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Homes

  • The Cottages<br>Liz &amp; Roger Pickett

    From henhouse to family home: a thatched cottage in Ireland

  • Kalanchoe Marmorata Cactus: penwiper plant

    Houseplant of the week: penwiper plant

    This low-maintenance, vibrant succulent adds colour and texture to an indoor garden
  • Illustration showing man holding a cordless vacuum cleaner with organised tool belt, sparkling and organised drawers and files, with a dog proferring a pair of socks.

    Sort out your life! 100 tiny tricks to help with everything from digital overwhelm to lumpy sugar and unpaid bills

    Ever feel like you’re lurching from crisis to crisis, or chore to chore? Here’s how to knock at least some of them on the head – and lay the foundations for a less stressful, more organised existence
  • French designer Joran Briand house in Bretagne

    Cool Bretagne: a converted depot with a sea view

  • Tassle fern in terracotta pot

    Houseplant of the week: tassel fern

  • Powder laundry detergent with scoop.

    Powder up: ‘old-school’ laundry detergents best bet for cleaner clothes, 2024 Choice test finds

  • illustrations for website Heatwave Toolbox

    August design news: puppets, a moveable monument and how to combat a heatwave

Loads more stories and moves focus to first new story.

Gardens

  • Great Dixter: The Peacock Garden

    10 of the best gardens to visit around the UK

    From hidden idylls to vast country estates, here is our pick of glorious gardens to delight and soothe your soul
  • Dusty Springfield On Thank Your Lucky Stars<br>Dusty Springfield poses on the set of Thank Your Lucky Stars TV show in Aston Studios c 1966 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Image is part of David Redfern Premium Collection. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)

    ‘It all felt new and exciting’: Observer Magazine writers share their memories

  • Bright light: ‘At the moment I am in love with our orange cosmos, with flowers brighter and more delicate than its larger cousin.’

    The tail end of summer brings tales of harvest

  • ‘For a short few weeks you realise the desert is truly alive’: Guardian Australia readers’ favourite wildflower spots

  • Amsterdammers left bemused at plan to tackle flowerpot ‘jungle’

  • Preserve, pickle, freeze, ferment: how to capture your garden’s summer harvest

  • National Trust reveals rise in visitor numbers but drop in members

  • There’s time to savour the long summer at a family gathering

Pictures & video

  • Visitors holding umbrellas or in raincoats with hoods up stand at the other side of a rope that separates them from a garden at the show

    A hardy bunch: visitors at wet Chelsea flower show – in pictures

    Torrential rain did not stop garden lovers – or Guardian photographer Sarah Lee – from enjoying the 2024 Chelsea flower show on Wednesday
  • Fish River House in Mount Olive, NSW

    Australia’s best new sustainable homes of 2024 – in pictures

  • Derek Jarman’s home at Dungeness

    Prospect Cottage: Derek Jarman’s seaside home – in pictures

  • Tube table lamp

    Light of my life: best new table lamps – in pictures

  • Wisteria-clad Grasmere House

    Homes for sale in England with great gardens for spring – in pictures

  • Eclectic Candle Holders

    Colourful glass furniture from vases to lampshades – in pictures

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