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Petersham nurserIES Café
WHERE DINING IS DOWN TO EARTH & MICHELIN STARRED
Photos and Story by Ron James
t’s rare in our journalistic fam- ories burned to get there boded well for
ily when we venture out to- a good appetite and little worry about
gether to cover a story focused what or how much we’d consume.
Ion both of our areas of interest
– wine and food in my case and garden- We caught a train at London Waterloo for
ing for Mary. Granted, gardening and a scenic trip southwest 15 miles though
food and wine are very much related; the suburbs to Richmond upon Thames
but how often do you visit a wonderful - a place the locals tag as London’s most
nursery that also happens to sport a Mi- attractive borough. It is indeed attractive,
chelin star? and in places downright bucolic. No won-
der it’s been a magnate for royalty and the
Our journey to Petersham Nurseries rich and famous for centuries. We weren’t
Café would be nearly as rewarding as either, but we did have a credit card – and
the destination. And the number of cal- as it turned out, that was a good thing.
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