House and Garden February 2016

House & Garden unlocks the door to an array of unique homes and outdoor features, ranging from town houses and converted barns to fabulous modern apartments and island retreats. Outdoor features are equally varied, including cottage gardens, water gardens and chic, city courtyards. House & Garden provides an invaluable sourcebook of ideas, from design and decoration to the best of travel, delicious recipes and fine wine. Britain’s most glamorous, inspiring and influential design and decoration magazine.

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NON MORRIS Writer After a successful career in the fislm and television industry, Non was rather romantically inspired to make the move into horticulture. ‘Staying at Gravetye Manor – the Arts and Crafts home of revolutionary “wild gardener” William Robinson – on my wedding night was the trigger,’ she says. In addition to writing about gardens for House & Garden, Gardens Illustrated and The Telegraph, she is a garden and planting designer. When visiting The Manor House in Hertfordshire, she was greeted by frost-coated clipped hedges and parterres that provided an enchanting winter experience (from page 124). What most excited you about The Manor House gardens? ‘I was struck by garden designer Julie Toll’s depth of knowledge in her approach to every aspect of the garden. The most covetable plants were a pair…

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I often wonder about what I’d do with a large house in the country: how I would decorate and furnish it. I wouldn’t want it to be totally traditional, but moving the English-country-house aesthetic forward while keeping it right for its setting takes skill. You don’t want it to look like London has been brought to the country. Opt for an estate in a remote part of Scotland and introducing anything modern is surely even trickier. But Tom Helme has been clever – not to mention brave – in his transformation of Carskiey House on the Mull of Kintyre (from page 86). B&B Italia – where his metal-legged drawing-room sofas come from – and a large Scottish house are not natural bedfellows. Indeed, I’m sure some of you will now turn…

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Sebastian Cox

FIRST PERSON I trained as a cabinetmaker and the part of my job that I love the most is visiting the timber yards I use in Wiltshire and Sussex, rummaging through stacks of sliced trees and picking out the wood I’m going to use. Every slice is different; each species has its own characteristics. My customers come to me because they want something that is unique, and that’s what they get with the benches and tables I’ve designed for Heal’s, as part of the Tree to Table collaboration. The forged steel base, designed by Anthony Dickens, is made by a Suffolk farrier. You can see every hit of the blacksmith’s hammer on its surface. The table tops and seats are made in my studio from sycamore, ash or oak. People are becoming increasingly…

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Outside Interests

THE ‘EMIEL BOX GARDEN TOOLS’ SET BY FLAMANT HOME INTERIORS CERTAINLY MEANS BUSINESS. THIS WOODEN GIFT BOX CONTAINS A HAND FORK AND TROWEL, A CULTIVATOR, PAVING WEEDER, DIBBER, TWO SETS OF PRUNING SECATEURS AND A PRUNING KNIFE. IT ALSO HAS A PAIR OF GARDENING GLOVES, PLANT MARKERS AND A PENCIL. IT COSTS £146 PLUS P&P FROM AMARA.COM. FOCAL POINT The steel ‘Octagonal Gazebo’ from Garden Requisites is available in galvanised, painted or aged finishes. The galvanised model shown here measures 335 x 300cm diameter and costs £4,250, plus delivery. Bespoke designs are also available. garden-requisites.co.uk VERSATILE STORAGE 1 Ideal for use as a potting bench, this hard-wearing ‘Pantry Outdoor Work Bench’ is made from teak with a fibre-concrete top, and can be accessorised with ‘Dania Teak Storage’ boxes and crates (from £59) to help…

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