The bitter-sweet beauty of late summer gardening
As the gloom and magic of autumn looms, another season of the year sneaks out the door.
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As the gloom and magic of autumn looms, another season of the year sneaks out the door.
By Alice VincentSnubbed by its first readers, her visionary book The Living Mountain went on to inspire a new literature of…
By Alice VincentHow the author’s 1972 guide to foraging anticipated today’s appetite for local, seasonal and sustainable eating.
By Alice VincentI would have preferred the poppies to have returned rather than the tree spinach, but the pink hollyhocks are…
By Alice VincentMaintaining a few scruffy flower beds banishes the need for shop-bought bouquets.
By Alice VincentChelsea was always ecologically problematic, but it feels impossible now to view it simply as a pretty flower show.
By Alice VincentInspired and energised, I’ve decided to give our neglected yard the love it deserves.
By Alice VincentSunflowers have been part of Ukraine’s cultural identity for centuries, and since the Russian invasion they have come to…
By Alice VincentIn those first hopeful and clear-skied days of February I felt a rush of affection for my scruffy little…
By Alice Vincent