Six ideas for July

See summer blooms

Unsurprisingly, summer is a great time for flowers! After the first blooms of early spring, our gardens continue to welcome colourful flowers throughout the warm summer months, and in the UK, you can see everything from sunflowers and dahlias to hydrangeas and fuchsias. If you’re not much of a gardener yourself, but still want to experience summer’s most beautiful flora, why not visit a local flower field?

Lavender fields are especially lovely in July; the purple perennial usually blooms between June and August, but is usually at its