Article: Unlocked: Our very own share of The Secret Garden.

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The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
Article date:
September 23, 2007
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Byline: FRED REDWOOD

PARADISE REGAINED: A scene from the 1993 film adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's book about the healing effects of an overgrown garden tended by children IN BLOOM: Sandra Fordyce at work in the gardens of Great Maytham Hall, below, the Lutyens-designed mansion in Rolvenden, Kent, where she is a resident FICTION AS FACT: The Boults in front of the original gate to The Secret Garden, with Kate Maberly as Mary in the 1993 film, left GRAND LIVING: The rooms at Great Maytham benefit from high ceilings, especially in the Churchill Room, left

For the countless millions who have read The Secret Garden by FrancesHodgson Burnett, Great ...

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