Quiet water

Helen Wilde, the embroidery artist behind Ovo Bloom, shares how growing up on the Yorkshire coast and an enduring obsession with the sea have shaped her richly layered, globally celebrated art

Nature is the common thread woven through Sophie’s crafting business, Forest and Dot – from the workshops she holds in woodland teepees to the yarn she dyes by hand with locally foraged plants. Herita

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Interior designer Henry Prideaux explains why he and his family return to Wales’ Llŷn Peninsula time and again

30-minute birder Amanda Tuke sees the benefits of being distracted by birds at home, and on the coast

This month, celebrate the change in season with countryside-inspired homeware designs, learn the art of still-life oil painting and decorate with classic stripes