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6/6/10
The Garden of Owl Cottage.
Also set on Dash End Lane, Samah and Martin Green have turned this tree shaded strip of garden into a fantasy woodland where you wouldn't be to surprised to come face to face with fairies or be savaged by small yet immaculately dressed woodland creatures. At one end of this garden a space in the trees allows for a brightly lit patio by the back door of the cottage. This overlooks a pond well stocked with fish and shaded by an arching canopy of trees and given an air of magic by it's rocky surroundings and fantasy ornamentation, which is only added to by the presence of a genuine well next to it. Beyond the patio around the corner of the cottage is a secluded and shady patio surrounded on all sides either by the cottage or trees (which also serve for a roof) A low wall topped with a rock garden and home to a few ferns give a meditative air to this part of the garden . This area was excavated a couple of years back with the soil being used to create a pathway along the side of the brook which had been eroding it's way into the garden. On the far side of the brook is a high, fern covered bank while on the dry side of the path a wooded area creating a dark woodland pathway leading right to the other end of the garden where it exits onto a lawn edged on one side by a flowerbed well in theme with the woodland feel of the garden. This leads back to the patio past another small water feature.
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Article and pictures by M.P.Upton - 6/6/10
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