Privacy can be rare if your garden is overlooked by other houses. To prevent neighbours peeking into your garden or to just create your own private sanctuary of peace, Paul Parker, CEO of plants and perennials specialists J. Parker’s, shares his top tips for how to achieve privacy using plants.
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“An arbour, pergola or gazebo are all easy ways of increasing...
As fox mating season kicks into high gear, the distinctive calls of foxes become more prevalent, marking the onset of an active and potentially disruptive time for gardeners. And, with the promise of hungry cubs on the horizon, you may be looking for ways to prevent these cunning creatures from rummaging through your bins and wreaking havoc in your garden.
As the temperatures drop and the first frosts appear, green-thumbed Brits have been urged to prepare their gardens for winter with these top 10 gardening jobs for November.
Experts at Gardening Express have identified the most important gardening tasks to be carried out now to keep the plot in good shape over the winter.
Before putting the garden to bed for winter, there’s...
Green-fingered Brits wanting to keep gardens fresh and blooming throughout the late summer are being urged to get planting now.
The outdoors experts at GardenBuildingsDirect.co.uk have rounded up a list of the best plants and veggies to sow in UK gardens right now, in time for the late summer.
Even as the end of summer begins to creep up, there’s no reason to abandon...
The great outdoors is a wonderful place to explore with the summer season officially starting on June 21 - but be aware of hidden dangers for young children as they play in the garden.
The experts at GardenBuildingsDirect.co.uk say it’s worthwhile taking a critical eye to assess your outdoor space regularly to identify hazards to keep children safe.
With 40% of Brits set to transform their outdoor spaces this year, Jeyes Fluid , the British heritage outdoor cleaning specialist, today announces that it has joined forces with award-winning stylist and interiors writer, Melanie Lissack, to launch its ‘Creative Spaces’ Initiative, to inspire Brits to upcycle and repurpose leftover and forgotten items, to help transform their outdoor spaces...
If you’re stuck for garden ideas, one way to spruce up your outdoor space while giving back to nature is by attracting wildlife. Not only will it help the plants and animals, but it will also give you a garden full of interesting species.
Don’t worry - you don’t need Noah’s ark or a Pied Piper to attract wildlife – here are some easy ways to nurture the natural world with your...
The trend for winter gardening is on the increase, says home and garden retailer Homebase, despite the cold weather and some part of the country experiencing snow.
The retailer has seen a 12 per cent rise in customers searching for gardening jobs, tips, and products on its website in the last two weeks compared to the same time last year[i], despite some parts of the country being...
2021 is set to be a year of transformations for British homes, with more than half of Brits (59%) claiming they will be making home improvements, with the average spend at £6,531 per household. Decorating is revealed as the top home improvement (69%), with grey being named as 2021’s colour of choice, followed by cream and blue, according to new research by Attic Self Storage .
