How to grow winter aconites

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Jolly polished flowers will create a pool of buttery sunlight into FebruaryThere is a little glimmer of hope at the beginning of January, a pool of buttery sunlight that shimmers on the floor...

The Notting Hill flat that’s now a gallery and bolthole

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A graceful London apartment has been converted into an exhibition space – and a place to think – for this creative coupleThis Notting Hill apartment is where it all began for designer Anna Burles...

Timeless moss gardens are springing back

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An ethical solution if you want to grow moss indoorsIam fascinated by cultural differences in gardening. In Japan there are more than a dozen named cultivars of moss, the basis of an ancient...

In praise of unrenovated kitchens and overgrown gardens

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Our enthusiasm for turning where we live into display homes is making them soulless - and us boringIf you want a picture of marital misery, or perhaps you are a sadomasochist and wish...

Plant hardy orchids for dazzling summer blooms

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The right orchids work as well in temperate British gardens as in subtropical forests, so plant bulbs now and enjoy flowers for years to comeIt’s finally March and we’ve already had the first...

Three neglected herbs to enrich your kitchen garden

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Plant lovage, hyssop and summer savory for both your patch and your table’s sakeAs a botanist obsessed with food, I have always found one particular statistic perplexing. Of the estimated 300,000 plant species...

Cabin fever: the garden shed that became a stylish guesthouse

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Plans for a simple timber building grew into this Swedish-inspired Hackney hideawayThe exterior of writer and editor Alex Bagner’s new-build timber and glass family house, tucked behind a discreet gate at the end...

Growing pains: how the climate crisis is changing British gardens

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Across Britain, gardeners are facing the challenges of an unstable climate: extreme weather, unpredictability and prospering pests – and trying a range of solutions to copeOn a dank day in January, a small...

A beautiful hanging basket – and six other signs you’ve mastered adulthood

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Millennials like me are being credited with soaring sales of the pendulous blooms. It’s one of the ways we can convince ourselves we are in control of our livesOne of the hardest things...

Cabin of curiosities brings Camden garden extension to life

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An interior designer’s clever use of space and light gives a London flat a remarkable new spaceThe long, light-filled hallway of Katie McCrum’s north London flat leads to a sign marked “The Cabin”....

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