Category Archives: Gardens

Collaborative post Today’s kids are spending way too much time locked up in their homes – sometimes quite literally. And, as a result, they’re not getting outside and enjoying what nature has to offer.  Getting your kids interested in pruning and shearing, though, can be a challenge. But there’s good news: smart parents have developed […]

Collaborative post We all typically give a lot of thought to the interior of our home, but the outside area, in particular the back, can often be overlooked. If we do put some effort into getting it into shape, it’s usually in pretty basic ways: for example, just ensuring that things don’t fall into a […]

Collaborative post A patio is a great addition to your garden that can help to break up your outdoor space and get more use out of it. You can use it as a place to relax in the sun, cook on the BBQ, and entertain friends. But designing a patio is not as simple as […]

Collaborative post If you have a busy life and young children, gardening can end up very low down your priorities list. You don’t need to resort to paving over the whole garden though as there is a growing trend towards low-maintenance gardens, meaning that there is a lot of inspiration out there for your garden. […]

Gardening with kids is one of my favourite outdoor activities for children. At the beginning of the summer, we were sent this gorgeous raised wooden garden bed from the garden site. It is a generous size of 6ft by 3ft raised bed perfect for getting started gardening with kids. Made from pressure-treated timber it is […]

This is a collaborative post. Right now, you’ve probably not given your garden much attention since around about September last year. The days got shorter, the temperature got colder, and you kind of just neglected your garden in favour of staying inside in the warmth. Don’t worry, we all do this! As a consequence, spring […]

  As I’ve mentioned before our garden is a blank canvas. As a first time gardener I’m taking it slow and not adding too many plants at once. However this summer I have loved all my containers of colourful flowers but they didn’t like the week holiday we took at the end of July. A […]

This morning we picked and ate in the garden or first home grown strawberries. They were delicious. Even F thought so. She kept going back to the baskets, pointing to them and shout more. As I mentioned previously, this is our first proper garden. I would love to grow lots of fruit and veg in […]

We bought our new family home in February this year. We moved from a tiny terrace house (with only a paved yard) which we had long since grown out of, in to this 3 bed family home with a garden. From day one I loved the place and have never looked back. We still have […]