Last weekend we visited Harewood House, located on the outskirts of Leeds. Built in the 18^th century, the house sits within 100 acres of gardens, which has a surprising collection of rare Birds, including penguins and flamingoes! The house plays host to many events and we had made the trip to see the current exhibition ‘Useful / Beautiful: Why Craft Matters’, which runs until 1 September 2019.

A few months on our small island can mean a world of change and we saw that for ourselves here. The green seemed much greener and definitely more full - we found that we had less room to navigate our way around the glasshouses and we ogled at tomatoes on our way.