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How to modernise the country club look
Whenever the term “country club” is mentioned, retro visions of cable-knit cardigans and navy-cream palettes spring to mind à la Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger. However, this summer, designers have taken to revamp the preppy look with clashing colours
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How to keep flying ants out of your home this summer
Flying ants can be an inconvenience in your home and garden especially when you want to enjoy the summer weather outside. If you’ve seen flying ants outside, you might be wondering how to stop them from getting indoors and wreaking havoc. To
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Sussex Life's Grapevine Wine Column: Sparkling Sussex
Streets ahead It’s been almost eight years since the pioneering Streeter family – owners of one of South Africa’s most profitable wine estates, Benguela Cove Lagoon in Walker Bay – put down roots in Sussex, and during that time they’ve experienced
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The North Yorkshire PYO flower field with 32 varieties of blooms is a must visit
A pick-your-own (PYO) flower farm in North Yorkshire “adored” by its customers is a must visit this summer as it’s been crowned among the UK’s best. The Flower Belt near Helmsley was featured by The Times in its roundup of top PYO flower fields
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Inside the gardens at Drumlanrig Castle and Estate near Thornhill
There’s never been a more perfect time to visit the gardens at Drumlanrig Castle and Estate near Thornhill, where an impressive collection of carefully curated flowers and plants create a world of colour, and where there’s the potential for adventure
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The magnificent new display of tulips at Holker Hall
What a difference six months make. Back in November 2023 we featured a mammoth effort by the garden team at Holker Hall as they set about planting more than 22,000 bulbs in just a few weeks. The tulip displays in the spectacular 25-acre garden
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Wolfe Hall garden near Bury St Edmunds opens to public for the first time
Who could resist a visit to a garden with the address Wolfe Hall? So, the other one that gives its name to Hilary Mantel's best selling Tudor trilogy is a few counties away and spelt differently, but why let that spoil this romance? I arrive at
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Gidleigh Park’s head gardener on 30 years at the luxury Devon hotel
Mr Brim is taking a break. I don’t think Gidleigh Park’s head gardener normally enjoys his morning coffee in the lounge of the five star hotel, but he doesn’t normally do interviews with journalists either. This Devonian is a bit of a secret legend
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The show stopping features at The Gibberd Garden near Harlow
On the outskirts of Harlow on Marsh Lane sits a fairly nondescript bungalow surrounded by nine acres of painstakingly designed gardens. These are the brainchild of the celebrated 20th century leading post-war architect Sir Frederick Gibberd.
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The best gardens open to the public in Lancashire this summer
A blossoming selection of open gardens to visit in and around Lancashire over the summer months GRESGARTH HALL Gresgarth Hall in Caton, near Lancaster has stunning gardens to explore thanks to owner Arabella Lennox-Boyd who has been designing
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8 NGS gardens to visit in Norfolk in July
A selection of Norfolk gardens opening for the National Garden Scheme in July 2024 BRACONDALE GARDENS, NORWICH 14 Conesford Drive, NR1 2BB 18 Conesford Drive, NR1 2BB 1 Woodside Cottages, NR1 2AY Compact town gardens a short
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Discover the Japanese practice of forest bathing in Derbyshire
Throughout our lives we all experience periods of stress. This could be due to factors such as the pressure of work, taking an exam, the death of a relative or close friend, the credit crunch, being bullied or moving house. It is not always a bad
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Work to restore Westonbirt School Gardens is taking shape
After decades of being overshadowed by their more famous neighbour, Westonbirt School Gardens are beginning to live up to their listed status thanks to a gradual programme of restoration. Crumbling stonework has been repaired, borders replanted
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3 NGS gardens to visit in Cheshire in July
The National Garden Scheme gives visitors unique access to more than 3,500 exceptional private gardens in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands and raises impressive amounts of money for nursing and health charities through admissions
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3 NGS gardens to visit in Dorset in July
Over 100 Dorset gardens open for the National Garden Scheme (NGS) each year helping us to raise vital funds for the nursing and healthcare related charities that it supports. These include large traditional country gardens, important historic gardens
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East Lambrook Manor Gardens features in iconic gardening book
A new edition of one of the best-loved and most influential gardening books of the 20th century has been released. Written in 1956 by Margery Fish, this excerpt from We Made a Garden introduces East Lambrook Manor Gardens, one of South Somerset’s outstandingly
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Buy the August 2024 issue of Cumbria Life magazine
Summertime with Cumbria Life - Summer is in full swing and our August issue is packed with ideas of places to go and things to do, whatever the weather. We explore the new exhibition covering the fascinating history and colourful characters of