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Northshore October 2025
Can a garden have a soul mate? If so, the once overgrown and neglected garden at Thomas Proctor’s old estate in Topsfield has found the one gardener in the world who was meant to discover it and coax it back to glory. In 2005, the homeowner, a passionate gardener (and private in nature, requesting anonymity), started out with a simple plan to clear some space in the backyard. As she peeled away choking vines and tangled underbrush, the bones of a glorious walled garden, complete with a small chapel, emerged bit by painstaking bit. Planted decades ago by Proctor, a successful farmer and dedicated preservationist who oversaw a 4,000-a
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