Accessories in natural materials, such as cane shades and grass floor matting, give you a good base on which to build.

WSJ: Beige Can Be an Oddly High-Maintenance Friend

Any colourful flowers are good, and the caterpillars of a lot of British butterflies are grass eaters - so allowing native species of grass to grow a bit longer in the summer will help.

BBC: Butterflies hit by damp summers

The long grass around Whitehall is littered with dusty copies of reports published by committees of the great and the good.

BBC: Osborne refreshes First Minister others cannot reach