Whatever the season, there’s still a great choice of flowers available to add creative colour to your home. The Flowers & Plants Association has chosen blooms to reflect the seasons and inspire Woman’s World readers.
Our delightful patterns for cupcake egg cosies and a ‘licorice allsorts’ tea cosy are almost good enough to eat! Simple to knit from yarn you may have in your oddments box, they would make amusing gifts or inexpensive makes for your WI sales table or Country Market stall.
Whether used to add flavour in foods, as a garnish, an infusion in oil or vinegar, or to decorate a cake, edible flowers will add a little zest and individuality to your cooking, says Ceri Thomas, editor of Which? Gardening
National collections of plants ensure their continuity and provide a basis for our understanding of their sometimes colourful history, says Carolle Doyle
In a slow market there are plenty of things you can do to make your house stand out from the crowd. Woman's World asked experts in property, DIY and furnishings for their advice