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Seed catalogues

Seed catalogues

When your stack of seed catalogues reaches critical mass and the weather stops you doing anything useful outdoors, it’s time to make out your annual seed order and post it off. Oh, I know you could probably buy what you want from your local garden centre in spring, but there’s a lot to be said [...]

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Shed Passions … could yours win you £1000 ?

Shed Passions … could yours win you £1000 ?

Could your shed win you £1000 ? The National Shed of the Year competition has kicked off in style with sponsors Cuprinol offering £1000 in cash and a shed load of Cuprinol products to the lucky winner. Last years winner, Reg Miller from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, beat off  competition from 1,250 shed-lovers to win the coveted [...]

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Grow Your Own Weekend

Grow Your Own Weekend

26 – 27th March 2011. Be inspired on how to fill your plate with wonderful home-grown produce, and get advice from RHS gardeners at the annual Grow Your Own event at RHS Garden Wisley 26 -27 March 2011. This year there will be plenty of practical planting demonstrations, cookery demonstrations, gardener Q&A sessions and fun [...]

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Post Winter Lawn Care

Post Winter Lawn Care

by Alan Titchmarsh. Wotta rotten winter. And if, this weekend, you are looking out of your living room window onto a shaggy khaki swamp, where once you had a pristine emerald lawn, you’re not alone. Moss, tufts and tussocks, puddles – even snowmen – have all been par for the course this season. But the [...]

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Hellebores

Hellebores

Some of the most must-have spring plants, in the last few years, have been hellebores. It’s easy to see why. At a time of year when there’s not much about, it’s good to see the first really showy perennials in flower. And since the plant breeders have improved the old faithful Lenten hellebore, Helleborus orientalis, [...]

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Save an Extra £5 on Garden Hand Tools

Save an Extra £5 on Garden Hand Tools

Get ready for Spring with our fantastic new offer – buy any three hand tools from our superb selection and save a further £5. Simply add your choices to your basket and the discount will automatically be applied. The offer not only includes our Alan Titchmarsh hand tools but also some great tool bundles, meaning [...]

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Grow Your Own Potatoes – make sure your local school is registered!

Grow Your Own Potatoes – make sure your local school is registered!

Launched in 2005 by the UK Potato Council -  Grow Your Own Potatoes (GYOP) was one of the first primary school based growing projects. Since then it has become the largest of its kind with almost 1 million children signed up for 2010 learning where potatoes come from, how they grow and that potatoes are [...]

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This year I really really am…

This year I really really am…

This year I really really am …. how many times have you heard yourself say this about your garden ? According to recent research, the top ten gardening resolutions for 2011 include growing more fruit and vegetables and gardening organically, without the need for chemicals. Whilst I am thoroughly in agreement with the first one, [...]

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Snow Need for Panic

Don’t find yourself trapped in drifts this winter. We’ve just added our superb snow shovel to the site and it’s just what you need to help you out. Make sure you order yours now.

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Shed’s Heaven

Are you short of storage space?  Look no further – we’ve now added a superb selection of sheds to our catalogue. And, as if that isn’t enough, we’re offering to build it for you. Check out the range here. We’re adding new products all the time but what would you like to see on the [...]

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