What you see on a video conference isn’t always the whole story – here, readers reveal what’s really going on around them
We asked you to share photographs of the “two yous” that exist while you’re working from home – the person that appears on a video chat screen, and the oftentimes messier space space that surrounds you.
Continue reading...From ground-hugging alpines to moss lawns and a dwarf spruce, here are the best plants to make a tiny garden, inside or out
Just a few short years ago, the idea of shrinking down an idealised landscape into a table-top tray would have been seen as the height of twee and about as relevant as pastel doilies and porcelain doves. However, in an ever more uncertain world, it seems our increasing desire for an escapist outlet and a feeling of being in control has seen this 1930s trend reincarnated, albeit in cooler, more nuanced ways.
Gone are the tiny garden benches, wishing wells and clothes lines, and in their place are more rugged, naturalistic landscapes of mosses and rocks, dotted with ferns and miniature trees. A perfect way to potter around the rolling hills of your country estate, even if the plot you have is no bigger than a dinner plate. So, if you are tempted to try it yourself, here are my favourite plants for a modern take on miniature gardens, indoors and out.
Continue reading...From ground-hugging alpines to moss lawns and a dwarf spruce, here are the best plants to make a tiny garden, inside or out
Just a few short years ago, the idea of shrinking down an idealised landscape into a table-top tray would have been seen as the height of twee and about as relevant as pastel doilies and porcelain doves. However, in an ever more uncertain world, it seems our increasing desire for an escapist outlet and a feeling of being in control has seen this 1930s trend reincarnated, albeit in cooler, more nuanced ways.
Gone are the tiny garden benches, wishing wells and clothes lines, and in their place are more rugged, naturalistic landscapes of mosses and rocks, dotted with ferns and miniature trees. A perfect way to potter around the rolling hills of your country estate, even if the plot you have is no bigger than a dinner plate. So, if you are tempted to try it yourself, here are my favourite plants for a modern take on miniature gardens, indoors and out.
Continue reading...If you’re lucky enough to have seed, there’s almost nothing you can’t do this month. But take time to sit back and enjoy it, too
May days, spring bank holiday, the month of garden seduction. The time of possibilities. And, yes, I know there is a small chance of frost, though the sun is higher and warmer, early and late. We will have 16-hour days soon: from close to 5am until after 9pm. It’s the last month of the year where the sun is rising ever earlier. So make the most of it (if you can).
I know seed is harder to come by. It seems everyone is a veg gardener now. Flowering plants are also harder to find. Some garden centres and nurseries are facing oblivion. Many are doing deliveries, search plantsnearme.hta.org.uk to see if any are near you. We are lucky in London and found two within two miles.
Continue reading...If you’re lucky enough to have seed, there’s almost nothing you can’t do this month. But take time to sit back and enjoy it, too
May days, spring bank holiday, the month of garden seduction. The time of possibilities. And, yes, I know there is a small chance of frost, though the sun is higher and warmer, early and late. We will have 16-hour days soon: from close to 5am until after 9pm. It’s the last month of the year where the sun is rising ever earlier. So make the most of it (if you can).
I know seed is harder to come by. It seems everyone is a veg gardener now. Flowering plants are also harder to find. Some garden centres and nurseries are facing oblivion. Many are doing deliveries, search plantsnearme.hta.org.uk to see if any are near you. We are lucky in London and found two within two miles.
Continue reading...Have you discovered a family of bats living in a house you want to buy? Estate agent Hennings Moir talks us through the implications of living with these uninvited guests. Dos and don’ts when it comes to bats Bats are an endangered species and are protected by law, which means it is a criminal offence […]
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Part fantasy escape and part futuristic vision, these desirable desert designs are a stunning blend of structure and landscape
Beloved by artists, mystics and hermits, the desert is a place for contemplation and coming face-to-face with oneself; a place to fully detox from the outside world and enjoy the purifying nothingness of a vast, barren, empty space. The desert retreats featured on these pages – the Glass Pavilion in Granada, Spain, and the Desert Courtyard House, the Desert Nomad House and the Levin Residence, all in Arizona – are an invitation to do just that.
These desert retreats are designed to help their inhabitants feel a sense of peace through connection to nature. Situation and design combine to turn the poetic idea of the idyll into reality.
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