Country Living UK

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Country Living UK

A note from the editor

August

emporium • Handcrafted gifts and seasonal buys from our favourite artisans, small businesses and high-street brands

The new GOOD LIFE • There’s never been a better time to go self-sufficient. In our ongoing series, Sally Coulthard shares tried-and-tested tips from her Yorkshire smallholding

PRIMETIME HOST to PASSIONATE GARDENER • Weeding and pruning is her refuge from the rollercoaster of news that has shaped her career. But there’s something in the flowerbeds that can make broadcaster Fiona Bruce lose her famous cool

CLASSIC WIMBORNE FROM COUNTRY LIVING AT DFS

BEST in SHOW • Winning makes, bakes and buys inspired by summer sorties to country shows and village fêtes

MY WILD SIDE VICK HOPE • Countryfile’s newest presenter on growing up with chickens, family camping trips and the tea towel that caused a stir with her husband…

20 WAYS TO furnish a “FIFTH ROOM” • The decorating tricks and structural fixes to transform a garden, patio or courtyard into a stylish open-air living space

NEW WAVE WELLNESS • Ella McLachlan arrived on the tiny island of St Martin’s for a six-month stint as a nanny. Sixteen years later, she is still there, running a successful business making transformative skincare from the local seaweed

The RUFF GUIDE TO… IRISH TERRIERS • In our ongoing series for dog-lovers, we celebrate another of Britain’s best-loved breeds

HOMEGROWN MIDSUMMER SUPPERS • Restaurateurs Steve and Jules Horrell have swapped stainless-steel kitchens and starched white tablecloths for seasonal rustic feasts served in a converted cow barn at their Somerset smallholding

10 WILD and WONDERFUL REASONS TO SEIZE THE DAY! • THE LATEST IN OUR ACCESS FOR ALL CAMPAIGN: 40 WHEELCHAIR-FRIENDLY DAYTRIPS TO CELEBRATE OUR 40TH BIRTHDAY

DEADLY BEAUTIFUL • Sally Coulthard reveals the darker side of some of our most bewitching blooms

BEHIND THE SCENES at the EMMA BRIDGE WATER FACTORY • As Emma Bridgewater’s eponymous pottery turns 40, the Country Living team travels to Stoke-on-Trent to meet the people behind the brand that shares our birthday

JOIN US for A DAY OUT AT THE EMMA BRIDGEWATER FACTORY

ESCAPE the EVERYDAY with COUNTRY LIVING

ROOTED IN THE DEVONSHIRE LANDSCAPE • Atop a hill with views of the sea, this Victorian villa has been lovingly decorated with mellow colours and handcrafted features to reflect the local countryside

HOME comforts • DECORATING NOTES

6 WAYS TO CARRY ON GARDENING • Creaky knees, rickety wrists, dodg y eyesight or an achy back? Worry not. So long as you have green fingers, you can still achieve miracles in the garden. Our experts show you how

JOIN US AT BURGHLEY HORSE TRIALS

DOWN EARTH • GARDENING NOTES

“I wanted a CALM BACKDROP to bustling FAMILY LIFE” • Sophie Bateman downsized to a quiet little cottage in West Sussex, paring back her possessions and making the most of every inch of space

AT HOME WITH HYDRANGEAS • Quite by accident, Anne Greenall discovered that hydrangeas flourished in her garden overlooking the Firth of Clyde and she went on to amass a collection of more than 200 varieties

VINTAGE HOME

THE Prima SUBSCRIPTION JUST GOT BETTER

SLOW and SUSTAINABLE • NATURE NOTES

MY NATURE FIX

NATURE and NURTURE • WELLBEING NOTES

FROM BEE TO YOU • Less is more when it comes to eating honey, says...