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gardening
I attended my first auction yesterday. Being an advocate for second hand and buying old rather than new, this may come as a surprise. It was to me too if I’m honest. I may have been to a few when I was younger, but since knowing what I like and how I’d like to furnish...
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spring garden
With the clock change imminent and Easter just around the corner, our thoughts start to move to the long summer evenings – dining alfresco, late-night walks and trips to the beach after work are all made possible with those extra few blissful hours of sunlight. Despite the blast of cold weather we’ve been having –...
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succulent
They are this year’s biggest gardening trend and you won’t even need a green thumb to enjoy them; so if you are yet to get on the succulent band wagon then it’s about time you indulged yourself in a little haute horticulture.  Bringing nature inside has never been more important than it is today, surrounding...
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We’ve all heard about the benefits that gardening can bring. One of mindfulness, peace, happiness and purpose, amongst many others. As a child, my brother and I would spend hours in our garden – climbing trees, making forts, looking for ants’ nests and playing hide and seek. During your teenage years, this sense of adventure...
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I never pictured myself as the green fingered type; pottering around in the garden, knowledgeable about plants and tending to my borders. That being said, I’ve always appreciated a pretty landscape and a colourful garden but just never quite got my head around creating it myself. How do you figure out what works well together. What is...
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