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

IF ART IS A REFLECTION OF ITS MAKER’S WORLD, then Magdalena Starzyńska’s is one of order, rhythm and silence, balancing structure with softness. Nature is her constant theme, not as a postcard-perfect

The imagined gardens within the pages of our favourite books can seem as real as the flower beds outside our door. Here, author Sandra Lawrence explores three evocative literary landscapes

Anita Nowinska found her long-forgotten box of pastels while rummaging through a battered suitcase, using only a candle for light as her power was cut out. “By candlelight I created my first flower pa

The usual choice of clothing when gardening is an old loose-fitting set of clothes such as pair of mended jeans and moth-eaten jumper. It’s only when you wear an item designed specifically for gardeni

Cottage gardening has been completely reimagined in this unique west London home, with a calm palette of ornamental grasses that comes spectacularly into its own in autumn