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Create an Indoor mini Garden

A terrarium is a mini garden in a glass container. The plants are low maintenance and are perfect for those who don't have a garden or just don't have green fingers. Words: Tsia Carson Photography: Meredith Heuer

Encourage Kids to Eat Their Greens

Katherine Hackworthy allows vegetables to fully shine in her desserts. Go green and get inspired…

The Gift of Resiliency

Charlotte Hartley Jones explains why helping our children to develop inner strength to deal with challenges is an important life skill...

10 Ways to Celebrate Beltain

Glennie Kindred invites us to get playful and to find our connection to our wild self. Beltain is one of the great fire festivals of our ancient past, when bonfires were lit on the hill tops and communities gathered together to feast, party, stay up all night and welcome in the dawn.

Make Your Own Beltane Magic

Hawthorn is synonymous with May and is steeped in magic and mystery - Lucy Corkhill uncovers the folk lore and legend of this hedgerow plant that traditionally comes into blossom at Beltane.

The Trouble with Rewards

Jan Hunt encourages us to help our children seek out the intrinsic rather than external rewards, leading to a relationship built on trust and love

Why I Choose to Have a Midwife

We spoke to three mothers whose births were made immeasurably better because of the care offered by their midwives. Here they tell their stories...

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Eco Chic Cottages

Cotswolds Holiday Cottages where Luxury and Sustainability meet

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How to be a mindful parent

How meditation can change your life. WORDS: Vanessa Carnevale

Create Your Own Homeopathic First Aid Kit

How to use homeopathy to self diagnose for your family and the remedies you need to create your own first aid kit...

Paws For Thought

Over 50% of us have pets at home and £3 billion pounds are spent annually on petcare products in the UK. So it is certainly worth making ethical choices in this area of our lives...