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  • the upstairs sitting room in blue with russet notes in the Forest of Dean mansion

    Putting on the glitz: a 17th-century mansion in the Forest of Dean

  • A woman with long curly red hair and glasses, shot from the side wearing a red and cream Fair Isle jumper and eight hats piled on top of each other

    Winter is coming … but don’t panic! 54 expert tips on getting through the cold, dark months ahead

    How to survive the season – with mood-lifters, skin-savers, life-changing layers, and ways to have fun in the rain
  • Composite illustration with a rat and a bedbug

    The experts: Pest controllers on 17 simple, lasting ways to get rid of unwanted house guests

    With infestations of rats, bedbugs and moths on the rise, there are things you can do to reclaim your home – from putting away dog food to building a slinky slide
  • A girl of about six sitting on a windowsill, smiling

    Readers reply: Why do windows in the UK open outwards?

  • Riccardo (sitting), Katie and Lupa behind him in their kitchen doorway.

    Hidden in plain sight: a converted stable in Italy

  • Resurrection Plant

    Houseplant of the week: resurrection plant

  • Interior of dining room with wooden table and view to garden

    When two become one: how a pair of cottages near York became a sustainable family home

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Gardens

  • View from the garden looking towards the cream-coloured farmhouse with red-tiled roof

    ‘A force for everything he represented’: Ronald Blythe’s home to become nature reserve

    The Akenfield writer’s ancient Essex farmhouse will be opened up as a sanctuary for people and wildlife
  • Hands full of leaf mould ready for use as mulch in the garden - UK<br>T4KXJD Hands full of leaf mould ready for use as mulch in the garden - UK

    This mulch I know: it’s good for your garden any time of year, but particularly in winter

  • Cobra cactus (Opuntia zebrina f. reticulata) © Gynelle Leon online

    Houseplant of the Week: cobra cactus

  • Leaf feud is mulch ado about nothing

  • On my radar: Monty Don’s cultural highlights

  • The growing season is over – time for your garden to rest and you to reflect

  • Branching out: the Sydney street libraries where neighbours swap plants instead of books

  • The 19 best Christmas gifts for gardeners, by gardeners

  • Don’t have a bare winter – clematis is the ultimate year-round garden transformer

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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