The formal front garden with a hrick path, half-barrels planted with tulips, a row of conifers and a stone bird bath would sit nicely in any leafy English suburb. But the wrought-iron gate, decorated with the words Te Papa and a kiwi, is a clue to thesurprise ahead. Walking through the front door of this handsome home converted from farm buildings and out through the double-height glass doors at the back is like stepping into another hemisphere. Here Gary and Lesley Lucas have recreated a little bit of the New Zealand landscape in the heart of the English countryside, just half an hour's drive from Britain's second city, Birmingham.
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