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
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
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
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
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
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
A Christmas Story Penelope Prim had emailed Santa Claus to tell him that she wanted a new doll for Christmas. It was not to be any old doll, but one...
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
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
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
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’
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
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.
How To Grow Lovely Lavatera
Celebrate summer with the help of a classic, floriferous shrub - Lavatera. It’s popular name is mallow & it is an easy to grow shrub that increases in size quickly...