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  • 1 week ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Clare Foster

    With the expert tree scientist Henrik Sjöman, Arit has written The Essential Tree Selection Guide, which encourages a complete re-evaluation in our changing climate. ‘For so long, we have assessed trees from a purely aesthetic viewpoint, looking at their height, spread and seasonality,’ says Arit.

  • 1 week ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Clare Foster

    Set out around a villa with far-reaching views over a wide, vine-filled valley, the garden was designed to soften the lines of the building and frame the views. Stylish and contemporary, it has been carefully planned to include a pool garden, various seating areas and an outdoor kitchen adjacent to a terraced vegetable garden, with the formal areas kept to a minimum to play to the sweeping vistas.

  • 3 weeks ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Clare Foster

    Dean CharltonJooney WoodwardWhen Dean Charlton was a boy, he used to scavenge his father's leftover plants and repot them to sell at the end of his drive to make some pocket money for himself and his sister. This early entrepreneurship may well have set him on the path for his future career.

  • 1 month ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Clare Foster

    Throughout history, gardens have been created to impose order on nature. Rows of carefully tended vegetables, neatly manicured lawns and impressive herbaceous borders with serried ranks of ornamental flowers have long been the pride of British gardens. But now, as a response to climate change, we are seeing a tendency towards a much more relaxed, nature-led approach which means we have to adjust our eye to a different, not so neat-and-tidy aesthetic. There is understandably some confusion here.

  • 1 month ago | houseandgarden.co.uk | Clare Foster

    As every British gardener knows, Sarah Raven’s name goes hand in hand with all that is beautiful and exciting about gardening. Having inspired and educated a whole generation of garden makers through her books, articles and courses, her influence is phenomenal. As her own likes and dislikes change, so do the public’s. If she raves about a certain tulip, sales of that variety will go through the roof.

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Clare Foster
Clare Foster @Claremfoster
15 Apr 20

Children are bored at home, brain games, good for brain development.   💚💛💜   💚💛💜 https://t.co/znEguoTQdP https://t.co/QsRElmykH8

Clare Foster
Clare Foster @Claremfoster
15 Apr 20

Children are bored at home, brain games, good for brain development.   💚💛💜   💚💛💜 https://t.co/znEguoTQdP https://t.co/S6Oir8gXV5

Clare Foster
Clare Foster @Claremfoster
11 Feb 20

My first auricula flower of the spring, early and confused, but oh so beautiful. I moved it from the greenhouse to take pride of place on my auricula theatre among violas and early primulas. Can’t wait for the others… https://t.co/rPfz8vP92p