Camilla Phelps

1 week 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.

2 weeks 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.

1 month 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).

1 month ago | housebeautiful.com | Camilla Phelps

If you have a vision of the perfect garden, it might well be one of sun-drenched, colourful borders, and this lovely fantasy is the reason estate agents are always quick to point out a south-facing aspect. However, the reality is that most gardeners have to find a way to deal with shade of some sort.

2 months ago | modernliving.jp | Camilla Phelps |Tomoko Takahashi

庭がなくても家庭菜園は可能！ニンジンやジャガイモ、キュウリまで、ベランダや窓辺などの狭いスペースでも育てられる野菜の種類をご紹介します。 By Camilla Phelps and Tomoko Takahashi公開日:2025/03/13 1 ニンジン ニンジンを育てるなら、深めのプランターがおすすめです。古い木箱などに、水はけのよい砂と腐葉土を混ぜた土を使うとよいでしょう。春から種まきを始め、時期をずらすことで、長く収穫を楽しめます。浅いプランターなら、成長の早いミニニンジンがぴったりです。 2 トウガラシ 鮮やかな実をつけるトウガラシは、見た目もかわいらしく、窓辺や食卓を彩るアクセントにもなります。品種も多いので、お好みの辛さに合わせて、幅広い種類のなかから選びましょう。 生育期には、こまめな水やりと肥料が必要です。また、小さな筆で花を軽く撫でることで、受粉を促すことができます。屋内外を移動させるには、気温の変化に気をつけましょう。 3 ジャガイモ 畑がなくても、新鮮なジャガイモが収穫できます。採れたてのジャガイモは格別な味わいです。...