This week, I read that Joa Studholme, Farrow & Ball’s colour curator, was predicting the onslaught of butter yellow paint in our homes a decade ago, when everyone was still furiously coating their walls in “mizzle” grey. I marvelled at both her foresight and the comfortingly glacial pace of interior design trends. But if interiors trends are slow, I’d argue gardening ones are even slower.
One of the trends that comes up persistently is the outdoor kitchen. In my mind, they are associated with Guides’ camps and fixed barbecue grills that are used once then languish unwashed until the entire shenanigan unfolds again the following summer.
