Lunch at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, with cookery and apple pressing demos

Join BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine on Thursday 12 December 2024, for an exclusive event at the famous Le Manoir, a Belmond Hotel. Revel in the holiday spirit with a Christmas centrepiece demonstration, expert cookery demo, champagne reception, and a lavish three-course, two-Michelin-starred lunch that reflects the Christmas spirit in every bite.

Renting can be difficult for a whole host of reasons: Rental costs are rising, landlords can be strict or unhelpful, there can be pretty high upfront costs, and it can mean you move more often, which can become pretty expensive. And on top of all of that, you have to be very careful with how you decorate your home—that is, if you want your security deposit back.

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From manicured flower beds to soggy ditches, daylilies are hardy stunners that lend their beauty to versatile settings in your garden. Emerging in many colors, these typically bloom in the mornings and recur with little care. Let’s check out some delicious landscaping ideas with daylilies!

IT’S HYDRANGEA SEASON, and in the Northeast in particular this summer, it’s really been a crazy hydrangea season, with billows of blue bloom from bigleaf hydrangeas on view everywhere, it seems—which is not always the case in colder hardiness zones. It seemed like a good time to review what makes hydrangeas happy, and what hydrangeas make me and my old friend, Ken Druse, happy.

Ever since my grandpa passed away this past May, my family has been processing our grief by sharing stories and wiping the dust off the many photo albums piled up in my grandparents’ garage. At one point, their dining room table was completely covered in photos dating all the way back to the 1930s. Most of them had multiple copies, too, and when we talked about how to best preserve and store them, I immediately thought of Amanda Titchenal, the organizing pro behind full-service organizing firm Well Organized.

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Hey GPODers! Today we’re getting a summertime update from Lee Miller’s garden in Long Island (check out her first submission: Long Island Garden Tour). She sent over lots of photos and great information, so I’ll let her take it away: