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The problemRepotting indoors is always so much messier than we imagine. Weeks later, you’ll find compost on the floor and grit in the skirting boards, and one rogue perlite bead will impale itself in your bare foot. Newspapers slip, bin bags tear, and if you rent or have carpet, the fear of a spilt bag … Read more

Unlike most gardeners, I’m not especially captivated by spring bulbs. I do love that they symbolise the return of fairer weather, but I only have the tulips and narcissi that I adopted when we moved here and, every autumn, I fail to consider planting more to replenish their dwindling numbers. Lucky for me, I also adopted the … Read more

Step into Richard E Grant’s garden in Richmond, London, and you’ll be met with a rather unconventional sight. Instead of the daffodils and tulips you’d usually find in an English garden at this time of year, Grant’s space is full of props and decorations from the films he’s starred in – from Saltburn to Carrie … Read more

My father, Tony Bracegirdle, who has died aged 83, was a successful amateur rose grower and exhibitor. He won the Royal National Rose Society open championship in 1996 and 17 more times over the next 20 years. His love of roses began in 1965 when he saw “Ena Harkness” in bloom in the garden of … Read more

Name: The laundry chair. Age: Less than a week old. Appearance: A bold new hybrid of wardrobe and chair. I’m sorry, run this past me again. Do you have a pile of clothes that you’ve already worn but aren’t quite ready to wash? Do you need a place to keep them? Then let me introduce … Read more