The best gardening websites to get your garden growing
Whether you’re a total garden novice intending to grow some container plants, or you’re 30 years into a passion for horticulture, there are thousands of gardening websites and blogs to guide and/or inspire you. And that’s the problem – there are just too many to...
The best outdoor lights for your garden?
The 21st-century trend for using our gardens as extra living spaces has illuminated people’s interest in garden lighting. Traditionally outdoor lighting was simple and practical: security lights and lighting for paths. Now the choice is endless: eco lights,...
Creating a garden windbreak, our top tips
Complaints about the weather are an essential part of the British summer, and in August the post-mortems begin – too much rain, not enough rain, too much wind, and so on. But if your main complaint is wind blighting your summer, spare a thought for your garden. It...
How to use rocks to make your garden design more interesting
Rocks in a garden used to mean an old-fashioned rockery, with a few mossy stones and Alpines used to disguise a ‘difficult’ patch of sloping garden. For most of us they seemed as old-fashioned a garden design as you could get. But don’t dismiss rocks as something...
How to design and make a wildlife-friendly garden
There were newspaper reports this month lamenting the tidal wave of grey sweeping Britain’s front gardens. They were based on a report from the Royal Horticultural Society stating that 3 million front gardens had been paved over in the past 10 years, and that 5...
Our highlights from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
If you've got green fingers the Chelsea Flower Show is one of the must-see events of the gardening calendar, when people from all across the country descend on London to have a look at the best creations by the most talented gardeners. The summit of gardening...
Garden design ideas for garden buildings
In previous blogs on the GardenLife website we’ve talked about the best place to position a garden building and designing a child friendly garden. We've also covered timber buildings and planning permission, as well as some garden designs for summer houses and log...
Budget garden design – creative ways to design a garden on the cheap (or even for free)
In these times of austerity it can be hard to get a foot on the property ladder. However, if you've been lucky enough to save up a house deposit, have a mortgage deal agreed, and worked through the often stressful purchase of your first home with solicitors, then you...
Garden design ideas; taking design inspiration from great British gardens
If you're considering revamping a section of your back garden, wondering about how to integrate a new garden building such as a summer house, or you have a blank canvas and a new plot to play with, you can't go wrong taking inspiration from some of the UKs amazing...