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...Ham House garden beside the Thames in London was part of the craze for formal gardens in 17th-century England and Wales, with the formal structure created from stone, brick, yew, lavender and box....
...The experience of the Lavender system shows the tendency to over-trust the computer. It also highlights the difficulty of keeping “humans in the loop” in the heat of war....
...The lavender helps to keep the area clean, soothes and also encourages repair.”...
...The owner, my friend Didier Martin, says that the lavender-roasted goat’s cheese salad, with a baguette hot from the oven, recalls his St Tropez home; I dive into his tarte tropézienne on the tiny terrace...
...For years I have been growing a tall thin-stemmed aster with spires of lavender-blue flower....
...Why The agricultural area the property is set within has vineyards, olive trees and lavender fields. Residents can join the annual grape harvest party and get wine for only the cost of bottling....
...(But here again, a bit of over-fussiness: the inviting period-style bathtub was strewn with hydrangea heads and long sprigs of lavender — very pretty, but what on earth do you do with them if you actually...
...A range of cotton cushions and lavender bags features white storks, beavers and turtle doves – species crucial to Knepp’s revitalised ecosystem – hand-embellished by inmates....
...This subtly floral Lemon Lavender kombucha is made with organic assam tea and soothing lavender oils....
...On a happier note, the profusion of roses and lavenders has been followed by a profusion of hollyhocks....
...The Wendts can arrange excursions – natural or cultural – across the island, from lavender farms to tastings to Admirals Arch, way down the southwest corner of the island, with its fantastic stalactites...
...Each curvy pull is hand cast in a selection of candy-coloured hues, from tangerine to lavender....
...Christopher Lavender Hong Kong...
...Examples include Julie Hoch’s Pure Joy (from £18, newcomerwines.com), a range of 5.5 per cent abv co-ferments made with grapes and plants including elderflower, lavender and herbs from her biodynamic estate...
...In the March lockdown, I appreciated the lavender-purple flowers on Iris lazica, a robust fan-leaved iris which I much recommend. On lockdown’s fourth anniversary, lazica’s flowers are already fading....
...Its flowers are lavender blue daisies, born on stems about 2ft high which fall prettily forwards in the mid to front lines of a flowerbed. It does not suffer from mildew and is a quickly maturing joy....
...They make incense, and ointments including Black Walnut Tincture (€16) to aid digestion, SPF50 made with hyaluronic acid and lavender flower water (€12) and calming face cream with kombucha, oregano and...
...Further insect-pleasing plants include echinacea, phlox, lavender and roses and may provide a restorative project to watch as he recovers from cancer treatment....
...Prize specimens include grasses, species peonies, Benton irises, 60 salvia species, unusual lavenders and euphorbias, and an exquisite selection of spring bulbs, from grape hyacinths to narcissi....
...Rather different is Sergison Bates’ Lavender Hill housing, a courtyard block buried in a complex and irregular south London plot where a former factory stood....
...At last week’s Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, takeaway lavenders in one-litre pots were offered to me for £9.99 each....
...Lavender is a great pairing with juniper – try adding a sprig to a G&T (but no more or its resinous, floral scent can risk overpowering everything)....
...Yes, it contains hints of lavender and rosemary, but don’t let that put you off. And try not to look too hard at the price, which would put Paddington into penury....
...Matisse favoured more nuanced hues, with touches of lavender, violet, crimson, yellow-gold and sienna....
...Is this what apostles feel when they experience conversion, I wondered, as I heavy-sobbed while watching Swift emerge onstage via billowing lavender-coloured clouds?...
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