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19.07.2024 - 08:22 / houseandgarden.co.uk
Created by a local craftsman using Eyam stone pitchers, the cambered path winds between beds planted with pollinator friendly, cottage garden favourites, including a froth of tall white Artemisia lactiflora ‘Elfenbein’, crimson Knautia macedonica, silvery Stachys byzantina, white Silene fimbriata and lofty, pale yellow Cephalaria gigantea. These tolerate the exposed location and move beautifully in the wind.
When fashion consultant Laura Burlington left London for Derbyshire just before the first Covid lockdown in March 2020, she took a pot of planted tulips with her – a reminder that despite the painful uncertainties to come, the natural world would go on uninterrupted. The house she headed for, with her husband and three young children, was no ordinary place. Over 300 metres above sea level, Park Farm is on the edge of the Chatsworth Estate, to which her husband, William, Earl of Burlington, is the heir. Chatsworth’s pristine historic gardens, spread over 105 acres and dating back 500 years in parts, could not be more removed from the wild moorland surrounding the farmhouse. ‘I didn’t know the Derbyshire landscape well then,’ recalls Laura. But four years later, you can hear in her voice how much the remote stone farmhouse, high above the treeline, means to her.
In the gravel garden, once the site of farmyard outbuildings, remnants of weathered paving set off silver-leaved Artemisia schmidtiana ‘Nana’ and bright grass Sesleria autumnalis, with wilder elements of self-seeded white valerian and rosebay willowherb, mauve clary sage and yellow verbascum
Part of this deep attachment is centred around the understated garden she created here in 2021 with the help of the designer Emily Erlam. ‘I liked the spirit of her designs,’
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Would you like to perk up your garden this winter? This guide to the best winter plants for pots has lots of gorgeous plant suggestions to inspire you.
Having ‘forgotten’ that it was the end of the month a few days ago, I am playing catch up with recording the transition from July to August; to save time, instead of a series of photographs I am posting a video.
WHEN MOST OF US think of growing herbs each spring, what we probably put into our shopping cart, whether from online seed catalogs or at the garden center, are the culinary must-haves: the basil, the parsley, the dill and such.
Hey GPODers! Today we’re back in the flower-filled garden of Heidi Weirether. We first saw her garden a little earlier on in the summer (you check check out that post here: Heidi’s Colorful Garden in Fairfield County) and it’s incredible to see how much has changed in a month’s time! As with much of the northeast this year, Heidi is experiencing incredible hydrangea blooms—but that is just the tip of the floral iceberg in her sensational garden:
The walled garden in a rose-filled garden designed by Julian and Isabel Bannerman
A verdant garden in Corfu with views all the way to Albania
Vicks vaporub is a popular household name manufactured by The Procter & Gamble Company. It is quite effective in clearing out the nasal passages thanks to its camphor, menthol, and eucalyptus oil content. However, its uses are not limited to this, and there are a few Vicks VapoRub Uses in the Garden, too! Let’s have a look!
Gardens are abuzz and harvest baskets are full. Here’s how to soak up the last of the season while prepping for the next.
Social media serves me a lot of skincare products, A LOT of them. While I’m mostly to blame for clicking on ads that ultimately adjust my algorithmic fate, I usually scroll past most magic potions and am very critical when it comes to actually adding anything to my cart. Personal discernment aside, I’ve definitely done my fair share of experimentation and testing, homing in on the best products and gadgets worth splurging on for better, healthier-looking skin.
Movies and TV shows have inspired interior design choices for a long time. Who doesn’t want their home to look like a Nancy Meyers film come to life? Wes Anderson’s playful and colorful film sets have inspired people to bring that iconic, quirky look home. And I’m sure purple living rooms have become more commonplace thanks to Friends.