My latest garden fantasy? An elegant table covered in flower pots

Stuffing them full of tulips, crocus and muscari will give your garden an abundance of sustainable prettinessRecently, my garden fantasies have extended to a table. Specifically, one of those substantial, move-it-if-you-dare stone tables, weathered beautifully with some mottling and moss, standing on gravel beneath the dappled shade of a tree.I long for this table because, in the similarly fantastical small urban garden in my head, it is the answer to a number of problems. In the summer it hosts languorous meals, but given that even my imagination can’t conjure a British summer where we regularly dine outside, the fantasy table mostly holds plants – seasonal ones in equally elegant, weather-beaten pots. Continue reading...

Apr 4, 2025 - 13:30
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My latest garden fantasy? An elegant table covered in flower pots

Stuffing them full of tulips, crocus and muscari will give your garden an abundance of sustainable prettiness

Recently, my garden fantasies have extended to a table. Specifically, one of those substantial, move-it-if-you-dare stone tables, weathered beautifully with some mottling and moss, standing on gravel beneath the dappled shade of a tree.

I long for this table because, in the similarly fantastical small urban garden in my head, it is the answer to a number of problems. In the summer it hosts languorous meals, but given that even my imagination can’t conjure a British summer where we regularly dine outside, the fantasy table mostly holds plants – seasonal ones in equally elegant, weather-beaten pots. Continue reading...