Anna Pavord: 'Pennard Plants reveals the unusual fruit and veg we should be propagating'

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Pennard Plants, near Shepton Mallet in Somerset, has the easy, slightly ramshackle air of the best kind of allotment sites. The nursery, co-owned by Chris Smith and Mike Milligan sits inside the tall, red-brick walls of the kitchen garden that once belonged to Pennard House, just down the road. Polytunnels have replaced the old glasshouses, though the dipping wells still exist, along with some of the original cold frames and remnants of box hedge.











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