Daylesford Living: Inspired by Nature - by Carole Bamford (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Live and entertain Cotswolds style, with English lifestyle visionary and famed organic farm founder Carole Bamford. Carole Bamford first opened Daylesford Organic over 20 years ago. The first of its kind, the farmshop has grown to become one of the most sustainable farms and food retailers in the UK with produce from the farm, homewares and household goods, a plant nursery, beauty, clothing, and more. In addition to the flagship farmshop in the Cotswolds, Daylesford Organic has four London stores and a growing e-commerce platform. The Daylesford estate has grown with the farm and now boasts pubs, holiday cottages, wellness spas and a members' health club, while continuing to pioneer large-scale sustainable agriculture. Here, Bamford opens the doors to never-before-seen parts of the estate, the restored cottages and their stylish interiors, and the gardens, and provides readers with decorating and entertaining ideas, themed by seasonal flowers and featuring accessible tabletop ideas. This rare view into Bamford's way of life shows why she has become a key tastemaker of her generation. With insightful text on creating a wholesome lifestyle and specially commissioned photography throughout, this is a quintessential guide to stylish English country living"--

Book Synopsis

Live and entertain Cotswolds style, with English lifestyle visionary and famed organic farm founder Carole Bamford in Daylesford Living: Inspired by Nature.

Carole Bamford opened the Daylesford Farmshop 20 years ago on her Cotswolds estate. It has become arguably the best organic country shop of its kind, with a garden center, exquisite housewares, beauty and fashion products, and more, now sold at the original shop and around the world. The Daylesford estate has grown with the farm and now boasts pubs, vacation cottages, and a health club and spa, while continuing to pioneer large-scale sustainable agriculture.

Here, Bamford opens the doors to never-before-seen parts of the estate, the restored cottages and their stylish interiors, and the gardens, and provides readers with decorating and entertaining ideas, themed by seasonal flowers and featuring accessible tabletop ideas. This rare view into Bamford's way of life shows why she has become a key tastemaker of her generation.

With insightful text on creating a wholesome lifestyle and specially commissioned photography throughout, this is a quintessential guide to stylish English country living.

Review Quotes

"Daylesford Living: Inspired by Nature, the story of the productive Cotswold farm where the organic world serves as the ultimate generative force. . . . a catalyzing tonic for anyone with the hint of a green thumb."--Chloe Schama "Vogue" (4/1/2024 12:00:00 AM)

"This dreamy book offers an intimate insight into [Carole Bamford's] rural life including never-before-seen parts of the Daylesford estate . . . providing readers with inspirational decorating and entertaining ideas."-- "The English Home" (6/1/2024 12:00:00 AM)

About the Author

The founder of award-winning brands Daylesford Organic and Bamford, Carole Bamford is recognized as a visionary in organic farming and food retail. In 2019, she launched the sustainable-living magazine Seed, as well as Nila House in Jaipiur, part of the not-for-profit Lady Bamford Foundation. She is the author of the book Nurture.

Martin Morrell is a well-known English photographer whose work has appeared in countless international magazines, from AD to Elle Decor and Vogue Living. He lives in London.