A homegrown, homemade pesto for summer
Sometimes the best food is the simplest, as Jane Cumberbatch proves with this summery recipe....
Lakes for swimming
Our favourite spots for taking a dip in cool waters....
The sustainable garden
Author and designer Jane Cumberbatch on creating a beautiful and sustainable garden....
Growing a garden for scent
Think of your outside spaces and the chances are you’re remembering how they look, rather than the s...
Taking mirrors al fresco
Arabella St John Parker, freelance gardens editor, shares her home-grown ideas for all the different...
Garden hosting: tips from a stylist
Entertaining in your garden doesn’t always need to be a case of sun’s out, barbecue’s on. Neither do...
A shed of one's own
Author and stylist Clare Nolan explains why a shed at the end of the garden is every grown up’s drea...
Behind the walls of Houghton Lodge
Back in early spring 2020, just before we all found ourselves spending a lot more time at home, Kat...
The fifth room: how to make your garden work harder
You hear it every year: bring the outside in, and vice versa. These are the golden rules of linking ...
The garden furniture guide
Choosing furniture for your home, whether it’ll live inside or out, is a balance between what looks ...
How to make a spring bulb arrangement
Cut flowers are stunning (we’ll always have a place in our home for our life-like ones) and house pl...
March’s flower
For many of us, daffodils mark the beginning of spring. While snowdrops and crocuses may be the firs...
A celebration of spring in nature
Spring. Is any season so welcome, so wanted? While autumn brings relief after the heat of summer, th...
Greenhouses, orangeries and conservatories, a short history
What is the difference between an orangery, a greenhouse and a conservatory? Like many ‘back of hous...
In praise of green spaces by Elizabeth Metcalfe
‘I am extremely happy walking on the downs...I like to have space to spread my mind out in.’...
The gift of flowers
This year, a present in the post is a much more likely turn of events, and what’s more of a welcome ...
Flower pressing creations
In our last journal post – ‘Autumnal flower pressing’ – Izzi Hudson, founder of florist, Flower and ...
Autumnal flower pressing
Izzi Hudson, founder of florist, Flower and Press, gives us a step-by-step guide on flower pressing ...
A late autumn walk
Our suggestions for discovering your local patch this month by getting out for a walk – including tr...
Biophilia and connecting to nature
Most of us feel good in nature. Ask people to imagine a place where they feel happy and relaxed, man...
For the love of the humble bee
Over the summer, while our roads and streets fell silent, it wasn’t only the birds whose presence be...
Outdoor dining: your FAQs answered
No sooner does the thermostat climb into the mid-twenties than we’ll all be found rushing outside to...
The Great British Garden Show
Extraordinary situations can sometimes spark extraordinary ideas, and the current lockdown is no exc...
How to: grow plants from seed
No matter how many years you’ve been gardening, the novelty of growing plants from seed never seems ...
Wildflower pressing, with a twist
You may have seen our Easter tablescape, where we’ve taken a simpler approach to styling the table t...
On our bookshelf: Jocasta Innes and The Pauper’s Homemaking Book
Long before the concepts of sustainable design and upcycling became part of our everyday, writer and...
In the kitchen garden
There’s a point in summer when buying a bag of over-priced, bland supermarket salad wrapped in plast...
Five of the best bracing British winter walks
There’s nothing quite like bundling everybody up, embracing the elements and stepping out into the b...
Winter beaches
We say beach, you think summer. Correct? That’s usually the way it goes. Bank holidays spent picnick...
Summer flowers, styled and potted by Hannah Redman
In our ninth volume of Stories, Stories for summer, our resident floral expert, Hannah Redman, fresh...
Getting creative with tester paint pots
Have you ever ordered a tester pot (or two, or ten) to help you decide what colour to pick for your ...
Three garden layouts with our designer, Fred
Is your garden a modest courtyard patch or something more sprawling? Either way, it deserves to be t...
Our design team’s favourite furniture couplings
A few articles ago, we looked at how many styles of furniture to have in the same room so there’s ju...
How to prepare your dining room for a gathering
With Easter on the horizon, we’re looking at the different ways that you can dress your dining area ...
What to plant in autumn
Autumn in the garden is a season of two halves: on the one hand, there are lots of plants that look ...
Growing your own container garden
Whether your garden is large or small, chances are containers (from terracotta pots to metal tubs an...
Teak – a silver fox
Teak. The timber that’s favoured by lots of brands who make outdoor wooden furniture. Us included. B...
Kitchens gardens: designing an actual outdoor kitchen, really?
Say kitchen garden and you’d probably imagine neat rows of vegetables grown from seed, or perhaps a ...
Your living room with the roof down
Every year, when spring and summer start to shine, we all start talking about how to bring the outdo...
The rise of the dahlia
Not so long ago, dahlias had a reputation for being a bit fussy. They were mostly grown by competiti...