UK construction crashes at fastest pace since 2009
UK construction has been hit by Brexit uncertainty, showing its worst performance in seven years, with residential building hit particularly hard
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How to wage the war on weeds in your garden
The essential guide to blitzing bindweed and doing for dandelions
Downsizing doesn’t have to be boring: moving off to a small, practical
Your sixties are an adventure: a London couple designed their show-stopping dream home when the kids flew the nest
The paradise island that costs less than a house in the UK
An island off Australia costs less than the average price of a UK home
15 features that sell homes faster and at the best price
It turns out homebuyers are really into barn doors.
Property spotlight on: South Bank and Bankside
Along the southern bank of the Thames, from Westminster Bridge in the west and through Bankside to London Bridge in the east, runs the capital’s favourite promenade.
Anna Pavord: 'Our gardens let us dream about the future'
If the mood now is instant, disposable, then in our gardens we should be planting slow, steady, sustaining things
Anna Pavord: Avoid flower-centric short-termism this spring
One of the most vital things gardening can teach us is to think long term, says our gardening correspondent
Anna Pavord: 'Plants need to pruned in order to flourish'
Pruning is an art that is worth learning, says our gardening correspondent
Emma Townshend: Instagram is giving me spring-planting inspiration
Search the app using the term "spring flowers", and the heart rapidly quickens, says our gardening correspondent
Anna Pavord: 'Kew's Orchid Festival is a wonderful display'
The festival has a Brazilian theme, with hybrids such as Cambrias and Miltonias displayed alongside the more familiar moth orchids
Anna Pavord: How to get the most out of rhubarb
Our gardening correspondent takes some tips from growers in Yorkshire, who produce the longest, pinkest, most succulent shoots ever demanded by a picky chef
This is what £800,000 could get you in south London
This unique property boasts many good features, but width - and a back door - aren't one of them
Mouse's Back to Down Pipe: Farrow & Ball's quirkily-named paints
It's hardly surprising that such shades as Dead Salmon or Mole's Breath are sniggered at
Anna Pavord: How to craft a living garden feature
It takes time and patience says our gardening correspondent, but the results can be captivating
Anna Pavord: 'Gardens need a proper path to stop you getting stuck'
Our gardening correspondent reveals how to keep your feet dry and your grass grassy, as you move round your plot
Marie Kondo on joy and the art of tidying
Tidying has brought Japan's own domestic goddess millions of book sales
London’s cheapest flat could be all yours for £75,000
The Hackney area of London, where the property is located, has seen heavy gentrification over recent years
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Anna Pavord: 'Admire the bark of a beech tree in winter'
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Could daffodils in December mean misery in spring for UK's gardeners?
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Plants as Christmas presents: I just can’t see the poinsettia
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Patch of roof in London goes on sale for £450,000
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Anna Pavord: There’s ‘wow’ and ‘how’ in two superb new gardening books
Enjoy the winter nights, from candlelit trampolining to moonlit walks
Being outside in the dark, especially in winter, is one of the most exhilarating things you can do, says Emma Townshend
The best space-saving furniture
Relatives, friends, last-minute guests – Christmas can find you with a full house. Alison Smith finds some furniture solutions to save the day
These are the most awkward opposite sex roomate stories
Users recount some of the most cringe-worthy moments when living platonically with a member of the opposite sex