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Our neighbour, Mr. Rossi, has the best garden in our street. He spends most of his free time in it, and it shows.
In spring, there are tulips and daffodils in every colour. In summer, roses climb the walls and the beds are full of lavender, geraniums, and sweet peas. In autumn, he grows dahlias and Japanese anemones.
I often stop at his fence when I walk past. Sometimes he is there, kneeling in the soil, and he always stops to talk.
He has been gardening for over fifty years. He started when he came from Italy as a young man and rented a flat with a small strip of garden. He says gardening keeps him connected to the seasons and to the earth.
He has given me plants several times: a rose cutting, some herbs, a lavender plant. They are all doing well on my small balcony.
Last week, he gave me a bag of tomatoes. They were so ripe and fragrant. The best I have tasted since my grandmother used to grow them.
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