The Cottage Garden for the 21st Century ; the 'Gingerbread House' Where Interior Designer Jennifer Gilbert Could Use Her Skills Outside

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A few minutes from a traditional English village green with a large pond that attracts many water birds, is a pretty, pinkfronted cottage with a back garden full of flowers. In summer, delphiniums, honeysuckle, lavender and scented roses thrive it is a textbook cottage garden.

However, Jennifer Gilbert's garden isn't in the heart of the country but in the West London village of Barnes, two miles from the less than bucolic convergence of busy roads at Hammersmith Broadway.

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The Cottage Garden for the 21st Century ; the 'Gingerbread House' Where Interior Designer Jennifer Gilbert Could Use Her Skills Outside

Interior designer Jennifer, 60, bought her 1820s four-bedroom home, Gothic Cottage, in 1989, moving from nearby East Sheen. 'I knew straight away I had to buy it,' she says. 'I was born in Barnes ...

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