There was once an overgrown strip of unclaimed land on the coast of Kent by the side of a road, festooned with nondescript shrubs and peppered with brambles and nettles. It was not likely to have brought cheer to passersby.
Then a group of local women got together and planted fruit trees, strawberries, rhubarb, vegetables and lavender, as well as self-seeding flowers and bushes. When they ran out of space, they started planting on the other side of the road.
