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  • A backyard pool with flowers growing out of the pool

    Pity the fool who owns a pool. It’s like having a large, delicate, expensive pet

    Andrew Herrick
    This back yard creature must be kept under constant chemical constraint, or it risks becoming more liability than asset
  • Photographer: Franck Allais Set stylist: Elena Horn

    From nursery to empty nest – interiors hacks for every stage of life

  • RockCove Paul Tyagi10

    Clean lines and a connection with nature: the modernist beach house jutting out over a Scottish loch

  • A Roto Farm indoor vegetable garden on a kitchen benchtop. It won the 2025 Australian Good Design awards’ gold award in the domestic appliances category

    Zero gravity herb gardens and micro honey harvesters: Australia’s Good Design awards 2025 – in pictures

    Gallery10
  • The giant conversation pit in the film The Fantastic Four: First Steps film

    ‘Deadly but unforgettable’: conversation pits make a comeback on and off screen

Gardens

  • A half-peeled banana.

    Houseplant hacks: can you use banana peel to shine your plants’ leaves?

    Rubbing the inside of the peel over leaves will leave a glossy sheen, but is it any more effective than a damp cloth?
  • Ripe strawberries and strawberry plant in garden.

    It’s been a great year for strawberries – and you can plant now for a bumper 2026

  • Dr Melissa L Gustin, the curator of British art at National Museums Liverpool, sits in front of a painting by JMW Turner during a press preview for Turner: Always Contemporary.

    JMW Turner’s mother deserves respect and understanding too

  • A humidifier that appears to be made of wood on a desk near a plant with large green leaves, in front of a grey wall

    Houseplant hacks: do humidifiers really help houseplants?

  • The warm colours of feathered thorn blend with autumn leaves

    Country diary: The muted beauty of moth-trapping in November

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Wonder In The Woods

  • Sycamore (acer pseudoplatanus), close up of several of the familiar ripe winged fruits or seeds produced by the tree in the autumn.

    Quiz
    Do you know your beech from your birch?

  • Family playing with fallen leaves in park

    Nature’s playground
    10 fun ways to enjoy family time in the woods this autumn

  • People walking in woods in autumn

    ‘Soothed and healed’
    Three nature lovers on how to find autumn splendour in the woods

  • Female walking her dog on a misty and frosty morning at sunrise. Norfolk, UK.

    'Social networks'
    Four reasons trees are more like humans than you think

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Pictures & video

  • Combined kitchen and dining room in a terrace apartment

    ‘I don’t like things matching, it feels weird’: designer David Flack’s favourite rooms – in pictures

    Gallery12
  • Restored Georgian farmhouse in Prescott, Devon.

    Homes for sale with wild gardens in England and Wales – in pictures

    Gallery5
  • Fishharven - Victorian Architecture Awards

    Victoria’s best new residential architecture – in pictures

    Gallery12
  • two people picking up invasive grass and black mustard in a park

    California gardeners plant native species in parks to prevent wildfire spread – in pictures

    Gallery10

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