Gardens have always been renowned for their healing power, but a new wellness movement is ramping things up. Enter the spa garden, or “sparden” — a growing trend for turning your backyard into a full-blown mini retreat.
At the forefront of this is the garden sauna. Chris Selman spent a year travelling the world researching them (“my friends hated me,” he laughs) before co-founding bespoke home sauna company Out of the Valley.
