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they are.” Mrs Davis is sorry for other reasons, too. She is, she says, “mixed up” with a lot of conservation work, preserving the environment. She feels that to destroy a living area does not fit. Their new garden will be small. “But fortunately, all my best magnolias, rhododendrons, things like that are planted that side.”
After 30 years of digging and planting and watching things grow, Mr and Mrs Davis were already planning for an easier garden — by putting in permanent shrubs, for instance. “We’re getting older. We wanted a bit less work. In a way I suppose we’ve been phased out earlier than we meant to be.” TRAVEL ABROAD
With less work round the garden, they may turn to other things — travel, for instance. Mrs Davis has a great admiration for New Zealand gardens and gardeners. “It’s many years since we’ve been over there but their gardens are really beautiful. And the nature strips—wonderfully kept. “I’d love to go over again. When we’re settled in the smaller house, perhaps we will. You know, I’d love to go in that plane that flies up to the top of Mount Cook. That sounds fantastic.”
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32972, 19 July 1972, Page 7
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