

is predicted to double again by 2030. There 

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Single casks of Irish whiskey are being 

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A magical outdoor tale for all the family 

Life is suddenly turned 

upside down and 

everything becomes 

curiouser and curiouser… 

This summer, join Alice on her amazing 

journey through Wonderland and experience 

an adventure like no other. Lewis Carroll’s 

classic story is cleverly lifted from the 

page and beautifully brought to life in Glenn 

Elston’s highly acclaimed production. 

Life is suddenly turned upside down for Alice, so 

join her as she tumbles down the rabbit hole and 

lands in the magical world of “Wonderland”. It’s 

a roller-coaster of a story as she bravely bounces 

from one unexpected and amazing situation to the 

next. 

There’s a wildly curious assortment of characters. 

Bump into the skittish, constantly late White 

Rabbit, sing along with the Dodo and other 

birds in the Caucaus race and meet the pepper 

obsessed Duchess and her extremely crazy cook. 

The Cheshire Cat will leave you with a grin and you 

can’t fail to miss Humpty Dumpty on his way to 

meet Tweedledum and Tweedledee as they tell the 

tale of the Walrus and the Carpenter. What might 

seem slightly silly then becomes downright absurd 

as the Mad Hatter arrives with the March Hare and 

the Dormouse to have a grand old time with Alice 

at the tea party. As a magnificent finale, join the 

Queen of Hearts and her parade of cards. This is 

where everyone, both young and perhaps a little bit 

older, can be part of the fun. 

Presented in a bright performance style, with 

colourful costumes, interactive games and catchy 

songs this is a perfect way to go on a wonderful 

Wonderland adventure with the entire family. 

Until 26 August 

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Notebook 

What to do and see near you this month 

GREATEST 

SHOWROOM 

Who doesn’t love a new shopping destination? Not a moment too 

soon for summer garden furniture shopping, Bridgman have 

unveiled a brand new 3,000 square foot Showroom. 

At almost double the size of their previous Surrey 

store, this new space is a great spot to explore 

your options for home and garden furniture 

and seek out inspiration. Rattan, sleek and 

minimalist or classic and timeless, their 

outdoor furniture is well worth a look (our 

regular readers will know their stuff can often 

be found in our pages), and there are also some 

great bargains to be had. You can find 

this new shopper’s paradise on New 

Zealand Avenue, Walton on Thames, 

just a stone’s throw away from 

the original. bridgman.co.uk 

The Epsom Trainers’ Open Day 

on Monday 26 August is an 

opportunity to go behind the scenes 

of the local racing yards at Epsom 

Racecourse. Plus there will also be 

fantastic, free entertainment for the 

little ones, including inflatables, 

assault courses and running races. 

thejockeyclub.co.uk 

PRIDE 

in Surrey 

Pride is coming 

to Surrey! It’s time to dig 

out your spangliest, glitteriest, 

most fabulous outfit, get yourself 

a rainbow flag and come out to 

support LGBT+ culture and rights 

in Surrey’s first ever Pride. Visit 

Woking Town on Saturday 10 

August to catch the parade and 

then head over to Woking Park 

for a celebration of all things 

rainbow. prideinsurrey.org

Notebook 

A festival with a real classic 

British spirit. Politeness, 

kindness and cleanliness rule at 

this family friendly celebration of 

music and good times in the summer 

sun. Dancing Daleks, laserquest, a light 

railway train, a museum, axe throwing, 

morris dancing and psychedelic dip body 

gLORIOus FOOD 

From prosecco to paella, Indian to ice cream. 

Historic Royal Palaces Food Festivals has all the most 

marvellously mouthwatering goodies you can imagine, 

all in the glorious setting of the historical Hampton 

Court Palace. Feast on delicious street food and 

insta-worthy cocktails, explore the gardens and 

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and fertilisation. The course will be on Friday 30 

August and is perfect for those looking to expand 

their horticultural horizons. hevercastle.co.uk 

Visit Kempton Park Racecourse this month for a real hidden gem 

of an Antiques Fair. Often gracing the pages of elite blogs and 

magazines, Sunbury Antiques Market at Kempton Park is a go-to 

source of inspiration for many of Europe’s top design houses, film 

studios and ‘London’s finest’. It’s like a hybrid mix of your favourite 

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Some of the most striking shots from this month’s interiors 

include a splash of one of my favourite colours – zesty 

yellow. It adds an uplifting summery vibe to both houses 

and is an accent that fits perfectly with pale and deep hues alike. 

Continuing with the sunny theme, Kate Watts collates chic 

holiday style with a focus on prints and chef Nicci Gurr creates 

three dishes that epitomise the simple pleasure of outside dining. 

Step into the vegetable garden with Jo Arnell, as she describes 

how to soak up every second of sunshine with late crops to 

plant out, whilst Sue Whigham picks the prettiest blooms that 

will keep dishing out vibrant colour throughout autumn. 

If bold botanicals are your thing, be sure to make a note 

of Leeds Castle’s Festival of Flowers (14th–19th September). 

You’ll find a truly impressive lineup of internationally award 

winning floral designers who will be taking over the castle rooms 

with magical arrangements to celebrate the 900th anniversary 

of the castle. Book your tickets online at leeds-castle.com. 

Elsewhere, turn to our Restoration & New Build Supplement 

for an overview of the freshest local new builds, plus advice on 

planning, choosing windows, the latest paint colours and flooring. 

In other news, SH journalist Maggie Alderson’s latest novel is out 

now! It’s set partly in Cranbrook, in a (fictional) architectural salvage 

yard owned by Tessa one of three sisters. Her sister Rachel works in 

London at a PR agency and Natasha is a make up artist in New York. 

The story shows how the unravelling of the secrets each of them has 

kept for years, nearly tears them apart. Secret Keeping for Beginners is 

published by Harper Collins. We’re looking forward to having a read! 

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Previous pages: A cosy sitting room, used as a games room, features the original Delft tiles 

around the fireplace and stone-mullioned windows; opposite the fireplace, a refectory table 

provides the perfect place to set up a Monopoly board Above: At the other end of the 

house, a huge sitting room with French windows provides views of the lovely garden 

When you’ve lived somewhere for a while 

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past frequently that always catch your 

eye and make you wonder: what’s it like in there? 

For years now I’ve driven past a grey stone 

compound on Hastings’ northern limit, longing 

for a peep inside the intriguing line of roofs, 

gables and chimneys forming an almost circular 

arrangement of buildings behind high stone walls. 

I knew it had once been a convent and was 

now residential, but what and how and when 

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with coloured corded lighting cables from 

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me inside the house she shares with partner 

Jake Mintrim and their two daughters, 

my years of curiosity proved to be more 

than justified. The house is even more 

intriguing once you get inside it, with the 

family’s original style – and Jake’s skills as a 

landscape gardener – greatly adding to it. 

The first area you step into is an unusually 

long corridor with a striking arch at one 

end and high windows on the outside facing 

front door side. Adding to the drama the 

walls are painted black for about 40cm from 

the bottom, drawing the eye along. Above, 

coloured corded lighting cables are looped 

along the length of it, almost like bunting. 

“It’s a very long corridor,” said Juliet, “so 

I wanted to make something of it.” 

Walking to the left you come to the very lofty 

stairwell, opening up to a gallery on the first 

floor, where the looped, coloured cables – from 

Dyke & Dean in Hastings – are strung across 

the void as though ready for a circus trapeze act. 

The scale enhanced further by two extra large 

frames, one containing an old film poster found 

in another Hastings resource – one of the many 

brilliant junk emporia – the other a collage of 

Cuban posters from a book, which Juliet had 

framed together. “There’s so much space we 

thought we should have fun with it,” she says. 

All these clever details make it clear that 

Juliet and Jake were not at all daunted by 

the scale and special character of the house 

– even though they moved there from a 

two-bedroom flat in London’s Willesden. 

Sitting on mixed vintage chairs at 

the – genuine – marble-topped Saarinen 

pedestal table in the kitchen, Juliet tells 

me how they came to make it home. 

“We made the move four and a half years 

ago, when the girls were eight and five. I was 

born and bred in Willesden Green, but I knew 

this area because my grandparents lived in 

Winchelsea and I have family in Tenterden. 

“We love how close the real countryside is 

and the beach. It’s a great place for the kids 

and it’s a good commute up to London from 

Battle, only a 10-minute drive, which I need 

because I still go back up two days a week 

to my business. I run the Pitta Patta Dance 

School in Primrose Hill, teaching all different 

styles of dance for children up to 17 years.” 

But as well as the convenience and 

adjacent attractions, it was the quirky town 

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This page: In one corner of the kitchen a funky 

bright-red vintage chair and lamp with a 1970s 

psychedelic print lampshade sit below a boldly 

coloured painting by Juliet’s mother on the wall 

itself that was right for the family. “It was an adventure to 

move here – people in Hastings don’t follow the rules.” 

And Juliet had an instant intro to that unconventional 

Hastings creative community, via Sam Bruce, owner of 

the fabulous In House Junkie online store for wonderful 

one-off decorative pieces. Her house was featured in 

Wealden Times / Surrey Homes June 2018 and her 

name comes up frequently as a source of wonderful 

items in many of the magazine’s featured houses. 

“I met Sam in London at a playgroup,” says Juliet. “We have 

kids of the same age. Then she moved to Tunbridge Wells and 

I moved to Hastings, but Sam’s mum Helen Bartlett lives here 

and Sam used to have her shop in St Leonards. So she was 

our intro to Hastings and the edgy, artistic, lovely people.” 

And handily, considering the number and scale of 

the windows in Holmhurst, Helen makes wonderful 

curtains – she’s made all of them for Juliet. But 

more of the soft furnishings to come, there’s plenty 

to look at in the first room we come to. 

Designed by Juliet and Jake, the working part of the 

kitchen is confined to one wall with cupboards in the most 

appealing dusty pink, with a geometric pattern in copper 

a feature on some of the doors and copper handles. The 

worktop is poured concrete and the wall lights are from 

eBay – but shift up one level above the white subway 

splashback tiles and a bold painting shifts the mood of the 

room from purely functional, to more of a hang out space. 

Which is exactly what you see when you turn around and 

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an outrageous 1970s psychedelic print lampshade, with a 

boldly coloured painting by Juliet’s mother on the wall. 

The tiles on the kitchen floor are from Lewes tile 

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Above: The working part of the kitchen is confined to one wall with cupboards painted a dusty pink, some with a geometric pattern 

in copper. The worktop is poured concrete and the wall lights are from eBay 

the ideas together and then Jake does the work.” 

To see more of what Jake does, we head out of the 

kitchen through a large glass door into the garden, where a 

terrace runs along, with a lovely old stone arch to the right 

and a splendid old wellhead in the centre of the lawn. 

I didn’t know it while I was looking at this lovely artefact, 

but it’s actually a key to the history of this whole group 

of buildings – which I have since unearthed online. 

The wellhead is from Venice, brought over by the 

eminent Victorian travel writer Augustus Hare. It forms 

a centrepiece in the garden of the mansion he built here, 

extending from existing buildings dating back to the 

16th and 18th centuries, with the money made from 

his very successful series of illustrated travel guides. 

He noted in his journal: ‘It is an early Venetian font 

or wellhead, which came from one of the houses pulled 

down when the new street was made from S. Moise 

to S. Marco. It is not later than 12th century.’ 

So a pretty amazing thing to have in your garden – 

and how fitting that it should now belong to someone 

whose profession is making the most of outdoor 

spaces, which Jake has done so cleverly here. 

Solving the topographical problem of near vertical 

slopes, which affects so many Hastings gardens, 

as the town is built over a series of hills, Jake has 

created a flat lawn which leads onto a large deck. 

It’s immediately clear what a great entertaining space 

this is, high up so it gets the sun and with lovely views 

looking out over an adjacent tract of ancient woodland, 

set off by a thicket of giant bamboo that was already there. 

Crucially, Jake has treated the wood of the deck so it doesn’t 

become a slippery death trap in damp British weather. 

Next to it is a splendid border, designed by Juliet’s mother 

and stocked as advised by eminent garden designer 

 


This page: The lofty stairwell opens up to a gallery on the first floor, where more coloured cables from Dyke & Dean are strung across 

the void. Two extra large frames, one containing an old film poster, the other a collage of Cuban posters from a book, hang on the walls 

Tony Howard, of Harborough Nurseries, who Jake works 

with on landscaping projects. The lovely magnolia tree 

next to the wellhead was already perfectly in place. 

The garden has a very special contemplative air – perhaps 

enhanced by the nuns’ graveyard, which is still there in 

another area, through the stone arch – and appreciating 

its huge potential was one of the many things that attracted 

Juliet and Jake to the property when they first came along 

to view it. 

“We weren’t going to look at the house when we first 

saw the listing, because it was attached on both sides, 

but when we did we couldn’t believe it. The garden was 

in a state of rack and ruin, which apparently put other 

potential buyers off, but for us it was an opportunity.” 

After the garden tour, we head back into the house 

via a French window, which is – although, once 

again, I didn’t know it at the time – a clue to the next 

stage of Holmhurst’s history, when in the early 20th 

century the house became a convent and school. 

With Augustus Hare long departed from this 

world, it was by then a ruin, but that didn’t put 

off the redoubtable Mother Mary Agnes, founder 

of the Community of the Holy Family, at all. 

An Italiophile, like Mr Hare, she loved the ruined 

building because she appreciated the way he had attempted 

to create a small part of Italy in Hastings. To her it 

 


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This page: A generously proportioned room is now used as 

a guest bedroom. Translucent linen blinds keep the space 

light and airy and accents of black, pink and gold contrast 

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was the perfect place to found a school dedicated 

to ‘teaching women of all ages’. One of whom, 

a few decades on, was called Joanna Lumley. 

The huge sitting room Juliet and I have stepped 

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bay, each topped with another multi-paned window, 

drenching the space in light and views of the lovely 

garden – was once called the Edgeworth classroom. 

Although it is hard to imagine, with that enticing 

outlook, how any of the girls ever paid attention. 

While it is easy to imagine that huge room, furnished 

to scale with a huge sofa that was very handily given 

to them by one of Jake’s grateful clients, full of happy 

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special atmosphere. A friend of Juliet’s who attended the 

school told her it was the 6th form common room and 

the atmosphere of joyous refuge remains. “This is the 

grown up room, with no TV. We play games in here.” 

With one bright egg yolk yellow velvet chair, finished 

with deep fringing, a blue and white Moroccan table 

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to put a Monopoly board on, it’s the kind of room 

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Upstairs, the arrangement of space is the same 

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corridor there are views north and east right 

over to the High Weald and at the western end 

of it, the biggest bedroom I have ever been in 

above the sitting room/Edgeworth classroom. 

This is used as a guest bedroom – very popular 

for sleepovers with large rabbles of kids – and I 

admit I had been wondering why on earth they 

didn’t have that as the Master. That was, until Juliet 

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This page: Doors from the kitchen lead out into the garden, 

where a lovely magnolia tree grows next to the wellhead 

can be seen from the huge bed which Jake built. “He’s tall 

and has always wanted a bed big enough for him with a 

headboard and a footboard, so he made it himself.’ 

Like the Snug below, the bedroom has a very 

special calm and nurturing vibe. Once you’ve tuned 

into it, you don’t really ever want to leave. 

Juliet’s friend, who was a pupil at the school, told 

her that in those days it was the Headmistress’s office. 

We don’t know what Augustus Hare used it for and 

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one of the original buildings, even before his time. 

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lamps are from OKA and the stag candelabra from one of her favourite shops, 

Flowerhouse and Home Above: The old kitchen and dining rooms were combined 

to make one large room. Karen and Rafe made a feature of the panelling here on 

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The houses on this acre plot were unique, 

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These substantially built and comfortable 

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Stepping into the light, airy and 

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anything other than the stylish and relaxed 

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chatting to Karen and Rafe about what 

initially led them to this property and 

what changes they have made since 2010. 

“We’d been living in a grotty bungalow 

which we’d wanted to totally redevelop,” 

explains Karen. “It was so damp, there 

was black mould growing up the walls 

and an army of slugs invaded the kitchen 

every night. We survived this for two 


Another of Karen’s animal paintings feature above the dining room fireplace, along 

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Above: A cleverly disguised secret door leads from the library to the snug beyond, much to the delight of visiting children. 

The charming ceramic dog was made by potter Marie Prett 

years only to be told that planning permission for our project 

wouldn’t be granted.” 

The couple decided it was time to move on, and things 

were at a pretty low ebb when Rafe spotted a house in the 

right area coming up for sale. Karen first glimpsed the house 

backlit against a meadow brimming with buttercups on a 

summer’s afternoon. “It was properly in the heart of the 

countryside,” she remembers, “and just what we wanted.” 

This was a good 10 years ago and the pair have spent this 

time transforming the house into the perfect family home. 

They loved the solid build that often comes with 1930s 

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features, whilst bringing the house in line with today’s lifestyle. 

Karen made the brave decision to start with the exterior, 

rather than giving in to the temptation to renovate the 

interior. “I was adamant that I wanted a lovely garden,” she 

explains. They completely re-levelled and drained the entire 

outside area, which is now landscaped to wrap comfortably 

around the house, allowing for a large and relaxed Yorkstone 

terrace which positively invites you to sit and relax with a gin 

and tonic. Most of the garden is a gloriously smooth picture 

postcard lawn, while a terrace of beautifully maintained beds 

step up beyond the kitchen to the pool area. She was right to 

follow the perceived wisdom: ‘always start with the garden’ as 

it does take years for the planting to mature to its full glory. 

Inside, the house was a monument to the previous 

decades and, as Karen remembers, “very dark and poky”. 

Every ceiling, every wall, was covered in that old favourite 

Artex and studded with fake black beams, and every 

floor boasted swirly green carpets. The windows were the 

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The first major build got underway in 2012, when the 

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The two rooms which housed the old kitchen and the dining room 

became the dining area and at this point the curved window bays here 

and throughout were adapted to a classic rectangular shape, allowing 

the rooms to be flooded with light, and simultaneously creating the 

ever comfortable window seats. This room features some of the house’s 

original panelling and so the couple decided to keep this feature 

and continue it through into the hall, living room and library. 

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input from our builders, Neil Hammond of AJ Hammond Builders Ltd, 

and also from Sabre Joinery in Burwash, who created beautiful interior 

doors to matching the existing originals, as well as all the panelling.” 

It was during this phase of the build that the windows presented 

a major conundrum. Most were small with traditional diamond 

panes and Karen knew immediately she wanted these replaced 

with larger Sussex-style windows. However, some had already been 

updated with UPVC, so they had to decide between the two newer 

types of window. “In the end, we chose the Sussex-style windows,” 

says Karen. “It cost us a fortune, but we’ve never regretted it.” 

In the dining room, as in the living room, the stately fireplaces, from 

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“We have always loved spending time in the Cotswolds,” explains 

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Sandstone sills and quoins to the exterior have also been added to the 

same effect, as well as the use of oak for the garage, porch and balcony. 

The living room simply invites you to kick off your shoes and 

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Above: The hall is a mix of soft grey panelling and citrus yellow floral wallpaper from Osborne & Little 

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Karen, “We loved the dark wooden floor with 

rugs and the New England-style shelving.” 

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palette has been used throughout) there are pops 

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completed downstairs. “Again, the library was designed 

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Upstairs Karen and Rafe’s bedroom overlooks the 

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oak balcony, designed and built by a local craftsman, “it’s 

the perfect place for a leisurely breakfast,” she says. 

The understated elegance in both bedroom and 

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It’s easy to see that Karen has a background in fashion and 

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Rewind & Revitalise 

Josephine Fairley explains the beneficial effects the right 

make-up products and techniques can have on ageing skin 

It happens to most of us, at an 

uncertain age: one day we wake up, 

reach for our make-up bag, go through 

the usual motions of doing our face – 

and realise it’s just not working the way 

it used to. With confidence wobbling, 

one of two things tend to happen. We 

decide that ‘more must be more’, and 

overdo things. Or alternatively, with 

images of spider-lashed Barbara Cartland 

or lipstick-smeared Baby Jane haunting our 

nightmares, we start to use less make-up – 

which instead brings the risk of fading away. I’ve 

seen it happen, time after time. Complexions get 

paler. Hair colour tends to do the same, and brows, 

with it. And before we know it, we’re almost ghosts 

of our former, younger, more attractive-feeling selves. 

Yet used judiciously, and with some adjustments, 

make-up can absolutely roll back the years. Indeed, 

as consultant dermatologist Dr. Andrew Markey once 

observed to me, “More women should explore what 

make-up can do for them before taking a leap into the 

world of cosmetic surgery.” So, over my decades as a 

beauty editor, I’ve pumped many top make-up artists 

for the how-to. Here are the key lessons learned… 

Foundation is your friend, not your foe. Says Mary 

Greenwell: “Every woman over 40 has to wear foundation. 

Ironically, up until that point it can be ageing.” But go 

lightly, and choose the right formulation. You almost 

certainly want ‘light-reflective pigments’, which help recreate 

the radiance of younger skin, without looking too shiny. 

As the creator of my all-time favourite age-defying base, 

the (weirdly-named and somewhat pricy) By Terry Terrybly 

Densillis Foundation, £78 for 30ml, make-up genius Terry 

de Gunzburg knows her stuff here. “After your forties, 

skintone is no longer uniform – which makes you look tired. 

Your complexion may be a bit red, or look a little shadowy 

or grey and sallow. But this doesn’t mean just applying 

more of the foundation you’ve always worn (if you have). 

Layers of heavy foundation make all lines look worse.” Use 

a foundation brush and light, feathery strokes; microfibre 

brushes – like the brilliant Cailyn O, Wow! Brush, £12.49 

(amazon.co.uk) – deliver an incredibly seamless finish; first 

apply the foundation to the back of your hand and pick 

it up from there with the brush. Other great age-defying 

foundation finds include Guerlain L’Essentiel, £44 for 30ml 

(best applied with the fantastic matching charcoal-infused 

fibre brush, £38) and Nars Natural Radiant Longwear 

Foundation, £35 for 30ml. None of these, you’ll note, are 

inexpensive. But foundation is one area I’d never ever skimp 

on – and that becomes even more important as we age. 

Conceal flaws with a whisper-light concealer. Where you 

need extra coverage – under-eye shadows, for instance – use 

a light-reflective concealer and pat into skin. I’m a massive 

fan of the new Giorgio Armani Power Fabric Concealer, £32 

(it comes in an impressive 18 shades) – or check out the 

new options in the legendary YSL Touche Éclat line-up. 

Powder lightly. When face powder settles dustily into lines, 

it looks Miss Havisham-esque on the best of us. So Mary 

Greenwell recommends using a smaller 2cm (¾-inch) brush, 

to apply powder. “This is small enough to make it easy 

to avoid getting powder into crinkles, which emphasises 

them,” she advises. Use it just on the T-zone, which at this 

stage in life is probably the only bit that needs de-shining. 

Rethink your blush. Ariane Poole – who is of a certain 

age herself and has a wonderful make-up range that 

accommodates the needs of more mature women 

(arianepoole.com) – observes: “The placement of your 

blush has to change as you age. You need to move slightly 

lower down with your blusher placement and focus on 

the apples of your cheeks, rather than higher up the 

cheekbone. This will give your cheekbones a lift and make 

your face appear less jowly as the colour is centred in the 

face. If you do apply your blusher upwards towards the 

corner of your eye this will just highlight the crow’s feet 

and lines and actually make the eyes look smaller.” 

And avoid ‘tawny’ shades for cheeks. Adds Ariane: “We 

lose pigment as we age, and our skin gets paler, so we 

need that pop of colour. We notice the pigment change 

in our hair but it’s more difficult to notice the change in 

the skin so women will often continue using their matte 

brown shades, but this will age you. You want that pop of 

colour that gives you a healthy, youthful flush.” (A perfect 

shade, in fact, is her own Matte Mineral Blush, £18.50, 

in Whisper. Pinks and peaches are the thing, here.) 

Adapt your eye make-up technique. It’s difficult to be 

 


Beauty 

Cailyn 

O, Wow! 

Brush, £12.49 

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co.uk 

totally 

prescriptive, here, 

because eyes present very different 

challenges. (Some of us develop crow’s 

feet, others crêpiness or hooded lids.) 

My best advice would be to make 

like Goldilocks and try out several 

different makeover options at your 

nearest department store, see which 

eye look pushes your buttons, and 

try to mimic the technique, then 

possibly – deep breath – investing 

in those exact products. But unless 

you’re 110% happy with what you 

see in the mirror, don’t be pressured. 

You’ll almost certainly need 

to define the shape of your eyes 

differently, as you age. ‘Using a dark 

powder shadow to create the “crease” 

in the socket, as you might have done 

when you were 20, just won’t work,” 

advises Terry de Gunzburg. Her preferred 

technique is a sheer wash of eyeshadow – for 

instance, a mushroom-y shade – over the 

lid, then focusing on eyeliner and mascara 

to frame the eyes. Or try Mary Greenwell’s 

approach: she recommends applying a light 

toned rose-pink on the bottom half of the 

top eyelid (closest to the lashes), to open 

up the eye area. And, Mary adds, “Don’t be 

frightened to play with shimmer or worry about 

highlighting lines and creases. It’s all about 

the placement and technique. Matte colours 

can sometimes be ageing, whereas shimmer 

adds luminosity and softness to the skin.” 

I’ve always loved this tip from the everyouthful 

Lulu (who I had the privilege of 

working with on a book some years ago). 

She does use powder shadow (in a grey or 

By Terry 

Terrybly Densillis 

Foundation, £78 

for 30ml byterry. 

com 

YSL 

Touche 

Éclat, £26 

yslbeauty.co.uk 

taupe-y shade) in the socket, but she does it 

using a mirror that’s a good 60cm away, so she 

can gauge the effect from the distance most people 

see you from. (Then use a hand mirror while you use 

a blender brush to ensure the edges are seamless.) 

Don’t let your brows fade away. Oh, this is one of the 

biggest ‘age-rs’ of all: Disappearing Brow Syndrome. As the 

years roll by, brows become more sparse or go grey, causing 

the face to lose definition – because quite simply, brows 

are your face ‘architecture’. I often have my brows tinted 

(they are literally invisible naturally), and it takes me from 

‘Where’s Jo?’ to ‘There’s Jo!’ When the tint fades (as it does 

after two weeks), I have an entire arsenal of products to fill 

them in. But you need to balance your brows with your 

eye make-up. More on your eyes means subtler brows’ less 

eye make-up means that you can play up your brows. 

Eyebrow product preference is incredibly personal. Today 

there are powders, gels, pencils, in many different shades. 

So I honestly cannot recommend too highly that you 

take yourself off to a Benefit counter – they’re the ‘brow 

kings’ – and ask a consultant there to show you which are 

your key products for brow enhancement in their range. 

They offer almost a dozen different products and a wide 

shade spectrum. Personally I couldn’t live without their 

Benefit Gimme Brow, £18, which is a tinted brow gel that 

grooms wayward hairs while sweeping on subtle colour, and 

Precisely, My Brow!, £21.50 a really fine propelling pencil 

for light, feathery strokes – brilliant for filling in gaps. 

But a PS: if you powder your face, always brush 

brows through afterwards with a brow brush (or an old 

toothbrush repurposed for the task); Mary Greenwell 

notes: “Otherwise, they can look dusty and dirty. And 

‘clean’ brows are very important at this time in life.” 

Accentuate your lash-line. Forget liquid liner at this time 

in life. It’s fiddly and difficult to get right, even when you’re 

twenty-something – never mind when you have to factor in a 

slight shake of the hands. Use a liner pencil instead – and as 

Mary Greenwell advises, “apply it along the natural lash line, 

getting right into the roots of the lashes.” She adds: “When 

using an eyeliner, always build the liner up slowly, focusing 

on the outer corners of the eyes. Step back and take a second 

look, and you can always add more until you’re happy with 

the overall shape.” (Echoes of Lulu’s wisdom, above.) 

Avoid eyelash clump. The No. 1 Baby Jane/Barbara Cartland 

make-up nightmare. Be sure to work the mascara into the 

roots of your lashes – try a zig-zaggy movement – because 

that’s what really creates the illusion of length. But the big 

challenge is that eyelashes tend to become more sparse over 

time – hence the risk of spikiness, because there are simply 

wider gaps between the lashes. This is the time to get into 

the habit (if you haven’t already) of wiping your mascara 

wand on a tissue before applying to your eyes. If you do get 

clumps, don’t touch them; if you try to wipe mascara away, 

your fingers are more likely to push the lashes together. Invest 

in what’s called a ‘spool’ brush, which looks like a mascara 

wand, to sweep through – or thoroughly wash and dry an old 

mascara wand and keep it handy for tarantula emergencies. 

Watch – and learn. I’d also point you in the direction 

of some fab online tutorials for older faces. Lisa 

Eldridge does these particularly well; she has a raft of 

watchable and instructive how-to videos on her website 

lisaeldridge.com. Prop an iPad up in front of your 

mirror, and follow her make-up lessons. Genius. 

And remember: less isn’t always more. There’s one 

exception to the rule, according to Bobbi Brown. 

“If you’ve never worn make-up, it’s never too late 

to start. We may tend to get washed out as we age 

– but make-up makes up for that.” Hear, hear. 

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Health & Wellbeing 

Holiday skin 

Nourishing our skin is always important, never more so than when 

we return from a sunny holiday, to prevent dry skin and premature 

ageing and to prolong your sun-kissed glow. 

Henrietta Norton shares her top 5 tips for post-holiday skin care 

A healthy diet will 

nourish your skin 

from the inside out 

A healthy diet will show on the 

outside wit h glowing radiant skin. 

Eating seasonal food rich in vitamin 

C, vitamin E, zinc, selenium and 

essential fatty acids nurtures our skin 

cells, provide antioxidant protection 

and promotes skin healing after it 

has been exposed to the elements. 

Support your levels 

of hyaluronic acid 

Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a gel-like 

substance found abundantly in the skin. 

HA has a unique ability to retain water 

preventing loss of moisture. HA also 

increases when the skin is healing and 

helps to reduce inflammation on the 

skin’s surface. It is therefore useful after 

you have been in the sun and if you have 

sunburn. Choose a naturally extra low 

weight form of HA as this is much more 

effective at reaching the skin surface. 

Check the ingredients in 

your beauty products 

Always choose products with clean 

ingredients for your beauty regime and 

sun protection. Some of the more toxic 

products containing synthetic colours 

and fragrances, phthalates and sodium 

lauryl sulfate (SLS), to name a few, 

are best avoided. If you are unsure, a 

great book is The Nature of Beauty by 

Imelda Burke which provides excellent 

information about ingredients and how 

to make your own simple products. 

Herbs for your skin 

Gotu kola and ashwagandha are 

wonderful anti-ageing herbs. Gotu 

kola improves blood circulation and 

supports the production of collagen 

while ashwagandha helps to reduce 

inflammation, helps to protect the skin 

from oxidative stress and promotes 

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Allow yourself time 

We often need time to recover from our 

travels, especially after long-haul flights. 

Sleep is the best medicine for your skin 

and you will notice the difference in 

your appearance after a deep restful 

night. Try not to go headlong back into 

your normal routine, instead allow 

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yourself time to 

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Travelling can be tiring 

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not used to or those we don’t usually 

take in excess, such as sugar or alcohol. 

This has an impact on the balance of 

our bacteria in the gut, which in turn 

has been clinically proven to affect 

the quality of our skin. Eat plenty of 

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such as sauerkraut (easily found in 

health stores) and kimchi (Asian 

fermented cabbage and spices). Also 

try drinking coconut water kefir or 

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You may also want to try 

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Weight 

management – 

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Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital. 

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1. What causes excess weight? 

For some people, their inherent biology means that 

they are more pre-disposed to weight gain than 

others. However, we have seen over the last 30 years 

that the biggest contibutor is the influence of our 

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2. Is excess weight a problem? 

Yes, excess weight is a significant contributor to a wide 

range of cancers and to other conditions such as type 

2 diabetes, hypertension, infertility. Excess weight can 

shorten life expectancy. 

3. Will diets and exercise programs resolve 

excess weight? 

This is definitely the first step to take. The most 

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and sustainable. When looking into which program 

suits you, be sure that it is one which fits into the 

rhythm of your life; thereby giving you the best 

chance of adhering to it. 

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Bariatric surgery is a form of treatment for people 

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Water for Health, 

Fitness, Mind & Body 

Sarah Maxwell breaks down the sometimes daunting 

prospect of exercise into easily manageable activities 

that can be slotted into a busy lifestyle 

this summer i will be heading 

to the beach to reap the many 

benefits of the seaside. Fresh 

sea air, the sand between your toes 

and the ability to switch off from the 

stresses of daily life can all contribute 

to increased wellbeing – and the 

beach itself offers the perfect location 

for exercise outside of the gym. 

So if you’re going on holiday this 

summer, by the sea or pool, use this 

opportunity to feel your very best and 

increase your wellbeing both physically 

and mentally. Kick off your trainers or 

sandals and go barefoot, as not only will 

this give you a better workout on the sand, 

walking on both wet and dry sand will 

challenge your body in different ways. 

Scientists continually say that it takes 

more energy to walk or run on sand 

than it does to move at the same pace 

on hard surfaces, and that energy is used 

to strengthen all the lower body muscles 

– especially your calves, quadriceps and 

glutes. The drier the sand, the harder it is. 

Regular runners may prefer wetter, firmer 

sand in order to maintain proper form. 

You can also expect to burn a lot 

more calories on sand than you would 

on hard ground and all the while 

you are getting a free foot exfoliation 

from being barefoot in the sand! 

Walking in the surf: Just walking in 

ankle deep water is a great challenge, 

working against the ebb and flow of the 

tide and you have yourself a great lower 

body workout as you engage those core 

muscles to stay upright! The deeper you 

go the more challenging you can make it. 

playing in the waves: Jumping up and 

down in the surf is great fun and a 

challenge to your entire body. Diving 

under waves and swimming against the tide 

is a great way to work out, with the ocean 

providing extra resistance, working your 

muscles and improving your fitness levels 

But not only is the beach good for 

physical activities it can also help to 

increase your mental wellbeing. Spending 

time in the sunshine can increase your 

levels of vitamin D and research has shown 

that this can help to improve calcium 

absorption, stress levels and your mood 

(an especially great advantage if you find 

that family holidays often turn out to be 

rather stressful!) 

Now we’ve spent all that time in the 

water, and by the water, we need to 

focus on drinking water! We all know 

drinking plenty of water is important, 

we all (probably!) know we should be 

drinking more than we actually do, but 

do you know how crucial water is to 

everything that is going on in our bodies? 

It helps to flush out waste and bacteria, 

it assists in weight management, leads to 

increased energy levels and it naturally 

plumps and hydrates our skin. This is 

particularly so in the warmer weather 

when it’s essential to stay hydrated 

(even more so if we are exercising) 

Learn to listen to your body: yawning 

and daytime fatigue can quite often be 

signs of dehydration. Often we mistake 

this for being hungry, so before you reach 

for that sugary snack have a glass of water 

first and you will probably find that ‘pang 

of hunger’ just disappears! Make carrying 

around a water bottle your new habit 

and make sure you refill it frequently. 

For advice on how to keep safe in the 

water this summer, and water safety 

in general, see Royal Life Saving 

Society UK’s website rlss.org.uk 

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coach and mum of two 

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Exercise of 

the month: 

Jumping 

Jacks/star 

jumps 

(In waist 

height water 

– sea or pool – 

or on the sand) 

This is a great exercise for 

the whole body and much 

more fun in the water! 

Jump with your legs 

apart, at the same time 

raise your arms and create 

a star shape with your 

body. (Keep knees soft 

and your core engaged.) 

Aim to do 30 seconds; 

rest 20 second; repeat 3x.

Serves 6 Prep time: 30 mins 

No cooking required 

Ingredients 

• 600g of 3 dips – hummous, 

pesto, tzatziki 

• 300g of 3 types of cold cooked 

meats – chorizo, ham, chicken 

• 600g of 3 types of veg – celery, 

carrots, yellow peppers, etc 

• 300g of 3 types of fruit – tomatoes, 

dried apricots, blackberries 

• 300g of 3 types of cheese – cubed 

Cheddar, mozzarella balls, Kent Blue 

• 300g olives – large green perello 

and black marinated, pitted 

• 1 x loaf of sourdough bread – we use 

Light House Bakery Black Russian 

• 600g biscuits for cheese, 3 types – 

Bath Oliver, poppyseed, breadsticks 

Sharing Platter 

Gap filler ideas: 

• Vegetable crisps 

• Pistachio nuts 

• Pretzels 

Putting it together 

1Begin by choosing a large platter 

and using 3 points, start by 

placing the elements in all 3 areas. 

2Decant your dips into 3 small 

bowls and place in a triangle 

formation on or near the board. 

3Next start with the meats 

and snuggle each one 

into little mounds. 

4Slice the peppers and place near 

the first meat you put down. 

Baton the carrots and place closely to 

the second meat. Wash and cut the 

celery into long strips and place into 

a glass placing by the third meat. 

5Next, put the tomatoes next 

to the pepper, the blackerries 

next to the batons, and the apricots 

next to the glass of celery. 

6Using the fruit as a barrier 

add the cheese. I like to cube 

the cheddar and place near the 

pepper, slice the Blue and place 

next to the blackberries and put 

the mozzarella near the apricots. 

7Put the olives into two 

bowls or jam jars. 

8Now slice your loaf and 

arrange your biscuits. 

9The final stage is to fill the gaps 

with the crisps, nuts and pretzels. 

There are no rules here. But 

10 this is a guide to variety 

and weights. Consider colour and 

different heights with the carbs 

and seasonality when buying 

your vegetables and fruit.

A taste of the 

Mediterranean 

Nicci Gurr adds a burst of sunshine to outdoor dining with a colourful 

selection of dishes that are made for sharing with friends 

Words: Nicci Gurr from Home Gurr’own 

Photographs: David Merewether 

Styling: Lucy Fleming

Serves 6 Prep Time: 40 mins + overnight resting 

• 1kg courgettes (grated) 

• 2 tsp salt 

• 50g grated cheddar 

• Salt and freshly ground 

pepper for seasoning 

• 1 tsp Nigella seeds 

• 1 beaten egg 

• 

For the filo pastry: 

• 100g flour 

• 50ml hot water 

• 30g of hot smoked 

rapeseed oil 

• 5g salt 

Courgette Spanakopita 

Courgette Preparation: 

1Grate the courgettes 

and sprinkle with salt. 

Cover with a tea towel and 

leave overnight in a colander 

with a bowl underneath. 

2The next day, submerge 

the courgettes in water 

to rinse the salt from them. 

Then gather in a clean tea 

towel and ring out to get 

rid of any moisture. Mix 

the courgettes with salt and 

pepper and grated cheddar. 

Method to make filo pastry: 

Place the flour, hot water, 

hot smoked rapeseed 

oil and salt into a mixer 

or bowl and stir until 

incorporated, then knead 

for 5 mins. Cover and rest 

overnight in the fridge 

Assembling the spanakopita: 

1Take the filo pastry 

and roll out as long 

and thin as possible. Then 

using heavily floured hands 

stretch and manipulate the 

pastry so it is paper thin. 

2Make a sausage shape 

of the courgette filling 

along one end of the pastry 

and roll away from you. 

Taking the long filled sausage 

of courgette stuffed filo, 

carefully roll into a flat spiral 

and place on a baking tray. 

To cook: 

Brush with the beaten 

egg and sprinkle the 

nigella seeds over the top. 

Bake for 45 minutes at 

180°C slice and serve.

Goats’ cheese, Parma Ham & Nectarine Salad 

Serves 6 Prep Time: 10 mins 

• 4 x ripe nectarines (sliced 

into wedges) 

• 80g Parma ham or Prosciutto 

• 100g salad leaves/rocket 

• 50g toasted pine nuts 

• 6 tbsp of rapeseed or olive 

oil (we like Pure Kent Oak 

Smoked Rapeseed Oil) 

• 125g local goats’ cheese (we 

like The Traditional Cheese 

Dairy’s ‘Stonegate’) 

Wash and spin the salad leaves. 

Wrap the wedges of nectarine 

with the strips of Parma ham and place 

randomly over the leaves. Crumble 

the goats’ cheese on top and sprinkle 

with the toasted pine nuts. Serve with a 

simple dressing of rapeseed or olive oil. 

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Garden 

Late season crops 

Jo Arnell proves that, with a little planning, there’s still plenty 

to grow in the veg garden as colder months approach 

There might be gaps appearing on the plot this month. 

I’m hoping it means you’ve been able to celebrate 

all that hard work and harvest some produce, but it 

could well be that disaster has struck. Disasters come in many 

forms: life events, pests – even the weather can cause crops 

to fail. You may not have got round to growing anything yet 

(time flies when you intend to grow your own). Take heart 

and gather yourself. There are still plenty of vegetables that 

you can sow now that will mature in just a few weeks, or for 

a harvest later in the autumn and winter. It may be too late to 

sow plants that take a long time to grow, like leeks, parsnips, 

purple sprouting broccoli, but there is definitely still time. 

Fresh new crops for autumn and winter 

Sow some hardy vegetables now and you will have a supply 

of fresh produce for the coming season. Radishes, beetroot, 

mangetout, short carrots and dwarf beans can be sown 

now to harvest in under 12 weeks. You can make sowings 

of kale, Swiss chard, spinach and pak choi this month and 

have a supply of nutritious greens for autumn and, because 

these are hardy crops, right through the winter too. 

I grow a few stalwarts to last the winter; kale, Swiss chard 

and perpetual spinach are consistently reliable. Kale is hardy 

in the coldest of winters, heroically shrugging off frost and 

snow, but you may need to protect chard and spinach with 

a cloche. These plants do not grow much in the winter 

months, but will tick over and act like an outdoor larder, 

supplying you with fresh green leaves whenever you need 

them. Winter lettuces, mustards, pak choi and other oriental 

leaves are also surprisingly hardy. The good news about 

growing these crops at the end of the season is that the 

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leafy greens and pea shoots are reliable and quick, so may be 

less demanding than other crops if you are short on time. Sow a 

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within a month. If you just pick off the outer leaves, you’ll be able 

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Garden 

Green manure 

‘Nature abhors a vacuum’ so Aristotle is rumoured to 

have said, which when translated to the vegetable garden, 

means that any bare soil will be filled immediately – 

with weeds. If you are not keen on growing lots more 

vegetables this year, then beat nature to it and fill your 

vacuum with a green manure. This will keep the weeds 

down, stop soil erosion and when it’s been dug in, add 

nutrients to the soil and improve the soil structure. 

It is not compulsory to keep your plot productive all year 

round, but it is entirely possible. The plants do grow a little 

more slowly from midsummer onwards, but so do the weeds 

and pests. At this time of the year there are less pressing tasks 

elsewhere in the garden, the soil is warm and receptive and 

the weather is often kinder too. Let’s get growing (again). 

Top: Jo Arnell’s garden at Hornbrook Manor 

Above: Rows of lettuces make for a pretty combination of colours 

Vegetables to sow in August 

Carrots – try growing short Chantenay, 

or Nantes carrots that won’t take as long 

to grow as longer roots. These can even 

be grown in containers and that way 

kept out of reach of pesky carrot flies. 

Beetroot – grow some tasty ‘baby’ 

beets in around 12-14 weeks. 

These are best lifted before the 

end of the autumn, as they tend to 

become woody in cold weather. 

Dwarf beans – because these beans 

don’t have to spend time climbing up 

poles and sticks, they start flowering 

and setting pods earlier than climbing 

varieties. From an early August 

sowing you could be harvesting green 

(or purple) dwarf French beans by 

the beginning of October. Don’t 

leave sowing any later than this 

though, as they are a tender crop 

and may be hit by an early frost. 

Peas – the quickest peas to grow 

are the sugar-snaps and mangetout 

varieties, as you are harvesting the 

whole pod and not waiting for the 

peas inside to swell and ripen. 

Kale – this is probably one of 

my ‘desert island’ vegetables; it 

stands tall and impervious to 

the winter weather, nutritious to 

the end. Protect from pests. 

Swiss chard – as beautiful as it is 

good for you, chard is available in a 

rainbow array of colours, although 

a white one ‘Fordhook Giant’ may 

be the best culinary variety. 

Rocket – Reliable, quick (as its 

name suggests) and tasty, rocket 

will also self-seed around the 

patch, so you may find you don’t 

have to make repeat sowings… 

Oriental greens – crops like pak choi, 

mustard, kai lan (Chinese broccoli) 

and napa cabbage are fast growing 

and make fantastic additions to stir 

fries and soup recipes. They may 

need netting to protect from flea 

beetle (which makes tiny holes in the 

leaves), caterpillars and pigeons. 

Salad leaves – loose leaved, ‘cut 

and come again’ lettuce, herbs like 

chervil, coriander and spicy mesclun 

mixes of assorted leaves, all make 

quick and tasty fresh salad that will 

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leaves that turn to slime as soon as 

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in the mid-1880s and the estate, which 

he extended, became his life’s work. We 

have so much to thank him for as he 

was at the forefront of the movement 

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the British Arts and Crafts movement 

of the early twentieth century and one 

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was Daisy Lloyd at Great Dixter. 

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October at Gravetye... 

I felt like a Jack in the Box with the 

excitement of the autumn colours in 

their fabulous borders and remember 

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really were brimming with so many rich 

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course: amongst them dahlias, aconites 

and salvias. I can’t remember what 

we ate but those plants and planting 

combinations were just lovely. 

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from July onwards. One of the first to 

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Steel’. I love this plant with its silver blue 

hooded flowers. It’s great in July with 

peachy day lilies. Another one which 

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‘Spark’s Variety’. Anyway, this plant has 

a long flowering period and deep purple 

hooded flowers. Like most monkshoods, 

it can be grown in both sun or partial 

shade provided it is provided with a 

good fertile soil, which is really the same 

for all aconites. Give the plants a good 

mulch in the spring to retain moisture. 

To continue the late flowering season 

with these plants, try A. carmichaelii 

‘Arendsii’ which goes through August 

and into September. This is a tall plant 

with enormous blue flowers and totally 

self-supporting, upright stems. You’ll 

need a bit of space for this but there are 

shorter forms worth trying. Aconites look 

marvellous grown with late season grasses. 

And then there are the Agastache, 

brilliant for flowering late and for 

extending the flowering season in your 

borders from July right through to 

October. These are perennial plants with 

so many plus points; from the aromatic 

foliage through to the way that they 

attract bees and hoverflies. They like a well 

drained soil – good for a Mediterranean 

planting in gravel garden perhaps. Two 

worth mentioning are A. ‘Blue Fortune’ 

with dark bracts and violet blue flowers 

and A. ‘Blackadder’ with spikes of furry 

violet blue flower and dark calyxes. 

I took a photo this morning of the buds 

of a Japanese anemone. How pretty they 

are. Perched on long stems are furry grey/ 

pink/white perfectly formed bobbles. 

I read somewhere that they reminded 

the writer of pearls and I think that is 

such a good description. This particular 

anemone is A. x hybrida ‘Honorine 

Jobert’, with pure white flowers with a 

distinctive green centre surrounded by 

bright yellow stamens. Easy to grow and 

easy to source. Growing with dark foliage 

as a backdrop like Sambucus ‘Black Lace’ 

they light up the garden until October. 

This is the way to see them at their 

best. They spread like mad but are so 

charming and make up for their manners! 

Oh, another one that is rather 

beautiful is the double pink, A. hupensis 

var. japonica ‘Pamina’ which has rather 

elegant grey black stems. Bees love 

Japanese anemones so grow them! 

I think it was quite late in the 

season when we went to Malverleys in 

Hampshire. What a garden. Particularly 

memorable in their stunning white 

garden were enormous quantities of 

the self-seeding biennial sea holly, 

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that all her friends’ gardens should be 

blessed with the plant. She apparently 

sowed seed wherever she visited. 

Eryngiums are great late flowerers 

and I love this one for its silver white 

flower heads. There are lots to try. 

Eryngium planum ‘Blaukappe’ as its 

name suggests has lots of bright blue 

flowers. Eryngium x oliverianum has blue 

flower and amethyst stems. They take a 

while to establish and colour up but are 

worth the wait. For a bit of drama try 

E. pandanifolium ‘Physic Purple’ from 

the Chelsea Physic Garden. Tall, very 

tall, its tiny purple heads are magnets 

for all manner of pollinating insects. 

And late flowering shrubs? Buddleja of 

course are brilliant for late flowering 

colour and for providing food for 

butterflies. There are so many new 

cultivars but I love B. davidii ‘Dartmoor’ 

which has fan shaped multiple spikes 

of purple blossom. It is highly scented 

and butterflies really do besiege it. 

Bupleurum fruticosum is a shrubby late 

flowering evergreen with masses of green 

umbellifer flower heads. It is lovely for 

“Visit William Dyson’s salvia 

nursery in the gardens of 

Great Comp, near Sevenoaks, 

to see his amazing, ever 

increasing, collection of salvias” 

cutting. It doesn’t seem to mind having 

a good hair cut in the spring to control 

its size. It just comes back better and 

even more floriferous. Grow it with tall 

Salvia confertiflora or Salvia involucrata. 

Both are smashing late flowering plants 

but the latter is hardy so perhaps easier. 

You really do have to remember to bring 

in S. confertiflora but you are rewarded 

for your diligence the following year. 

I almost forgot to mention the shrubby 

salvias with their incredibly long flowering 

period. Visit William Dyson’s salvia 

nursery in the gardens of Great Comp, 

near Sevenoaks, to see his amazing, ever 

increasing, collection of salvias. He has 

been growing salvias in Kent for over 20 

years. I particularly like S. ‘Royal Bumble’ 

with its combination of dark stems and 

rich scarlet flowers. It’s in a pot at the 

moment and probably would benefit from 

being planted out, but the stems break off 

easily and it may not be the moment now. 

Sue Whigham can be contacted on 

07810 457948 for gardening advice 

and help in the sourcing and supply 

of interesting garden plants. 

Dyson’s Nurseries, Great Comp 

Garden, Comp Lane, St Mary’s Platt, 

near Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 8QS. 

Nursery Enquiries: 07887 997663. 

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Jane Howard’s 

Fables from 

the Farm 

Jane tackles the challenge of 

a wildflower meadow 

The wild flower meadow has not only been looking 

wonderful all summer but more than ever before it’s 

been buzzing with bees, and birds and butterflies have all 

taken advantage of the many different flowers and seeds on offer. 

We made the meadow five years ago. It was a huge 

project that involved turning back the clock and accepting 

it would be less productive in terms of the amount of 

grass it produced, but it has been worth every penny. 

I don’t imagine you ever give it a second thought but the 

fact is almost all the fields of grass you see round and about, 

will in recent history have been ‘improved’. Over 97% of 

original Wealden meadows which would 

“Over 97% of 

original Wealden 

meadows have been 

ploughed and sown 

with high yielding 

grasses, such as 

perennial rye grass” 

have supported about 50 different species 

have been ploughed and sown with high 

yielding grasses, such as perennial rye 

grass, a fast growing, tough thug that 

doesn’t let any others get a look in. This 

kind of intensive grass production while 

supporting more sheep and cattle leaves 

little room for plant diversity or wildlife. 

New wild flower meadows are called ‘semiimproved’ 

and it’s much harder to make one 

than you might imagine. To get rid of the rye 

grass we had to spray it off in the autumn 

not one, not two but three times and then as though making 

turf, a machine was brought in to slice and remove the top few 

inches of rooty soil. This created a house size pile which we put 

in the woods much to the delight of the pigs who thought we’d 

built them their very own piggy Alton Towers. It was then left to 

overwinter as a sad, bald patch of land. In February, seed from 

a host of different species of clay-loving wild flowers and grasses 

were sown and ever since it has been an annual riot of colour. 

But it’s gang warfare out there and to prevent the bad 

boy grasses, thistles and docks, from moving back in we 

have to make every effort to keep the soil fertility low. And 

one of the key heroes in this ongoing battle is yellow rattle, 

a semi-parasitic annual plant that attaches 

to the roots of the vigorous species and 

takes nutrients, thus preventing them outcompeting 

the gentler wildflower species. 

Often known as the meadow maker it’s such 

an important plant that it has a whole line-up 

of regional names, including pots and pans, hen 

pennies, tiddlibottles and shacklecaps. And while 

on the subject of monikers there may be many 

ways I didn’t get 10 out of 10 for my parenting 

skills – no piano lessons, too busy to take them 

to museums or make things with egg boxes and 

sticky-back plastic – but I did teach my girls the 

names of all the wild flowers they came across. And even if it 

won’t feature on their CVs I remain immensely satisfied, maybe 

if I’m honest a touch smug, that they can tell Jack in the Hedge 

from Herb Robert and Ladies Bedstraw from Yellow Archangel. 

Another way to keep the fertility down is to cut the meadow 

every year for hay. In the other fields on the farm we cut hay 

in late June and later spread muck taken from the cow sheds 

the winter before. But the meadow gets left till late summer, 

usually the end of August when all the seeds have dropped and 

having been mown it gets not so much as a sniff of manure. 

Talking of aromas it also produces the most delicious 

smelling hay, a heady mixture of vaguely medicinal 

Meadowsweet, mingling with the soporific scent of Ladies 

Bedstraw (which was why it was used to stuff mattresses) 

and the slightly vanilla scented sweet vernal grass. 

And it’s not just the smell, evidently if you’re a cow 

or sheep you really can taste the difference. Open a bale 

of that on a cold wet February morning in the sheep 

shed and it’s a race to get there first. Cue music and sexy 

voice, “It’s not just any hay, it’s late-cut meadow hay”. 

Follow Jane Howard – and the farm – on Instagram @coopersfarm 


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