Homes & Gardens

WILD PROSPECTS

Lulu Urquhart and Adam Hunt of Urquhart & Hunt won Best in Show and Gold at last year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show and were named Homes & Gardens’ Garden Designer of the Year 2022. This month, the duo share their insights on the overlooked importance of our waterways.

IF you look at a map of the rivers in your area it is like an inverse imprint of the hills and valleys. It is an astonishing way to look at the landscape. These watercourses work in much the same way as green woodland corridors for wildlife,

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