Push open the reclaimed gate to Louise and Piers Neweth's Oxfordshire garden and you feel as though you're stepping into a cottage 'potager' that's been the same for generations. In fact, the couple, who deal in antique gardening paraphernalia via their online shop Garden and Wood, began work on it in 2003 but, thanks to their savvy use of salvaged finds, it feels much, much older. When we created the garden it was brand new,' explains Louise. Using old materials made the garden feel much more established. Weathered items with history give a garden a sense of age.
With reclaimed bricks edging beds, salvaged paving slab paths, old stone troughs and cattle drinkers for water recycling, and antique copper planters overflowing with flowers, the vintage elements in the couple's garden enrich the space in many ways: aesthetically pleasing, incorporating salvaged finds into a garden scheme is also environmentally friendly, too.
'We were consciously trying to live a more sustainable life, so initially this was more important to us than how things looked,' says Louise. "But the two go hand in hand.'
While the more obvious garden antiques are always in demand - bird baths, urns, staddle stones, sundials, fountains and so on the secret to giving your garden a unique look is to use a little lateral thinking and incorporate items which were not originally intended for ordinary garden use. 'Our garden table top is a reclaimed snooker slate and the lights that hang in our trees are made from old Kilner jars,' Louise reveals. 'Nothing is new.'
1. Pick up a planter
Bu hikaye Homes & Antiques dergisinin June 2023 sayısından alınmıştır.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Giriş Yap
Bu hikaye Homes & Antiques dergisinin June 2023 sayısından alınmıştır.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Giriş Yap
48 hours in FUNCHAL
Jenny Oldaker discovers Madeira's capital to be an elegant, artistic place with wide open spaces, verdant beauty spots and a picture-perfect sea-facing location...
LUKE HONEY'S Enthusiasms
On an autumn day in 1783, a sheep, a duck, and a rooster became the first living creatures to fly in a hot air balloon.
Collecting NUTCRACKERS
Not just for Christmas, these nostalgic keepsakes come in an abundance of novelty shapes and styles, offering character and affordability for budding collectors
WHY I COLLECT Medals
Oliver Miller, managing director of Bishop & Miller Auctioneers and Valuers, is fascinated by medals - for him it's all about the preservation of stories for future generations...
Fashionably CURATED
Roni Lang's home in Deal, situated above her clothing store, is every bit as creative and stylish as you'd expect from a fashion designer
Work life balance
Lucy and Guy Rutter - a ceramicist and artist respectively - have found the ideal place to live and work: a Victorian property in Faversham attached to a once-neglected studio...
Farm FUSION
A farmhouse near Cape Town has been given a rustic-meets-industrial makeover, using found materials and objects, as well as treasures brought back from afar
SAVVY Sophistication
Affordable and intriguing charity shop and eBay finds are teamed with statement pieces in this impressive Victorian home in West Yorkshire
DARREN APPIAGYEI
The wood artist talks to Dominique Corlett about seed pods, creative reinvention and the life-enhancing feeling of turning a lathe
Collecting Dioramas MINIATURE WORLDS
From elaborate taxidermy museum displays to humble folk art creations, a diorama can transport us to another time and place