TOAST Magazine

Environment

Exploring the land around us and the ocean beyond. Finding new, thoughtful ways to preserve our environment and connecting with the outdoors.
Autumn Flowers | Flower Appreciation Society Tips

We asked the Flower Appreciation Society - our favourite London florists - to

8 years ago
London's Head Gardeners

There's an understandable level of miscomprehension surrounding the occupation

8 years ago
Right Place, Right Plant

John Stewart Collis, mid century biographer, inadvertent nature writer and

8 years ago
Walking Through Midsummer

Journal notes, Little Asby Hawthorn, June 17, 9.25pm: Grass dancing over

8 years ago
Alys Fowler at Chelsea Flower Show

I have decided that Chelsea Flower Show is a surrealist experience - one you

8 years ago
Golden Light

Morning light seeps between the curtains. We're befogged by sleep and the mist

8 years ago
Science & Artifice

Artificial meat. Hmm. A burger made in a petri dish. Not entirely inspiring.

8 years ago
Swifts

One of my lengthier commutes while living in London consumed the better part of

8 years ago
In Pursuit of Spring

February and March are full of trickery. By the close of winter we're hardwired

8 years ago
Island Growing

I was 25 when I first visited the Welsh island of Caldey. Having spent the

8 years ago
Driftwood Installation

Nigel Peterken is a native Kiwi, now residing in the South of England. He is a

8 years ago
Aran Islands

The location of the Aran Islands at the very edge of Europe, the final stop en

9 years ago
The Land Gardeners

For this month's workspace series wevisited The Land Gardeners, Henrietta

9 years ago
A BRIEF HISTORY OF SHEEP SHEARING

A brief history of sheep shearing by the farmer and writer, Nigel Adams It

9 years ago
WOODLAND SPIRITS

There are spirits to be found in Britain's ancient woodlands. Watch for

9 years ago
WORKSPACE | GRACE & THORN

For this month's workspace series wevisited Grace & Thorn's Hackney

9 years ago
BATHING IN SEAWEED

When you travel a lot and carry a lot, over time the body wearies and stiffens.

9 years ago
CABIN CRAFT & OUTDOOR LIVING

Journalist Ellie Tennant has been scouring the shelves of secondhand bookshops

9 years ago
SOUNDS OF THE SEA

It's different by the sea. Out here on the rugged edges of the green interior,

9 years ago
ALYS FOWLER | CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW

Last week I spent a glorious afternoon chasing bees over thick heads of

9 years ago
WIND & WILLOW

As a flower grower, I work happily in the rain, the cold and the searing heat,

9 years ago
Honouring The Ash Tree

No tree grows in anticipation of being felled, sawn, planked, planed, turned,

9 years ago
A Brief History Of The Waterlily

Kate O'Brien, editor of Plant Magazine, on the history of the waterlily - a

9 years ago
The Sacred Fig Tree

Standing between a rusting metal shed, the tarmacked lane and our sagged fence

10 years ago