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Today we love: Qwillow from Ikea

Plant clinic - keeping your plants fighting fit

Keep plants in full bloom is never that easy... despite our best efforts, plants can all too easily get out of shape. So if you want to learn how to care for them, Miracle-Gro is offering free virtual Plant Clinic appointments with gardening expert Kate Turner.

5 rules for any DIY decorating job

Five rules for any house decorating job. 

Keep involved in fighting climate change

Gareth King, WWF's head of climate change, and Michaela Strachan are particularly concerned by the impact rising temperatures and extreme flooding have on bio-diversity and they have been looking at fairly simple things we can all do to curb climate change.  

1) Keep your garden wild: plant native flowers for pollinators and keep a patch of your garden unmown and unweeded to help attract bees, hedgehogs, beetles and slugs.

Healthier home: ventilate to avoid condensation

condensation on window panes can lead to mould in our homes and poor air quality. The best and most eco friendly way to deal with condensation is simply to open your windows

Today we love: duck handle eco umbrella

Valentine's Day gifts: please, no bins

Valentine's Day gifts should be person and flowers top the list. Eco friendly and biodegradable, they top the sustainability list too if they're grown in the UK

Hard craft: period house refurbishment by Daniel Hopwood

Interior architect practice Daniel Hopwood is based in London. He champions craftspeople to make his designs and works in a style to suit clients.

Egloo terracotta heaters

Egloo terracotta heater gives you a bit of warmth for the price of three tealights. It's eco friendly and useful

New: eco-friendly graphene paint

Graphene paint from Graphenstone is a paint that contains no plastics and is infused with graphene. it absorbs CO2 and in naturally microbe resistant

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