She now has two new wooden wheelbarrows, which she has restored, varnished and filled with flowers.
She also keeps an array of gnomes and figures in the garden to add an extra splash of colour and humour.
Her garden is beside a school and church so there are no end of passing folk to admire her lovely garden and commenting on her hard work.
"I have lots of different types of flowers in my garden; pansies, lily-of-the-valley, wallflowers, marigolds, hyacinths and petunias to mention a few."
"When I'm in the garden people stop and admire it and say they wish their plot was like mine."
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