A “hedgerow” cake, a Kirstie Allsopp masterclass and a commission from Fortnum & Mason were the gamechangers for this whimsical artist from North Wales

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In December 1997, we moved from a tiny London garden to our new home, Old Park Barn in Buckinghamshire. It was daunting – a huge leap of faith from gardening in an urban courtyard to essentially an ov

Hedgerows once seemed a jumble to David Hockney, but a slow drive along a country lane helped him see with greater clarity and embrace ‘the infinite variety of Nature’. Martin Gayford considers the artist’s affinity for landscape

Independent retailers Laura and Will Mellor transformed the dated interior of a Georgian cottage into a sumptuous home with the same nostalgic appeal as their homeware store