INVITING US INTO THEIR RURAL OASIS JO AND LEAH WOOD THE MOTHER-AND-DAUGHTER DUO TELL HOW COUNTRY LIFE HAS HELPED THEM HEAL
‘The hardest thing was being strong for everyone else’
Jo
Smiling in the summer sunshine, Jo and Leah Wood dip their toes into the wild swimming pond at Jo’s beautiful grade II-listed farmhouse in the heart of the Northamptonshire countryside.
As the mum and daughter chat and gaze contentedly over the tranquil waterlilies they planted together last year, tinkling laughter floats across the wildflower meadows. It’s Leah’s 12-year-old daughter Maggie and seven-year-old son Otis, who love charging around grandma Jo’s huge garden.
“Maggie wants to be a model, just like Granny and her mum were,” beams Jo in this exclusive interview and photoshoot with HELLO! “She’s a natural when it comes to posing for the camera.”
Suddenly Otis, a bundle of energy, playfully throws up his arms before affectionately wrapping them around his mum.
“He’s the kindest, sweetest little
