Although this is probably the best time to sit out and enjoy your garden, it is vital to keep plants looking good. Make sure you keep new plants well-watered and hoe off weeds. There’s plenty to do to keep the display going and to enjoy great crops, including harvesting veg at its peak.

It’s summer at long last! Our gardens are in full bloom and outside is the best place to be. Few, if any free regional publications can match us for quality and longevity. The key to our success is our tireless championing of local independent businesses.

Paul Hollywood is a world-renowned baker and celebrity chef, best known for his role as a judge on the hit TV show The Great British Bake Off. Here he shares two of his favourite recipes from his new book Celebrate.

Spring is a time of transition, when the gloomy days start to disappear. It’s also a time when tons of fruits, veggies and superfoods start popping up. This is the perfect time of year to focus on healthy food options.

Creating a new extension for your home is an exciting opportunity to add space and improve functionality – but when working with a period property, it’s crucial that this addition feels like a natural, effortless continuation of the original home.

Datestones appear in all sorts of housing in all periods, ingeniously worked in brick, moulded in plaster, carved in stone and incised in wood.

Owners of as many as 80 per cent of period homes risk losing a lot of money if their properties are damaged or destroyed. Heritage expert Peter T J Rumley explains.

We shine some light on the recent disappearance of some of Canterbury’s much-loved cast-iron lampposts.

Whether you’ve got an empty annexe or a garage that’s seen better days, there are plenty of options when it comes to converting your outbuildings.

The good thing about upcycling is that there really are no limits to what you can create. It’s a sustainable, cost-effective option, and anyone can join the upcycling revolution and undertake a range of upcycled furniture projects – no previous skills required.

Previously in our period house style guide we looked at the 1940s and 50s, and the emergence of mid-century modern. It was the modernist movement’s response to the less decadent post war period, which resulted in buildings that were not just utilitarian, but practical and stylish.

We chat to Rebecca of Little Interiors, based here in Kent, as she offers her top tips and tricks to enhance and refresh your period property.

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