Be creative and make an outdoor space with a difference Making the most of outdoor areas to provide somewhere to relax or maybe work is becoming more popular thanks to some clever designs to provide inspiration, and the trend to make the most of available space around a property. What’s your space for? If
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5 Types of Paving to Complement Your Artificial Lawn Creating the garden of your dreams involves combining many different elements. You’re likely to want to have a patio area for putting a table and chairs on, and to provide a hardstanding. You’ll want a garden lawn for relaxing on warm summer days and for the
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7 Gardening Books Every Avid Gardener Must Read In today’s society, many people struggle to find the time to have a bit of peace and quiet to indulge in some reading. However, we think that it’s extremely important to try to find that time as so much information can be gleaned from books. Perhaps
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A History of Garden Design When designing your dream garden, the first step is to gather together ideas and inspiration that can be incorporated into your plan. In today’s society one of the best ways to get inspiration for your garden is through social media photo sharing platforms, such as Pinterest or Instagram. However, it
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7 Types of Pathway Surfacing to Transform Your Garden Pathways are an important part of any garden. Not only do they get you from A to B, i.e. from your patio to the garden shed, for example, but they can also enhance the aesthetic appeal of your garden, too. The impact that a pathway
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Our 10 Favourite Sun-Loving Plants & Shrubs We’ve already looked at 10 Shade-Loving Plants & Shrubs in a previous article, and today it’s time to look at 10 sun-loving plants and shrubs for those areas of the garden that find themselves bathed in sunlight. Different parts of your garden are likely to receive different
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7 Types of Garden Lighting to Transform Your Garden at Night Lighting is often considered to be a key element of garden design. There are many different types of garden lighting that can be used to achieve different effects. Some types of lighting have practical uses, such as enabling you to see in
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7 Types of Water Feature for Your Garden The best garden designs have features or focal points that create interest and draw the eye. A great way to add a focal point to any garden, large or small, is through a water feature. Not only do water features look amazing, but they can also
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10 Instagram Gardening Accounts You Should Be Following When you think of Instagram, you might think of a host of celebrities trying to outdo each other with photos and videos of their extravagant lifestyles or else a bunch of ‘influencers’ trying to sell you stuff. However, there’s much more to Instagram than that. The
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