House and Garden

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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Arena • A curation of brilliant people, objects and ideas

Fine finds • GWEN BROWN and RIA SEALY-HUGHES share some of their favourite things

Knots landing

Say it with flowers • From fragrances to floriferous ceramics, WOJTEK VAN PORTEK presents some of his favourite nature-inspired finds for a botanically bright and beautiful summer

Punch lines • AMY BRADFORD reveals how that decorating perennial, the stripe, is being reinvented for modern interiors

ARENA news

Story Arch • For her Venice debut, in a show running alongside the Biennale, Arch Hades blends site-specific painting, sculpture and sound to reflect her dual identity as an artist and poet

Trip advisers • ROSE WASHBOURN takes a pleasing armchair journey to discover three appealing destinations

ARENA art scene

Woven together • From rope hooks for a fashion house to leather walls for a hotel, Sharmil Govindia and Sally Hemphill are shaping textile trends

High society • Following a sensitive renovation, the Florentine hotel Villa San Michele looks better than ever, with interiors to complement its hilltop vistas

Outlook • Glorious gardens and horticultural inspiration

Easy does it • CLARE FOSTER celebrates the low-maintenance and long-flowering charms of cosmos – the carefree superstars of the summer garden

Home and Dry • The fire-ravaged garden of this finca in Ibiza has been revived with a drought-tolerant planting scheme by Tom Stuart-Smith Studio, designed to thrive in the Spanish sun and nurture wildlife

Growing community • CLARE FOSTER gives top marks to Grow for its hands-on gardening project for the pupils of a north London school and local residents

Maritime marvel • Tom Massey drew inspiration from the coastal location of this Dorset house, choosing hardy plants and natural stone features to create a beautiful, sustainable garden for its appreciative owners

The List by House & Garden • Highlighting members of our indispensable international guide for anyone wishing to improve their home

August • Take a Grand Tour of heavenly homes via the City of Light, rural France, a Greek island and the Amalfi Coast

French dressing • A wealth of original features meant Spanish-born designer Maria de la Orden was able to use a light touch when decorating her Parisian townhouse

SHADES OF BEAUTY • Having been a noble Italian family’s retreat, a bishop’s palace and a local inn, this 18th-century piano nobile apartment on the Amalfi Coast has had as varied and interesting a life as its owner

Gathering place • Combining the Cape Dutch style of her childhood with the local Portuguese vernacular, Penny Morrison’s charming newbuild in Melides is a relaxed and inviting sanctuary filled with pieces picked up on her travels

Inspired buys • Take the lead from Penny Morrison’s use of colour and pattern

Living La Pura Vida • Set high on a hillside above Costa Rica’s Pacific coast, an extraordinary contemporary house has been given depth and intimacy by the London-based interior designer Henri Fitzwilliam-Lay

Greek chorus • With a brief to honour Patmos traditions while...