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In the Garden with: Polly Nicholson

In the Garden with: Polly Nicholson

Last week, on a still, sunlit day in early Spring, we stepped through the gates of Blackland House and into Polly Nicholson’s extraordinary walled garden: an immaculately designed and quietly...

In the Garden with: Polly Nicholson

Last week, on a still, sunlit day in early Spring, we stepped through the gates of Blackland House and into Polly Nicholson’s extraordinary walled garden: an immaculately designed and quietly...

Inside the Kitchen Garden: THE PIG-at Combe

Inside the Kitchen Garden: THE PIG-at Combe

In the latest instalment of our In the Kitchen Garden series, we head to THE PIG-at Combe: a beautiful Elizabethan hotel tucked inside Devon’s lush Otter Valley. Just a few...

Inside the Kitchen Garden: THE PIG-at Combe

In the latest instalment of our In the Kitchen Garden series, we head to THE PIG-at Combe: a beautiful Elizabethan hotel tucked inside Devon’s lush Otter Valley. Just a few...

In the Garden with: Cath Kidston MBE

In the Garden with: Cath Kidston MBE

Earlier this week, we spent a rainy morning exploring Cath Kidston MBE’s beautifully scented greenhouses and charming home. The world inside was alive with colour and aroma—rows of pelargoniums in...

In the Garden with: Cath Kidston MBE

Earlier this week, we spent a rainy morning exploring Cath Kidston MBE’s beautifully scented greenhouses and charming home. The world inside was alive with colour and aroma—rows of pelargoniums in...

Inside the Kitchen Garden: THE PIG Near Bath

Inside the Kitchen Garden: THE PIG Near Bath

In this video, we join Zack, THE PIG-near Bath’s Head Gardener, for a tour of the kitchen garden that makes it all possible. Zack explains the four-plot crop rotation system...

Inside the Kitchen Garden: THE PIG Near Bath

In this video, we join Zack, THE PIG-near Bath’s Head Gardener, for a tour of the kitchen garden that makes it all possible. Zack explains the four-plot crop rotation system...

In the Garden with: Matthew Rice, Watercolourist, at His Home in Oxfordshire

In the Garden with: Matthew Rice, Watercolouris...

It’s a grey but mild day in mid-September when we arrive at Matthew Rice’s home in Oxfordshire, and within minutes, we’re drawn into his world of colour, from his botanical...

In the Garden with: Matthew Rice, Watercolouris...

It’s a grey but mild day in mid-September when we arrive at Matthew Rice’s home in Oxfordshire, and within minutes, we’re drawn into his world of colour, from his botanical...

In the Garden with: Tania Compton

In the Garden with: Tania Compton

Earlier this month, I spent an afternoon in Tania Compton’s garden, a world of quiet calm nestled in the beautiful Wiltshire countryside, not far from Tisbury. As we strolled, Tania...

In the Garden with: Tania Compton

Earlier this month, I spent an afternoon in Tania Compton’s garden, a world of quiet calm nestled in the beautiful Wiltshire countryside, not far from Tisbury. As we strolled, Tania...