Wildflower Garden Ideas Who doesn’t love a wildflower meadow or a swathe of wild colour by the roadside? Or a ripe cornfield dotted with scarlet poppies? Who recalls, as a child making daisy chains or holding a buttercup under their chin to test whether they like butter? Or told the time by blowing away …
Choosing The Best Cutting Flower Garden Plants We all love to see a colourful display of flowers, arranged beautifully in vases, bowls, jugs, urns or any other decorative pot. We are enthralled by rich, exotic and flamboyant wedding and celebratory flowers in venues, churches and bouquets but have you ever tried to develop and …
Easy Low Maintenance Garden Ideas We all lead busy lives, juggling careers, children, family, entertainment and work commitments which means we don’t always have a lot of time to spend gardening or looking after our outdoor space. Some may not even particularly enjoy gardening but wish for their space to look inviting, they still desire …
12 Cool Handmade Gifts For Gardeners Are you looking for gifts for the garden lover in your life? Or do you simply love quirky garden-themed items for yourself? Whilst searching for a gift for a friend I came across these cool, handmade gifts for gardeners from the Etsy pages. I decided to share them here …
What To Do On A Staycation In the current lockdown situation here in the UK and in Europe and further afield, many of us have are experiencing an enforced staycation. People are off work unless they are key workers or they cannot work from home and have to go to their workplace. With all …
14 Best Garden Hand Tools For Beginners If you’ve been bitten by the gardening bug and are just starting to learn about plants and gardens, you may have found that there is an untold amount of gardening tools to choose from. Some you will recognise, some you may never have seen or even heard of. …
Best Plants To Combat Pollution In Your Garden Pollution Absorbing Plants for a Greener Garden, making your outdoor space, brighter, cleaner and better for you. In a world full of pollution we can all do our bit to improve our own space, to make the air around us cleaner. Plants are a vital element …
Top 12 Easy to Grow Vegetables and Fruit There are many reasons to grow your own, easy vegetables and fruit at home. It’s more satisfying, homegrown produce tastes delicious, no miles, no need to go shopping, no added chemicals, organic, grow your family favourites, good exercise, motivation for children to garden, gardening is good …
Ryobi OLM1833H ONE+ Cordless Lawn Mower Review I’ve used a Ryobi lawn mower for many years, I have had two in my time as a professional gardener, so even though they are built primarily for domestic use, being used at the most probably once a week in the spring and summer months, I have used …
Let’s Cover Up with 20 Best Flowering Ground Cover Plants Are you looking to fill some blank spaces in your garden this year? Do you have some areas that need further coverage with easy to grow and maintain plant options? You can’t go wrong with low growing seasonal and evergreen ground cover. There are …
