Home and Garden

Hambrooks on houseplants

As with everything in life, houseplants have come into and gone out of fashion many times over the years, although they are certainly having a ‘moment’ now.  What we choose to grow in our homes has...

The evolution of a garden

Back in spring 2004, we were asked to design and build a garden.  A good size and surrounded by established trees and farmland, the plot itself was a blank canvas, other than the existing house.  W...

Seven great uses of gravel or chippings in your garden

Gravel and stone chippings – known in the business as ‘decorative aggregates’ – are possibly the most under-rated of building materials!  They have so many uses we think every garden needs some.  T...