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A secret garden

nne Bassett’s tranquil Blenheim courtyard is proof that dark clouds can indeed have sylvan linings. When a two-storey rest home was built close to her fence, it seemed her little backyard was going to lose all its privacy. Yet that space, which once featured a small lawn and rotary clothesline,

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