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...Inside one of the dilapidated glass houses I had a preview of what will go on eco-display in Phase 2....
...OmVed in Highgate, London, is a three-acre urban garden, food project and eco-habitat located behind a busy high street....
...A picture of the late filmmaker Derek Jarman’s Dungeness garden, by Jarman’s friend the celebrated photographer Howard Sooley, provides a prescient eco-alternative to English gardens....
...Most eco-shows are grave and preachy. Collishaw’s is conceptual art at its most rewarding: curious, inventive and fun....
...Run by partners Craig Troup and Pamela Adamiec, the company has been involved in RHS Chelsea Flower Show every year since....
...I doubt if the exhibits of flower arranging will measure up to the flowers in the Abbey for the coronation....
...She won a gold medal at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show in 2016. I marvel at the agglutinated English of their book’s first two parts....
...“I’ve thrown myself headfirst into them, doing things like planting wild flowers to encourage wildlife and creating buffer strips on the land, but we don’t entirely know the full extent of what the [SFI]...
...Now they collect flower honey, made by bees from flowers set free of the forest’s edge....
...Dido knew every tree, every flower, every creature hereabout....
...If you do not want to make your own wreath, florists such as Hampshire-based The Real Flower Company can supply sustainable decorations — and wreaths made with dried flowers can be reused year after year...
...Against a soundtrack of water splashing into carp-filled pools, trumpet flowers glow like fiery teardrops, while an explosion of coral-pink bougainvillea draws the eye up to windows in the roof....
...Another resort is regular spraying every 10 days from May onwards with eco-friendly Grazers G4 (grazers.co.uk)....
...The most recognisable of American artist Georgia O’Keeffe’s works are her erotic flowers and animal horn paintings....
...Architects often “stabilise” the material with a small portion of cement, negating some of its eco-credentials....
...Likewise he thinks eco-tourism can, if done carefully, offer a financial incentive to protect fragile wildernesses....
...The beauty staple I’m never without is Frédéric Malle’s Carnal Flower fragrance, which I’ve worn for about 17 years....
...The Royal Horticultural Society upholds peat-free practices on its website, but will not force shows such as the Chelsea Flower Show to be peat-free until 2025....
...However, the first Canadian outpost of the 1 Hotel chain brings an eco-friendly twist to the high life....
...In my west-facing eyrie, I find a bright yellow cuckoo clock, animal-themed cushions and a potting tray in which chocolate flowers are “growing”....
...Just outside the tiny hamlet of Çukurca, our individual bell tents are decorously tricked out with wild flowers, candles, fairy lights and Turkish rugs, with proper beds and big plump duvets....
...Mindful that a practice cast as sustainable can also be perceived as a drain on delicate eco systems, her focus is on “reconnecting with nature rather than extraction”....
...Twenty years ago there were still horsemen in Sükhbaatar Square and sheep grazing the flower beds....
...Spring (The Courtauld Gallery) Somerset House, New Wing, Lancaster Place,London, WC2R 1LA Good for: A festive occasion you can linger over; ultra-seasonal ingredients and eco credentials (it is a single-use...
...“Note the recent move from brands such as Lancôme and Chanel buying up flower fields around Grasse to secure organic production.”...
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