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If you're starting to prepare your garden for summer, Wowcher might have the perfect addition. The discount website is selling a retractable garden pergola for 67% off. The Retractable Outdoor Garden ...

When planning your perfect outdoor living space, a shade solution should be high up on the priority list - especially if the recent heatwave is anything to go by. Which might have led you to ask - ...

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Looking for a way to bring a bit of shade into your garden without having a cumbersome parasol? Shoppers are praising Amazon's Mokani Sun Shade Sail which can be used in gardens, across patios, for ...

In the desert metropolis of Dubai, where the summer is one long heat wave, shade is precious as people seek refuge from the sun’s scorching rays. Enter Italian architect and designer Carlo Ratti’s ...

In the desert metropolis of Dubai, where the summer is one long heat wave, shade is precious as people seek refuge from the sun’s scorching rays. Enter Italian architect and designer Carlo Ratti’s ...

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In the garden of London's Victoria & Albert Museum stands the Elytra Filament Pavilion, a 2,000-square-foot canopy named for---and designed after---a beetle's elytron, the insect's fibrous, ...