Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” — Henry James
There's something about July that slows everything down to picnic pace — rugs on the grass, baskets packed with good things, and absolutely nowhere else to be. This month, we're leaning fully into that feeling.
Our Focus On: Picnics (pp. 25–31) is a real treat this issue, taking you from Norfolk's Top Ten Picnic Spots — golden beaches, ancient parkland and hidden riverside meadows — through to Healthy Picnics, proving a hamper can be nourishing as well as indulgent, and finishing with a nostalgic look back at Retro Picnics, complete with Scotch eggs, Coronation chicken and games that don't need batteries.
Green-fingered readers won't want to miss Essential Jobs To Do In The Garden For July (pp. 8–9), keeping borders, pots and kitchen gardens thriving through the warmest weeks of the year. And for the first time ever, Norfolk hosts its own RHS Flower Show — we've got all th
