How To Choose Plants For Shade

How To Choose Plants For Shade

Most of us have a problem area in the garden and that's usually a shady spot, under the eaves of the house, under trees or in the shadow of a boundary. This blog gives you plenty of ideas to inject some colour into these areas.

Silent Summer

Silent Summer

Our Disappearing Bees All over the world the numbers of honey bees and other pollinating insects, such as bumble bees and butterflies, are collapsing at an alarming rate. The murmur...

HTA Members

HTA Members

Hayes Garden World is proud to be members of the Horticultural Trade Association (HTA). The HTA is one of the largest trade associations in the Uk and has been established...

FSC Membership

FSC Membership

This blog sets out the environmental credentials we adhere to in our pursuit of the top quality timber garden furniture so you can buy in the confidence that your new garden bench is not deforesting the planet.

How To Landscape Your Garden

How To Landscape Your Garden

Follow our tips for giving your garden a quick make-over If you would like to design a new look for your garden, you need to have a clear idea of...

Best Tips For Caring For Your Orchids

Best Tips For Caring For Your Orchids

Orchids are showy, widely available and fairly cheap to buy. This blog gives you tips for making them last as long as possible, giving you fantastic value for money, as a phalaenopsis can last for several months.

How To Grow Tomatoes

How To Grow Tomatoes

Savour the superior flavour of home grown tomatoes You can start growing tomatoes from seed sown from late March to April in a good seed compost. Our plant expert Paul...

Ten Gardening Mistakes By Gnarley Gnome

Ten Gardening Mistakes By Gnarley Gnome

Top Ten Gardening Mistakes How do! I'm Gnarly the Garden Gnome, grumbling about the gardening mistakes made  by the present owner in my garden. 1. He waters without care Either he...

How To Grow Summer Flowering Bulbs

How To Grow Summer Flowering Bulbs

Plug that gap in the border in an instant with a pot of flowering bulbs At this time of year it is sometimes difficult to conjure up warm summer days...

Rags & Riches

Rags & Riches

This blog is a children's Christmas story delight any little one.

THE XMAS FACTOR

THE XMAS FACTOR

When we think of the run-up to Christmas, we think of pre-December mince pies, choosing your advent calendar, planning your office Christmas part outfit, and the ubiquity of Christmas Songs....

Most Popular Christmas Toys

Most Popular Christmas Toys

All of us will remember the feeling of pure adrenaline as you frantically pulled your presents from under the Christmas tree at the crack of dawn on Christmas day to...

The History Of Christmas

The History Of Christmas

Christmas is thought to have originated when The Ancient Egyptians of Abydos began worshipping Osiris, the god of the afterlife, whose green face symbolised resurrection, thus creating the first ‘Jesus’...

Autumn - The Time For Planting

Autumn - The Time For Planting

This blog gives the reader the gen on what makes Stairway Trees so much better than those grown in a conventional plastic pot. Air-Pots give your tree a much better chance of establishing quickly which in turn leads to a stronger tree.

How To Grow Your Own ‘5 A Day’

How To Grow Your Own ‘5 A Day’

Make space for your favourite fruit crops and you will soon be reaping the mouth-watering rewards of unbeatable freshness and fantastic flavour. What could be more magical than wandering out...

Best Plants For Summer Colour

Best Plants For Summer Colour

This blog guides you through the best plants to add to your garden to give you a long season of colour over the summer. Plants are available in our Outdoor Plant department at various times from late spring to early autumn.