In the garden

To finish off this series of Objects of Design In The Garden, I bring you (small fanfare) The Garden G-nome. Dan dan daaaaaaaaaan. Yes, gnomes were even allowed to grace the hallowed grounds of Chelsea Flower Show for the event’s centenary this year. But this is no ordinary gnome. Standing almost four feet high, our…

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Now this is a great idea. The third of the outdoor ovens and barbecues in this series, this one is, as you can see, wall-mounted. Which means that not only does it not take up precious floor space but it also folds up flat against the wall when not in use. Good isn’t it? Perfect for…

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I have been looking for contemporary hanging garden planters for a while and it seems to me that there’s either a gap in the market or I haven’t been looking in the right places. Anyway, finally I have found these. Now, they are from Westelm, which is American but a) they ship to the UK…

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It’s really hard to find an outdoor pizza oven that a) isn’t the size of a small house and b) costs less than £1,000. This outdoor wood-fired oven may be the solution. The stand is optional, although it does make a handy space for storing the wood. According to Lakeland, it will handle almost everything…

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I love the idea of a living wall. I was very keen to have one in the kitchen but, by the time we’d installed the cupboards and the shelves and the lights and the mail boxes and the light switches we somehow ran out of room. But look at this. It’s small, it can go…

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Whenever I feel under the weather, I often turn to one of my favourite childhood books; Alice in Wonderland. I also love Alice Through The Looking Glass with its enchanting tale of a backwards world on the other side of the mirror. This garden mirror has the same effect. I love the idea that it’s…

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Doesn’t this look inviting? The reality is that most of us won’t be lounging on a sun-kissed beach this weekend so this is a more realistic but still quite good alternative. I could spend a very happy afternoon here with a book and a couple of magazines. There’s even a bottle of something in the…

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Modular seating is a great idea for gardens because you can move it around to suit either the number of people who turn up, or to find the sun (or shade come to that) or just change it according to your mood. These moulded fibreglass pieces come in different shapes and you can buy as…

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Whisper it quietly, but I think fairy lights might be a little bit over. They do add atmosphere but you need hundreds of them to make a great effect. I know this because we installed in them in our last garden, which would, frankly, have made a pocket handkerchief look large. We put them along…

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