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  • 3 weeks ago | housebeautiful.com | Camilla Phelps

    Westend61//Getty ImagesEvery item on this page was hand-picked by a House Beautiful editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Don’t have the space or time for a dedicated vegetable garden? Containers are the way forward. There are plenty of veggies that will thrive in a pot, so whether you have a patio, balcony, or just a windowsill, you can try growing beautiful and flavorful varieties that you might never find on grocery store shelves.

  • 3 weeks ago | sg.style.yahoo.com | Camilla Phelps

    Camilla Phelps14 May 2025 at 5:02 pm·5-min read"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links."Don’t have the space or time for a dedicated vegetable garden? Containers are the way forward. There are plenty of veggies that will thrive in a pot, so whether you have a patio, balcony, or just a windowsill, you can try growing beautiful and flavorful varieties that you might never find on grocery store shelves.

  • 1 month ago | idealhome.co.uk | Camilla Phelps |Andrea Childs

    With increasing numbers of us working from home, it’s no surprise that so many garden sheds, summerhouses, studios and retreats are being reimagined as garden offices. If you’re thinking about joining the 'Working From Garden' cohort, your outdoor space will need to adapt to balance your work and leisure time.

  • 1 month ago | housebeautiful.com | Camilla Phelps

    Bedding plants are the disposable, fast fashion garment of the gardening world. Unlike perennials that return year after year, bedding plants are produced en masse as this season's fancy and are not designed to have a long life in the garden. Traditional bedding plants can be supremely joyful for the instant – and often intense – colour they bring to the garden. Designed to flower their socks off, most are easy to grow and, used wisely, you can make them work for whatever your style of garden.

  • 2 months ago | housebeautiful.com | Camilla Phelps

    Legendary plantswoman and doyenne of the cottage garden, Margery Fish, famously said, 'When in doubt, plant a geranium.' It's pretty sound advice that still stands today, as hardy geraniums — the ones that can cope with frost but die back over winter — are universally regarded as great plants for every type of garden (it was even voted the number one plant that gardeners cannot live without).