The Last Garden in England

Welcome to The Perfect Blend. The Last Garden in England takes us back in time to the early 1900's, WWII, and back to present day to tell the story of the people and gardens of Highbury House. As Emma works to unravel the secrets and lost stories of the neglected gardens of the present day Highbury House to restore it to its former glory, the story travels back to WWII when the house was requisitioned as a convalescent hospital for wounded soldiers, to 1907 when the garden was designed and built. Emma Lovett has just been given the opportunity to restore the gardens of Highbury House estate. The very same gardens that were designed in 1907 by Venetia Smith, Emma's hero. Venetia Smith is an ambitious garden designer working to create the gardens of Highbury House estate. This project will establish her as a female horiculturalist, an unheard of honor in 1907, but both the garden work and the people involved will change her life forever. Beth Pedley is assigned to a farm near Highbury House during WWII. She works alongside the farmers lending a hand as most of the men have gone off to war. She befriends Stella Adderton- the cook at Highbury House and eventually makes acquantance with the lady of the house, Mrs. Symonds. All stories are tied together and Emma works to restore the grounds and unravel the secrets left behind. Shelly's tea: Green tea and Jasmine from The Spot organic teas. Candy's tea: Peachy Groves in a Dream from Caribbean Infusions