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Am I alone in thinking the ‘Garden of England’ catchphrase for Kent ought to be kicked, pardon the pun, into the long grass? I’m not going to start suggesting the old cliché that we’ve ‘concreted over the garden’ or anything like that, because, realistically, if you drive out of our town centres, you find yourself channelled through mile upon mile of open countryside. There are still orchards, an ever-growing number of vineyards and crops left right and centre. But it has been used now ad infinitum and has lost any clout it once had. Plus, realistically, in this modern era it sounds a bit, wel…