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Pure Style in the Garden

Creating An Outdoor Haven
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In Pure Style in the Garden, bestselling author Jane Cumberbatch explores how outdoor spacesβ€”gardens, patios, balconies, even window boxesβ€”can become peaceful retreats from modern life's stresses. Drawing from her own home and garden, she shares ideas to bring nature indoors and create a sensuous, life-affirming environment through colour, scent and texture. With inspiration for all seasons and beautiful illustrations by the author, this book invites readers to appreciate the simple, everyday beauty of their outdoor spaces as an extension of the home.
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This book is ideal for gardening lovers, those seeking to enhance their outdoor spaces, and readers interested in mindful home living. It suits anyone looking for practical gardening advice, creative inspiration, and a calming connection to nature through simple, everyday style.

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Turn your outdoor space into a beautiful retreat (and bring some beauty indoors)

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With more and more of us spending most of our time at home, outdoor spaces have become our retreat - somewhere to breathe again, heighten our senses and escape the onslaught of noise, clutter and technology.

Pure Style in the Garden offers ideas and inspiration for making the most of any outdoor space we might have - whether it is a garden, a patio, or a balcony, or even just a window box - and for bringing touches of nature indoors for mindful enjoyment.

Bestselling author Jane Cumberbatch's 'Pure Style' philosophy is all about making the most of what's around you and finding beauty in the simple and everyday as an achievable alternative to the stressful demands of consumer society. In this book, which was put together over the course of 2020, she draws on the inspiration of her own home and garden to supply ideas and inspiration for life-affirming colour, scent and texture, and to show how even the most unpromising outdoor space can be a source of sensuous renewal.

Viewing the garden as an extension of the home, and with ideas for all seasons, this beautiful and inspiring book is illustrated with glorious photographs and enchanting paintings by the author herself. A book for dipping into or enjoying as one long read, or both.

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Reviewers praise the book as a timely and joyful celebration of gardening's health benefits and sensory delights. Vanessa Berridge of The Garden highlights the practical tips on rose pruning and home-grown recipes, while The Blackberry Garden blog calls it "a moment of joy in a difficult world." Reclaim magazine admires the essence of gardening conveyed, and The English Garden notes it as an evocative garden diary with useful information. Waitrose Weekend likens it to a personal visit discovering the garden's story through diary, recipes and photos. The richly illustrated combination of journaling, advice and inspiration resonates well with gardening enthusiasts.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781910258064

Publisher: Gemini Books Group Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 August 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pimpernel Press Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 187.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 192

About the Author

Jane Cumberbatch is a designer, stylist and writer, and the originator of the philosophy 'Pure Style', which emphasizes simplicity, thrift and longevity. She has worked as decorating editor for House and Garden magazine, as well as for Elle Decoration and the Sunday Telegraph magazine. She is the author of many books, including Pure Style (Rylands, Peters and Small, 1996), Pure Colour (Pavilion, 2015) and the cookbook Pure Style: Recipes for Every Day (Pavilion, 2011). Her south London home is frequently used for location shoots for magazines and television.

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