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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Allan Jenkins

A family gathering to grow – and laugh

Purple rain: delicate sweet peas flowering on the plot.
Purple rain: delicate sweet peas soon to flower on the plot. Photograph: Allan Jenkins

Mid May, a family day in my daughter Kala’s garden. The week before her birthday. We are gathered as always to sow summer flower seed to mark the anniversary: it is a longtime ritual now.

There are, of course, way too many packets collected for the occasion. Some were ordered specially from Ben and the team at Higgledy Garden, others I have hoarded throughout the year.

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