{"id":12292,"date":"2026-09-21T11:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T11:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayandwattsgardendesign.co.uk\/?page_id=12292"},"modified":"2026-09-23T18:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T18:54:13","slug":"a-kentish-barm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mayandwattsgardendesign.co.uk\/?page_id=12292","title":{"rendered":"A Kentish Barn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery_clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"gallery_12292_1\" class=\"photospace_res\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Start Advanced Gallery Html Containers -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thumbs_wrap2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thumbs_wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"thumbs_12292_1\" class=\"thumnail_row hide_me\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"psr_paging\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"pageLink prev\" style=\"display:none; opacity:0; cursor: default;\" href=\"#\" title=\"Previous Page\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"pageLink next\" style=\"display:none; opacity:0; cursor: default;\" href=\"#\" title=\"Next Page\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"thumbs noscript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/mayandwattsgardendesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Image-24-3-450x600.jpg\" title=\"Image 24\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mayandwattsgardendesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Image-24-3-900x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Image 24\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"pageLink next\" style=\"display:none; 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The avenue culminates in a flowering cherry encircled by lavender.  The rear terrace leads to larger terrace for dining, in which one can look up the path to the avenue of trees, or out towards the apple orchards and distant hills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>May &amp; Watts Garden Design &#8211; Enhance Your Garden With Design<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Celebrating 30 years of Designing Beautiful Gardens for Modern Living<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were delighted when this lovely couple asked us to come and look at their garden, for we had designed a garden for them at a previous house about twenty years ago. A yorkstone terrace was created at the rear of the house, replacing a timber deck, and a hot tube was removed. 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