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Monthly Archives: January 2019

Monthly Archives: January 2019

How to Transform Your Garden Into a More Social Space

January 07, 2019

Turning your garden into a social space that you actually want to spend time in is understandable. So which steps should you take to make your garden more sociable and better suited to social situations? There are lots of steps you can take and things you can do to transform your garden, and we’re going to discuss some of them here. It’s all about making your garden a place that you enjoy being in.

Use Textiles to Add Colour

First of all, you should think about adding some texture and colour to your outdoor space because this boosts the appeal and makes the whole place feel more inviting, and that’s the way it should be. Textiles can be used to drape over tables, chairs, sofas or even as cover over a wooden structure to provide extra privacy or protection from the sun. It’s really up to you how you make use of them.

Create a Gravelled Area with a Communal Table and Chairs
Creating A Versatile Garden- How To Have It All

January 07, 2019

How do you use your garden? For many of us, the garden is a place to chill out, to entertain, to play, and to spend quality time together. To cater for everyone and ensure that your outdoor space is suited to a range of activities and pursuits, it’s useful to create a versatile garden. If you’re looking for ideas to make your garden more child or adult-friendly, or you’d like to get more out of your garden, you’ve come to the right place.

Creating zones

Many of us use our gardens for a wide range of purposes. This is a place where kids and pets can run around and let off steam, it’s a spot for catching up with friends and getting the family together, and an area where you can kick back, soak up the rays or curl up with a good book. To make the most of your outdoor space, and ensure that everyone gets what they want, it’s a good idea to create distinctive zones. You can do this using different materials, including wooden
Hassle-Free Horticulture: Incredible Low-Maintenance Garden Ideas

January 07, 2019

Gardening is an incredibly enjoyable hobby for many, but not everyone has the time, the energy or the inclination to devote hours to preening, pruning, strimming, watering, and mowing. If you want to make the most of your outdoor space without spending hours keeping your garden in check, here are some incredible ideas for low-maintenance alfresco areas.

Stones, rocks, and paving

If you asked a room full of people to draw a garden, most would create an image that included a patch of lawn surrounded by trees and beds full of flowers. It’s very common to have a lawn, but you don’t have to have a garden blanketed in green grass if you don’t want to. Increasingly, people are choosing to replace a traditional lawn with low-maintenance alternatives, which are easier to care for. Examples include artificial grass and rock
Rock On! Creating A Spectacular New Rockery For Your Garden

January 07, 2019

If you’re looking to add interest to your garden, you’re short on space, or you don’t want the upheaval of tending to a lawn, installing a rockery is a fabulous idea. Rockeries look the part all year-round, they’re relatively easy to maintain, and they provide an eye-catching feature for outdoor spaces of all shapes, sizes, and styles. If you’re keen to learn more and get some ideas for your own rockery, you should find this guide handy.

Creating a rockery

Rockeries add structure, height and diversity to gardens, and they’re a wonderful focal point at any time of year. Traditionally associated with alpine plants, rockeries are ideally suited to corners and sloped areas.

Pick your spot

The first thing to do when creating a rockery in your garden is choose a location. Alpine plants need
What to Consider When Introducing a Water Feature to Your Garden

January 07, 2019

Many people think about adding water features to their garden, and it’s a wise move for many people. Water features can make a space feel more peaceful or even add something more dramatic, depending on what you want to achieve with yours. It’s vital that you go about this in the right way and consider all of the things that matter before introducing a water feature to your garden; here’s more about those considerations.

Why Do You Want a Water Feature in Your Garden?

First of all, you should think carefully about what you actually want to achieve by adding a water feature to your garden. This will help you decide what kind of feature is going to be right for you. Do you want an elaborate fountain in the middle of a pond? Or something very small and subtle that makes your garden into a more relaxing and enjoyable space to spend time.
How to Achieve More When Spring Cleaning Your Garden

January 07, 2019

Spring cleaning a garden is pretty common now and many homeowners do it. It’s all about getting your garden ready for the year ahead, and it’s something that you might want to start preparing for soon. It’ll make your garden healthier and more lively as 2019 progresses, and you can find out how to achieve more when spring cleaning your garden by reading on now.

Weed Proactively

Weeding is never much fun, but doing it ahead of summer is vital. You want to make sure that all of the weeds are removed from your garden because this will save you from a lot work later in the year. So weed proactively and find every last weed you can. By putting in the work now, you will make your gardening work in the rest of the year so much simpler than it might otherwise be.

Apply a Layer of Mulch to Your Garden

A fresh layer of
The Basics of Garden Landscaping

January 07, 2019

If your garden feels a little more messy and rough around the edges than you would like it to, it might be time you learned more about garden landscaping and how you can harness it to improve your outdoor space. We’re going to delve into the basics of landscaping to talk about the things you should know and understand before you start making further changes to your garden.

Keep Things in Proportion

Keeping things in proportion to one another is perhaps the most basic principle of landscaping. If things are allowed to feel out of proportion in one way or another, it makes the whole design of the garden feel strange and wrong. That’s clearly not what you want, so try to look at things with proportion in mind when you’re making changes and aiming to get your garden just right.

Aim to Achieve a Variety of Texture

Texture is a big
The Finishing Touches Your Garden Deserves

January 07, 2019

Your garden is probably your pride and joy. When you’ve put a lot of work into it, it’s worth going that extra mile at the end to ensure it’s finished and completed to the standard it deserves. Of course, you can always improve your garden, but there some little additions that act as finishing touches because they bring your outdoor space together and make it feel complete. Here are some examples of those.

Add Garden Ornaments

Garden ornaments can come in all types and varieties, but they can look great and make your garden feel more personal to you. They’ll reflect your taste and add something creative that appeals to you directly. If you have no idea what kind of ornaments you should add to your garden, simply do some digging and see what kind of ornaments appeal to you most.

A Gravelled Area
Simple Yet Effective Upgrades Your Garden Will Benefit From

January 07, 2019

Upgrading your garden can be done in various ways, but if you want to keep things simple and still move your garden in the right direction, there are some ideas that can really have an impact. These upgrades won’t cost you a lot of money or take up a lot of your time if you don’t want them to, but they can make your garden feel more appropriate for you and better organised too.

Grow Your Own Veg

Adding a nice, functional veg patch to your garden is something that you should most definitely consider when you’re looking to improve your garden and add some new dimensions to it. When your garden has a purpose like this, it makes the whole place feel more appealing and worthwhile to you, and that can’t be a bad thing. You can grow whatever you like; just make sure you get plenty of use out of it.

Invest in New Pots and Plant Containers
Love Your Garden but Don’t Have Much Free Time? Try These Changes

January 07, 2019

Not everyone who loves gardening has the time to spend on their garden. That can lead to some frustration and a garden that’s left to go to ruin. It doesn’t have to be that way though. There are lots of changes you can make to your garden that’ll make it more sustainable and easier to manage when you don’t have much spare time on your hands. Find out more about those changes by reading on now.

Fit an Irrigation System

If you don’t have much time on your hands, it definitely pays off to have an irrigation system fitted. This means that you don’t have to worry about watering your garden and flowers yourself all the time because it will essentially be taken care of for you. There are many different types of these systems out there, and it's up to you which you want and how much you want to spend on yours.

Reduce Weeding by Adding Mulch

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