The Daily Telegraph - Saturday - Saturday
Where to buy garden antiques
Owing to Covid restrictions, it’s best to look online to find the most up-to-date information on how to access stock from shops and showrooms. Visit antiques-atlas.com and iacf.co.uk to find out when fairs and markets are opening; and at the bottom of the pecking order, take a look at carbootjunction.com for sales near you.
h Antiques
Drew Pritchard (drewpritchard.co.uk) and on Quest TV channel; Yorkshire Garden Antiques (silkstonereclamation.co.uk) for a good selection, especially York stone features; architecturalheritage.co.uk for antiques, custom-made pieces and restoration; also Rutland Garden Classics (rutland gardenclassics.co.uk).
h European antiques
Rune Wold on Instagram (@norse_vintage) and at Faversham Antique Market (favershammarket.org and Facebook); online for
Willy Guhl at 1stdibs.co.uk; Belgian European
Antiques Warehouse (antiqueswarehouse.be); and Sophie Norton’s shop Branching Out (branching outantiques.co.uk).
h Industrial and agricultural salvage
John Ruler (@vinret1); reclaimedworld.com in Tarporley, Cheshire; also look out for examples for sale on gumtree.com and ebay.com.
h Tools
Garden & Wood (gardenand wood.co.uk and @garden andwood). London-based oldgardentoolsforsale.co.uk also has a prop-hire section; the vintagegardenstore.com has a spectacular range of garden goodies.
h Inspiration
Online: theelementalgarden. com, english-gardenantiques.co.uk. Instagram: @reptonandco and @gardenbrocante.