Outdoor living

A wooden sun lounger on a white background.

Garden furniture: the best garden seats

The seed head of an angelica plant is beautiful to grow and its stems can be used in cooking. Photo: Getty Images

Angelica jam recipe: the perfect herb for jam

An illustration of pears, wrapped in pastry

Recipe for pears wrapped in pastry: Douillons aux poires

Garden designer Cleve West shares recipes cooked on an outdoor fire on his allotment garden

Recipes for outdoor eating

Wheelbarrow in sunny formal garden

How to employ a gardener

A recipe for relish using green tomatoes, aubergine and fresh chilli

Chutney recipe: aubergine

Lamprocapnos (Dicentra) spectabilis 'Valentine'

Gardening gifts for Valentine’s Day

A natural solution to storing fresh food - a square of cotton fabric, beeswax, pine-resin powder and jojoba oil

How to make beeswax wraps

Wooden bench on home patio

How to choose the best garden bench and garden seat

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How to build a garden office

Tree Tea House

Astonishing treehouses to be inspired by

Bramwell

The top barometers for weather planning

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9 of the best outdoor bench seating

Pure New Wool Waterproof Picnic Blanket

The kit you need for outdoor dining

(Above) In the July issue of Gardens Illustrated, we look at how garden designer Carrie Preston designed a stylish garden for the whole family to enjoy. Photo by Maayke De Ridder.

How to make children’s play areas work in a stylish garden