Nigel and Karen McKenzie, R103, Rosetta

This young farm garden is filled with frost-hardy and windresistant stalwarts. It is mostly informal, combining indigenous with English country garden favourites. A pesticide-free garden, it utilises resident pets as both producers of fertilisers and as pest controls. These include ducks, chickens, horses and some earthworms. This is a young garden that mostly dies back in the harsh sub-zero winters, springs up and rewards you with bursts of colour throughout the year. The menagerie awaits your arrival.

Directions: From the N3 north, take the Nottingham Road exit, turn right at the T-junction to Nottingham Road. At The Junction turn right under the bridge and travel through Rosetta. Chimanimani is about 1km further on the right.

GPS: S 29 17.360, E 29 59.057

Time to view: 1 – 2 hours

Charity: Bruntville Dog Project