Best Tips For Buying Garden Plants

Best Tips For Buying Garden Plants

This blog explains how to go about buying your garden plants to achieve your perfect garden space rather than having no plan and ending up being unhappy with your choices.

Best Plants To Grow For Cut Flowers

Best Plants To Grow For Cut Flowers

What could shout summer more than a house full of vases of cut flowers and this blog gives you the lowdown on the best varieties for a summer full of colour indoors. Whether you have a large garden or just a backyard you can still grow flowers for cutting.

Best Ways To Save Money In The Garden; 30 Top Tips

Best Ways To Save Money In The Garden; 30 Top Tips

There are plenty of things we can do in the garden to save money, most of them simple and quick and this blog gives you a few ideas. With the cost of living crisis biting deep if we can save money in the garden it leaves a little extra for a treat.

How To Choose Your Ideal Wooden Bench

How To Choose Your Ideal Wooden Bench

Wooden benches are our biggest seller so we have put together this guide to help you select the right bench for your needs. Delivery is free on all orders over £50 to mainland UK destinations. If you need any help choosing just pop into store or call the Customer Services team.

Griddled chicken breasts with balsamic peaches cooked on the Weber Spirit II E-310 gas BBQ

Griddled chicken breasts with balsamic peaches cooked on the Weber Spirit II E-310 gas BBQ

This blog takes you through the steps to producing a delicious chicken dish on the Weber gas BBQ, but it can be cooked on any BBQ with a lid. Expand your grilling repertoire away from burned burgers and bangers.

How To Choose The Correct Parasol Base For Your Garden Parasol

How To Choose The Correct Parasol Base For Your Garden Parasol

A garden parasol is a must if you want to sit outdoors in summer, even on a nice warm day the sun's UV ray scan damage sensitive skin. Not all parasols are suitable for every set of garden furniture, this blog guides you through the options available. If you need help choosing your garden furniture pop into the store and talk to the Garden Furniture team.

How To Add Height To Your Herbaceous Border

How To Add Height To Your Herbaceous Border

A lush overflowing herbaceous border is a thing of beauty and it's success depends upon plants of varying heights. However height need not be achieved just by growing tall herbaceous plants think obelisks with climbers, climbers growing up the back wall or hedge or formal standard evergreen shrubs.

How do I plant up a strawberry hanging basket?

How do I plant up a strawberry hanging basket?

Many of us don't have any garden space but most of us can put out a hanging basket so why not ditch the traditional bedding plants and opt for sweet juicy strawberries.

How To Assemble A Suncoast Solid Teak Garden Bench

How To Assemble A Suncoast Solid Teak Garden Bench

Our Suncoast teak garden benches come flat packed but are relatively simple to assemble, just read the blog and watch the video to see our Garden Furniture team leader take you through the steps.

How To Cook Moules Mariniere On The Weber Genesis II E310

How To Cook Moules Mariniere On The Weber Genesis II E310

Add moules mariniere to your BBQ repertoire, they make a delicious sharing starter. We cooked them in the Weber GBS wok but if you don't have the GBS grill a good quality deep cast iron skillet will work just as well. Learn to cook more fish on one of our BBQ courses held in store.

How To Cook King Prawns With Chilli, Garlic And Lime In The Weber GBS Wok

How To Cook King Prawns With Chilli, Garlic And Lime In The Weber GBS Wok

These king prawns cooked in garlic, lime and chilli make a really tasty starter and cook in just a few minutes. The marinade can be made in advance so you have more time to socialise with your guests. It can be cooked in a veg basket or on a griddle. Check out more easy quick BBQ recipes on our Youtube channel.

How To Cook Seared Tuna and Little Gem Lettuce with Nichoise Dressing On The Traeger Timberline 850 Wood Pellet Grill

How To Cook Seared Tuna and Little Gem Lettuce with Nichoise Dressing On The Traeger Timberline 850 Wood Pellet Grill

This delicious tuna dish is not only healthy but also quick to prepare and cook, ideal for a summers day spent in the garden or if you have friends around for lunch. If you want to increase your stock of BBQ recipes enrol on one of our courses in store and learn a few tricks to impress family and friends; details of courses on the Events page.

How to cook crispy Asian style duck on the Weber Genesis II E-310 rotisserie

How to cook crispy Asian style duck on the Weber Genesis II E-310 rotisserie

Why not grill your own Asian duck instead of having a takeaway? You can personalise it to your own taste, it makes a great starter if you're hosting a BBQ party. This video takes you through the recipe step-by-step so you can be sure of success.

How to avoid food poisoning from barbecue food

How to avoid food poisoning from barbecue food

Barbecuing is one of the fastest growing pastimes and a great way to socialise in your own outdoor space but a combination of inexperience and exuberance can lead to a wide array of accidents. This blog aims to make you aware of the risks and the simple steps you can take to ensure the safety of everyone concerned.

How To Attract Wildlife To The Garden

How To Attract Wildlife To The Garden

Wildlife is under threat like never before and this blog gives you some tips on the little things you can do in your outdoor space which can make a huge difference to a whole range of mammals, birds and invertebrates.

How To Deal With Black Spot On Your Roses

How To Deal With Black Spot On Your Roses

Black spot can disfigure and severely weaken your roses so needs tackling as soon as you spot the signs. Some roses are more resistant than others but given warm wet weather most are susceptible.