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'They don't grow in the dark': It's easier than you think to grow your own gourmet mushrooms

Two food-obsessed sisters have turned a mission to create exciting meat-free meals into a thriving mushroom business.
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Garden surrounded by countryside

This is what happens when a garden designer couple with wildly different tastes take on a new home garden

Around their Cumbrian home, designers Julie Toll and Ian Kitson have created a contemporary garden fully embedded in its heritage location.
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Christmas rose on a black background

8 beautiful indoor Christmas plants to buy this year

Indoor plants make wonderful festive decorations, and many can be kept going from year to year. Consider welcoming these eight indoor Christmas plants into your home this winter.
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Visitors walking through the grounds of Fountains Abbey

Great last minute Christmas gifts: gardening memberships and subscriptions for 2025

Looking for a Christmas gift for a gardener after the last Christmas post delivery date? We've got the best gardening membership and subscription gifts you can still buy and gift in time for Christmas
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Buying a cut Christmas tree © Julianna Arjes / Unsplash

Sustainable Christmas trees: real or fake, what's the best tree to buy?

What is the most eco-friendly Christmas tree option – a real tree, or an artificial one? We investigate the pros and cons of each
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Pink flower

These eye-catching evergreen shrubs produce bold rose-like blooms in winter

The group of camellias known as ‘sasanquas’ flower in autumn to early winter, bringing much-needed colour and often delicious scent to late-season gardens
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Woman making decorations with branches

Three ways to decorate your home with subtle natural beauty for Christmas

Artist Fiona Pickles shows how, with just a few seasonal elements and dried summer flowers, you can create a stylish welcome for guests at Christmas
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Yellow bird illustration

Think rewilding isn't for you? Try this alternate approach in your garden instead

You don’t need a country estate to make the world a little wilder, says James Canton. Think of renaturing rather than rewilding, and every modest act makes a difference
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Pandora Leaf Adjustable Pergola

The best garden pergolas to upgrade your outdoors

We've chosen some of the best pergolas on the market to enhance your garden with an outdoor space.
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Houseplant Christmas card designs

The best garden Christmas cards for a horticultural greeting

Spread some green-fingered festive cheer this year with a garden themed Christmas card.
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The White Company Bergamot & Cedar Botanical Candle – Large on a table

28 gifts for plant lovers: a 2025 guide for people who are mad about botanicals

We've collated our ultimate list of great gifts for plant lovers for 2025.
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Best gin with botanicals

Best gins with botanicals for 2025 - have yourself a merry Christmas with these herbal tipples

The Gardens Illustrated team has rounded up the best botanical gins on the market.
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Gorse candle for Christmas

Best botanical candles for Christmas

Scented candles make a lovely gift for Christmas, or why not treat yourself and bring some festive botanical scents to your home this winter? Here are 12 of the best botanical candles.
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A selection of garden planners

Garden journals, growing planners and sowing calendars to buy for 2026

Here is a selection of the best garden journals on the market for 2026
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Natural Christmas decorations

Easy natural Christmas star decorations using twigs

Create your own quick natural handmade Christmas decorations with these simple but pretty stars made from twigs and evergreens
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Natural Christmas decorations

Make your own Christmas decorations from your garden

Festive ideas and inspiration for stylish Christmas decorations such as baubles and garlands, easily handmade at home using foraged and natural materials from the garden
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Hanging robin light

Beautiful outdoor Christmas decoration ideas for a winter wonderland in 2025

Bring the festive spirit to your garden with our selection of the best outdoor Christmas decorations.
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Hanging Christmas decorations

Make your own hanging willow Christmas decorations

Grower and florist Charlie Ryrie shows how to create handmade Christmas decorations at home using foraged plants and natural materials
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The best natural Christmas decorations to shop this year

We've found all the most beautiful baubles, wreaths and home décor to browse this year - made with paper, wood, metal and other natural materials.
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Hope wreath making kit from The Flower Boutique

Make your own Christmas wreaths with our round up of the best DIY kits

Buy a wreath making kit to create your own door display this Christmas, plus all the extra tools you'll need.
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Natural Christmas wreath

8 amazing ideas for easy (and free) festive decorations – cottagecore style

We’ve got festive inspiration for stylish natural Christmas decorations, including baubles and garlands, easily handmade at home using stuff from your garden.
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House and garden

After my mother died, my father and I completed her ambitious plans for the garden

Designer Tom Simpson used his professional knowledge – and many plants from his show gardens – to transform the garden of his family’s modern house in Devon
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Wooden house and garden with seating

This 1960s home has been transformed by a contemporary chic garden makeover

For her own garden, designer Lucy Willcox has transformed a sloping site, blending the wildness of a neighbouring common with the sharp lines of her 1960s home.
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