Summer house paint colours
Summer house paint colours Our top summer house colour schemes with real customer photos Asking "what colour should I paint my summer house?" - Here are our ideas Choosing the right colour to paint your much loved summer house can be problematic. The last thing you...
Sustainable garden design – 15 quick tips
Sustainable garden design - 15 quick and essential tips It's odd to think that a garden may not be an environmentally-friendly or natural place. Most have a lawn, greenery and some trees. However, these days it is often normal for paving slabs, non-native species,...
Gardening, therapy and mental health
Gardening, therapy and mental health Have you noticed how people are talking about gardening, therapy and mental health recently? ‘Horticulture therapy’, as some people call it, is an increasingly popular prescription for everything from depression and anxiety to...
Buying a garden gazebo in the UK
Buying a garden gazebo in the UK Cheap or quality? Pop-up or permanent? Metal or timber? Thinking of buying a garden gazebo in the UK? If you live somewhere windy, where rain regularly comes at you diagonally, a wooden garden gazebo may not be for you. But if you live...
Choosing the best garden water butt – our advice
Choosing the best garden water butt Our advice on why you need a water butt, and which water butt to choose We live in a mild, rainy climate in Britain, so water shortages are not really high on our radar. But as recent summers and unseasonal dry spells have proved,...
Native British trees – what you should (and shouldn’t) plant in your garden
Native British trees What you should (and shouldn't) plant in your garden When picking out plants and trees for your garden, it’s easy to bypass native British trees and be seduced by exotic species. You go to a famous garden and see wonderful designs based on themes...
Seven of the best gardens to visit in spring
Seven of the best gardens to visit in Spring Spring is a showpiece season for Britain’s gardens, and anyone looking for inspiration is really spoilt for choice. Formal or informal, classical or directional, it’s easy to get ideas or just a great day out, but what...
The best gardening magazines for inspiration
The best gardening magazines for inspiration We’re always hesitant to recommend straying from our own GardenLife blog and going in search of inspiration elsewhere. But we must admit that even our monthly offerings can’t cover the whole of garden design and gardening....
The best gardens to visit this winter?
The best gardens to visit this winter? OK, it’s cold outside, but don’t let this put you off a trip to some of the best gardens to visit this winter. While the trees may be bare, there are beautiful gardens up and down the country that stay open throughout winter. In...