Heart Home magazine Issue 12 August 2014 | Page 25

Cabbages & Roses
Living Life Beautifully
By Christina Strutt

Words: Nancy Alsop
Photographs: Simon Brown

Christina Strutt was just 24 when she forsook the high-octane glamour of life as a
London journalist, working for British Vogue Living in favour of spending her days at
Brook Cottage, once a mill used by Gregorian monks, in Somerset, southwest England.

The table, positioned in the shade under the gazebo, is covered with a Hatley tablecloth, its design inspired by the surrounding
natural world. It is set off with fresh flowers picked from the very garden that was the catalyst for Cabbages & Roses.