In this issue

In this issue
Hooray for horticulture
Where traffic stops for sacred cows
Riding to the rescue

Where traffic stops for sacred cows

A visit to Rajasthan highlights a different attitude to cattle

3 mins

Riding to the rescue

The gardens at Dowdeswell Court, Gloucestershire The home of Julian Dunkerton and Jade Holland Cooper

5 mins

Spring

In the second part of our series, flower grower Anna Brown prepares her nursery for the busiest time of the year

3 mins

Sixty years a gardener

IN the summer of 1964, a 15-year-old lad with one O level in Art asked his parents if he could leave school a year early and go to work as a gardener in a local nursery.

3 mins

Grandeur in granite

Cluny Castle, Aberdeenshire The home of Cosmo and Bronya Linzee Gordon

8 mins

'After everything they do, we owe them'

It is no exaggeration to say that dogs and horses risk life and limb to keep us safe. As search-andrescue dog Vesper wins the Hero Dog Award at Crufts, Katy Birchall finds out more about the charity supporting our retired service animals

5 mins

The very nature of Middle-earth

A Nature writer at heart, J. R. R. Tolkien drew on his love of the Malvern Hills and the surrounding countryside to paint his fantasy realm, says James Clarke

4 mins

The art of the bath

A collaboration between Victoria Albert Baths and sculptor Sophie-Elizabeth Thompson is an exciting new departure in the history of bathroom design

1 min

"The field with the best view'

From an impeccably renovated terrace of farmworkers’ cottages to a grand old hall, Cornwall's character and beauty are unparalleled

4 mins

A breath of fresh air

Wherever possible, kitchen doors should be wide open into the garden, as these houses allow

2 mins

It's a kind of dark magic

Immersed in myths of monkey puzzle trees and sorcery, blackly beautiful Whitby jet deserves to shake off its mournful, if illustrious past, says Harry Pearson

3 mins

Depth in Venice

The sale of furnishings from the Italian city’s Palazzo Volpi yielded many treasures that trashed their estimates

2 mins

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