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After a dreary spring, it looks like summer is finally here! It’s the perfect time to start enjoying your time outdoors. Whether you want to enjoy tea and cake on the patio or meticulously manicure your lawn, we have something for you! Here’s our curated list of our favourite garden items for you to make the most of this summer.

Choosing what to buy friends and family for Christmas can be hard. That is why we have put together this gift guide to help give you some inspiration.

Although winter isn’t the best time for gardening as the other seasons may be, it’s just as important to look after your garden during these colder months to ensure healthy growth next year!

Plant winter flowering bulbs

If you haven’t already, make planting winter flowering bulbs top of your list. Doing so at the beginning of the season by the very latest will mean bright colours from January through to spring. 

We are selling some Hyacinths and Amaryllis bulbs right now!

Deadhead your autumn flowering plants

Some of your plants will be starting to wilt and fade; carefully remove the dead heads to encourage healthy re-growth and blooms in the new year.

Prune summer flowering shrubs

With our Ratchet Secateurs (SKU: 26669) you can cut back the summer shrubs to save you a job in the spring and promote better growth too!

Protect plants

Move your potted plants indoors or into a greenhouse if you have one to avoid damage. If you don’t have a greenhouse we sell an amazing 4 Tier Mini Green

Looking for things to do on those cold autumn days? Arts and crafts are a perfect way to keep children occupied and warm. We have put together a list of different activities you can do this autumn.

Autumn is on the way! With the weather getting colder, the days shorter, and leaves beginning to fall - here are some essentials we think you need this season!

All our catalogues, emails and adverts have a unique code, known as the media code, that when quoted over the phone or online will allow you to purchase items with the deals advertised. This code is usually found at the bottom right-hand side of the back page of our catalogue and in the main body of emails and adverts.

With summer arriving, we’re all enjoying more time outside. It’s the perfect time of year to spend time in the garden, especially after the effort of preparing your garden for the year. Nothing quite completes a garden like a nice ornament. They’re the perfect way to add some personality and character to your outdoor space. Here are just a few of our favourites!

If you're planning a get together for summer, garden parties are a great way to take your celebrations outdoors and into the sun. Nothing beats tea and cake in the garden or prosecco on the patio. We’ve put together just some of the essential things you’ll need for your garden party planning!

Spring is on the way and the weather is finally mild enough for us to get out in the garden again. If you’re stuck with where to start, we’ve created this handy checklist for you! It’s time to organise, tidy, plant and prune again – we can’t wait!

With cold weather and fallen leaves, we’re ushering in the new season. If you’re wondering what else you might need to do in your garden, we’ve put together a list of things you can do before it gets too cold.