Country Living UK

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Welcome to JUNE • This month: make the most of your ALLOTMENT or VEG PLOT • Look out for WILD ORCHIDS Escape to a coach house in YORKSHIRE • Reap a bountiful June HARVEST • Meet the queen of Tudor fiction PHILIPPA GREGORY • Plus, destination GARDEN CENTRES to while away a whole day

Denton Reserve YORKSHIRE • Vicky Carlisle escapes to a Yorkshire country estate, the ideal base for bracing moorland WALKS, quirky SHOPPING and this month’s Ilkley Food & Drink Festival

LIVE LIKE A LOCAL • Tim Kitchen’s Yorkshire highlights

ALLOTTED PLEASURES • Everything you need for POTTERING on your PLOT

KICK BACK AND ENJOY • TAKE A BREAK between weeding and watering to admire the fruits of your labour

Philippa Gregory • The queen of TUDOR FICTION talks about her literary life in RURAL Leicestershire and her mission to RECLAIM the stories of history’s most misunderstood women

8 next-level GARDEN CENTRES • Destinations worth going the extra mile for

PLOT TO PLATE • Grow, gather and share the bounty and BLOOMS of June

5 places to smell the roses

CHECKLIST June

FIELD NOTES • SCOTTISH SMALLHOLDER FESTIVAL Edinburgh 18 October 2025

FIELD NOTES • FOREST SHOWCASE FOOD FESTIVAL Gloucestershire 5 October 2025

Paula Sutton The Village Noticeboard • Paula reveals how the local fête is about much more than scooping first prize for a Victoria sponge: reputations are at stake

“It’s time to do my own thing” Anita Rani • Fear not, she’s not walking away from Countryfile, but the presenter is branching out with a new YouTube channel and podcast series. The best news? She’s bringing her dad Bal along for the ride

THE SOIL SISTERS breaking new ground • Meet the new detectorists unearthing Britain’s hidden history and inspiring more women to get digging

Celebrating Ambridge at 75 • With The Archers marking 75 years, an Ambridge-inspired garden at RHS Badminton Flower Show, created by CL’s gardening columnist Jo Thompson, is this summer’s hot ticket for the show’s superfans

ARTISANS + CRAFT

Stars of the BIG SCREEN • On their family’s farm in Somerset, cousins Jessie de Salis and Alice Jacoby create joyful screen-printed textiles inspired by nature, folklore and sun-drenched summers

WHIMSICAL PIECES on our WISHLIST • Curated buys from our favourite small makers

How to MAKE A HAND BRUSH • The heritage craft of brush making is enjoying a revival. Self-taught maker Jamie Dun shows you how to turn a household tool into a work of art

We’d like to say hello… • …during the WEEK, with three newsletters CELEBRATING the very best of COUNTRY LIVING

HOMES + DECORATING

The HAPPY HOUSE • Interior designer and co-owner of the Firmdale Hotels group, Kit Kemp is renowned for her joyful use of pattern and colour. It’s a style beautifully showcased in the playful exuberance of her New Forest home

The Interiors Insider • Our columnist on “junktique” hunting and the trade secrets he has learned as the son of an antiques dealer

Tickled PINK • Won over by its distinctive shade of Suffolk Pink, Henrietta Martindale has turned this former dairy farm into a welcoming family home, complete with greenhouse drinks bar

Cultivate an INDOOR GARDEN • Cluster, trail, hang or go large: fresh ideas for styling houseplants for maximum decorative impact

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