I LOVE GARDENS but admit I’m a dreadful gardener – too impatient for the slow and steady pricking out, potting on rhythm of cultivating plants. I’m fascinated, though, by how our outdoor spaces evolve, with time, fashion and critical challenges such as climate change. It’s why I love our feature on modern rockeries (page 126), which shares how reclaimed concrete and leftover hardcore can be used to create the foundation of stunning, resilient and easy-to-care for gardens.
In this issue, we also look at inspiring ways to inject style, luxury and practicality into our kitchens – without the need for a complete refurb. This is about personalisation as much as performance; finding the pieces that suit what you love and the way you live, whether that’s baking, enjoying a glass…
