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Family Garden

   
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This family garden has been designed to provide separate but inter-related areas for outdoor eating, entertaining and children’s play.
   
 

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Between the house and the raised beds, the two areas of York stone paving linked by a stone path are used for outdoor eating and entertaining.
   
  Click to enlargeThe middle section of the garden, which is used for children’s play, is reached via two flights of steps that pass between raised beds formed by dry-stone walling.

The bench on the granite sett paving commands excellent views down the garden.
   
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At the top of the garden a bark path winds past naturalised bluebells to a small shed and a child’s play house.
   
 
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