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If your perennials are on their last legs, refresh your garden or outside space with berry laden shrubs that will give colour over the autumn and well into winter
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How environmentally friendly is wallpaper? If 'not very' is the answer...which it is.. what products can be used to make our walls green and interesting company? Kay Hill investigates
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Once you get your creative thinking cap on you'll be amazed at what you can upcycle
 New College Swindon has appointed Swindon-based Hills Waste Solutions as its waste and recycling contractor in a three-year deal, following a competitive tender process. |
 Sales of candles, particularly fragranced ones, continue to grow. And we're seeing more small artisan manufacturers bring delicious, quirky, new fragrances to the market while striving to make their products environmentally friendly
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 Heat pumps can bring household energy costs down toless than £2 a day, according to new research |
 Timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the film Jaws, endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh has swum around Martha's Vineyard to raise awareness of the slaughter of sharks worldwide and its devastating effect on ocean ecosystems |
 For abstract art in lovely colours, Nat Maks' prints are unique as she uses the centuries old craft of Suminagashi |
 The Design Museum in London is extending until the end of May its Tim Burton retrospective. It's proving the museum's most successful exhibition ever, with more than 170,000 visitors to date |
 It might seem counter intuitive, but don't dry clothes on heated radiators and be sure to open windows even in winter if you want to avoid condensation and worse still, mould |
 Christmas is a time lots of us keep our fingers crossed that we'll get a gift or two that's really useful or that we need. So if you want to give gifts that are practical, we've got ideas to suit all budgets, from funky bellows to reclaimed wood coasters via hydroponic indoor veg growing. All wrapped in recycled giftwrap. |
 Roman blinds are fast becoming the nation's favourite window treatment, but there are other options too, depending on your needs and budget |
