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Christmas Gift Guides - Gift Books & Stocking Fillers (Christmas 2022)
Christmas 2022 is nearly upon us, so to help with some last minute gift inspiration we’ve put together a series of themed Gift Guides rounding up a selection of our favourite new releases – with a little something for everyone! Next up: Gift Books & Stocking Fillers! By Various Publisher: Vintage Classics From helpful elves to an enchanting Nutcracker, rediscover the German Christmas tales behind our most iconic festive traditions in this beautiful new addition to the A gorgeous little book...
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Three Simple Ways To Encourage Insects Into Your Garden
I’ve always thought that if I can entice insects and wildlife into my garden, then well… I’m doing something right; A nicely camouflaged thick-legged flower beetle on love-in-a-mist even if I don’t always notice them, I’m doing something right. Hornet on Dahlia ‘Twyning’s After Eight’ Of course, we all know that insect numbers are falling but, as depressing as that is, here are three simple steps we can take to help and encourage them in our gardens.
We Made A Garden, Part 2
Here’s more on the house and garden we bought in 2005 (and – spoiler alert – left in 2010). Beware – Grumpy Terrier The front garden of the cottage was, as you can see, overgrown when we arrived and clearing the undergrowth was a major task. But hey, I didn’t care. I had my first greenhouse. As well as weeds, we inherited plenty of mature plants too; some good, some… well, not so much.
We Made A Garden, Part 1
Here’s the first part of a post about a house Jim and I bought in the summer of 2005. It’s one of a (not very) regular series of posts about gardens and houses we’ve owned over the years. (Being so very historic, you’ll need to excuse the quality of these pre-digital photos – or don’t, if you’d rather not).
Geoffrey's Great Big Gardening Book Christmas Raffle
Hi, I’m Geoffrey Plumptre, the National Garden Scheme’s favourite dog. Welcome to my Great Big Gardening Book Christmas raffle which has been made possible by a generous group of garden-writing friends donating copies of their new books. Thanks guys! It will give an end-of-year boost to our Help Support Our Nurses campaign. Virtually all the books are new in 2020.
My English Home – Monty Don - The English Home
Monty Don at home in Herefordshire. Photography by Alistair Heap. Well-known gardener, television presenter and writer Monty Don OBE has been lead presenter of the BBC’s Gardeners’ World since 2003 and since 2011 the programme has been broadcast from his garden, Longmeadow, in Herefordshire.
My English Home: Monty Don
We speak to Monty Don about being at home with his wife Sarah, their three grown-up children and dogs. Well-known gardener, television presenter and writer Monty Don OBE has been lead presenter of the BBC’s Gardeners’ World since 2003 and since 2011 the programme has been broadcast from his garden, Longmeadow, in Herefordshire.
Look Inside Valentino‘s Extravagant Roman Home
V stands for victory—and for the creations of couturier Valentino Garavani, better and more succinctly known as Valentino. Though he is discreet about the use of his initial on his products (the V appears only on the clasp of his handbags), his personal and professional triumphs never go unnoticed.
A look at some of the most beautiful Islamic gardens in the world
By Bilal Qureshi, Washington Post Published 4:12 pm CST, Friday, January 4, 2019 British broadcaster and horticulturalist Monty Don poses with his medal after being appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. British broadcaster and horticulturalist Monty Don poses with his medal after being appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Architect Robert Adam Restores a 17th-Century Home in Scotland | Architectural Digest
This article originally appeared in the November 2008 issue of Architectural Digest. Although it is grand enough to be described as a Stately Home, Yester House, in East Lothian, which neighbors the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, lacks the solemnity usually associated with the official classification. This beautiful 18th-century house has too much panache, and even too much oddness, to meet the usual criteria.
Designer Jaime Parladé’s Country Home in Andalusia | Architectural Digest
This article originally appeared in the September 2008 issue of Architectural Digest. However deep you get into the heart of Andalusia's incredibly rich, ancient culture, you are always aware that it is a kind of oasis, a sudden flowering amid the great, barren mountain ranges that rise all around it.
Nicholas Haslam Designs a Serene Villa and Garden on the Côte d'Azur | Architectural Digest
This article originally appeared in the March 2008 issue of Architectural Digest. The only thing better than one earthly paradise, Konstantin and Natasha Kagalovsky concluded after several wonderful summers on Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, would be two. They already owned a substantial villa on this discreet, manicured peninsula that juts into the Mediterranean between Nice and Monte Carlo. They also already had enviably direct access from their garden to a secluded beach.
AD Revisits: Pauline de Rothschild's Secluded London Apartment | Architectural Digest
This story is part of our AD* Archive series, featuring legendary homes and gardens we’ve published over the years. It was originally printed in the May/June 1977 issue.* A few private and very quiet rooms; a secluded, even secret place to withdraw from a busy life. We all dream of it, but Rothschild dreams have a way of becoming reality. Before she died, just over a year ago, Pauline de Rothschild created such a refuge of exquisite beauty for herself.
AD’s Aesthete on Making a Grand Entrance (Hall) | Architectural Digest
Since they are transitory spaces, fleetingly experienced and lightly used, entrance halls don’t need much furnishing to make a memorable impact. Princess Jeanne-Marie de Broglie, a modern-art dealer who became the chair of Christie’s Europe, for instance, assembled an eccentric array of unrelated objects that give her Paris entrance hall—featured in the April 1987 issue of Architectural Digest —the slightly off-kilter air of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland .
A Historical Residence in France is Transformed into a Rustic Vacation Home | Architectural Digest
This article originally appeared in the January 2009 issue of Architectural Digest. When, as a boy, Daniel Vial picnicked with his family near their melon and asparagus farm along the Aiguebrun river in the Lubéron region of France, he and his cousins, armed with fishing poles, would wander up to the ruins of an early-medieval priory on a nearby hill.
An Elegant Continental Country Home in London | Architectural Digest
This article originally appeared in the December 2010 issue of Architectural Digest. The houses on this smart street in the Holland Park area of London were built on speculation in the early 1860s, on land belonging to Lord Ilchester, the owner of the legendary 17th-century estate Holland House. With the increase in prosperity and population that marked that period in London's history came the development of rural land on the city's outskirts.
Prince Charles Renovated This Incredible Historic Scottish Home
This article originally appeared in the February 2012 issue of Architectural Digest. Several years ago, a major drama unfolded in Great Britain when Dumfries House , one of the most significant and beautiful historic properties in the Commonwealth, teetered on the verge of sale and dispersal.
Jean-Louis Deniot Designs a Rustic Yet Sophisticated Farmhouse in France | Architectural Digest
When Virginie Deniot and her husband, Julien Desouches, bought their 18th-century farmhouse in France’s Loire Valley a few years ago, it was a bucolic mess: The two-story rectangular structure constituted rather crude living quarters, with a dirt-floor larder and heat provided by potbelly stoves. Fortunately Virginie had her brother, interior designer Jean-Louis Deniot, to help with the renovation.
Delightfully Drab Walls
Deciding what color to paint your walls? Be like the Brits and go for hues of khaki, mud, dung and dirt - the perfect backdrop for gilded picture frames and pops of fluoro.
Highclere Castle: A Look at the Real Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey, PBS’s hit period drama that has become essential Sunday-night viewing, has turned its setting, Britain’s Highclere Castle, into a television icon. Here AD revisits the historic Victorian estate as it appeared in the January/February 1979 issue, long before it was chosen as the home of the fictional Crawley family. “I am the last link of the feudal system.
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