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Gardens
Add leaf blowers to the list of antisocial garden tools | Letters
Miranda Fagandini says the noise made by these devices is dreadful and can be life-alteringOn reading the latest column in your long-running series (Lawnmower hum: why the sound of the…
Chelsea flower show
Country diary: A celebration of life on the edge | Susie White
Chelsea, London: I find myself moved by this garden that highlights the ‘edgelands’, those unprotected and modest places where nature can thriveParakeets screech and planes rumble overhead, but my attention…
Gardens
Nigel Dunnett obituary
Landscape designer whose naturalistic schemes transformed public spaces and community gardens From a flower-filled moat at the Tower of London to a rooftop community garden on the Old Kent Road,…
Renting property
Renting has its downsides, but I’ve decided to stop waiting and start living – plants, garden furniture and all | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Yes, I could worry about all the money I’ve ‘thrown away’ but, like my fellow renter the Princess of Wales, I’m digging inIt was cheering to read that William and…
Culture
The Guardian view on gallery and museum gardens: a blooming triumph | Editorial
The award-winning Tate design at the Chelsea flower show reveals how urban spaces can be transformed by bringing art and nature togetherNever mind a gnome, no other garden at this…
Architecture
Peter Aldington obituary
Architect of modernist houses who combined an attention to materials with a sensitivity to space indoors and out The architect and gardener Peter Aldington, who has died aged 93, had…
Pizza
The best pizza ovens in the UK for every budget, garden and skill level – tested
We put seven top pizza ovens – from gas to wood-fired to electric – through their paces to find the ones worth firing up at home• The best (and worst)…
Gardens
Country diary: A hardworking meadow that is surely worth saving | Mary Montague
Lower Botanic Gardens, Belfast: A precious field here provides flood protection and carbon research, and has a productive community garden. Still, it is in jeopardyAmong many languages on the poster…