At Chelsea Flower Show, I find a rare thing: a truly unforgettable garden
Sarah Price’s planting, inspired by the artist Cedric Morris, is for both dreaming and living in.
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The magic of pressing flowers in spring
In my decades-old hobby, I cut the head off an iris, spin the wingnuts on my press, and put the…
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From the NS archive: The November garden
15 November 1913: Edith Nesbit looks out her window at late flowers in autumn.
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House plants can be addictive. I should know: I own 51
Ferns spill over my bathroom counter; ivies and pothos trail from windowsills – it seems I have become a plant…
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I have relinquished control of my garden – and what it has done is beautiful
I would have preferred the poppies to have returned rather than the tree spinach, but the pink hollyhocks are a…
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Be your own florist – it’s simple and sustainable
Maintaining a few scruffy flower beds banishes the need for shop-bought bouquets.
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A shadow hangs over this year’s Chelsea Flower Show – our climate crisis
Chelsea was always ecologically problematic, but it feels impossible now to view it simply as a pretty flower show.
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Putting the front garden front and centre
Inspired and energised, I’ve decided to give our neglected yard the love it deserves.
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From the NS archive: Shakespeare’s garden
26 May 1923: With what relish Shakespeare recites his catalogue of flowers!
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