’ tis the season to be busy

Relaxed, rewilded and reconnected with friends, family and the world beneath our feet – that’s the spirit inspiring the way we host, holiday, dress our homes and spend our time right now

I consider myself a cook who grows her ingredients rather than a gardener who cooks. Don’t ask me about roses or when to prune a clematis. I’m as lost as you are. But if I can eat it, I’m interested.

ALTHOUGH it may not have felt like it ...

When I was aged 10, the farmers used to come round the schools to pick volunteers to work on the farms during the summer holidays, mainly to help bring in the harvest. The country was still building u

Throughout August I cut the box hedges that give shape to the vegetable garden. They’re just under waist height but that’s enough to protect most plants from the wind and they are a good dark backgrou

Makers and shopkeepers Brett Shergold and Stephen Comer