| Holiday Gifts With a Story to Tell Despite a punishing retail climate, anything that hints of the hand — indie crafter, artisan or sculptor — is still selling. feeds.nytimes.com |
Grow your own vegetables in the local skip Gardeners will be able to grow cabbages in skips on building sites and tomatoes in hospital car parks under Government plans to increase the amount of land available for grow-your-own vegetables. telegraph.co.uk |
Hot tubs more popular than greenhouses Hot tubs are a more popular than greenhouses, according to a poll of consumers asking what they would most like to have in their garden. telegraph.co.uk |
Currents | Recycling: Italian Design From Recycled Materials Regenesi, a company started last year in Bologna, makes lampshades from leather and trivets of steel. feeds.nytimes.com |
Marchants: a pastoral symphony A musician-turned-nurseryman has let his natural passions run wild in his own Sussex downland garden telegraph.co.uk |