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Machinery & Mowers
Petrol & Electric Hedge Cutters
A look at the various type of powered hedge cutters.
The ultimate time saver. Pick the right type for your needs.
Chainsaw Trousers and Protective Clothing
Protective gear goes hand in hand with buying a chainsaw.
Make something useful with all that garden waste.
The most important piece of garden machinery you can buy.
Ride-on Lawnmowers and Lawn Tractors
Make light work out of a large lawn or paddock.
Just what you need to trim those hard to reach areas.
Telescopic and Long Reach Hedge Cutters
Great for tall hedges without the need for a ladder.
Leaf problem? You need a garden vac.
Pressure Washers - Choosing the Right Machine
Get your patios and paths looking like new.
Some interesting options for digging and tilling the soil.
Hand Tools
Telescopic long reach pole pruners
Fantastically useful tools for pruning high branches.
The different types of garden loppers explained
The best saws for a variety of pruning tasks
Choosing quality secateurs, hedge shears and bow saws.
Simple tools that come in a variety of different forms.
Wheelbarrows and Garden Trolleys
The workhorses of the garden.
What exactly is a dibber anyway?
Clearing up, lawn care, moving soil - there's a rake for each job.
If you want straight borders and edges, you'll need one of these.
Make the most of your timber supply.
Lawn Care
How to maintain your lawn from watering and feeding to aerating and scarifying.
When to feed and fertilize and using the right tools.
How to top-dress your lawn
Laying a lawn with turf.
How to get the best results using lawn seed.
Hedge Cutting
Using the right tools for the job.
How to get those hard to reach areas.
Tree and Hedge Cutting Ladders and Platforms
Types of access equipment for cutting hegges
Great Species for planting a hedge
Tree Pruning
Making the right cuts at the right time.
Some handy hints on getting rid of those stubborn stumps and tree roots.
Fencing & Screening
Tips on putting up a garden fence.
Concrete Spur Fence Post Repair
How to install a fence spur
Screening & Natural Garden Fencing
Natural screening and fencing for the garden.
Sheds & Storage
Wood, Metal or Plastic?
Long lasting and durable, plastic sheds come in a range of colours and sizes.
Storage options for your garden. Metal, plastic and timber storage ideas.
Tough and smart, a metal shed is a great alternative to the usual timber type.
The classic wooden shed available in all shapes and sizes.
Protect your investment with these lawnmower storage options.
Keep your bike secure and dry with these storage solutions.
Greenhouses
Buying the right size, frame and glass-type to suit your needs
Greenhouse Cleaning and Hygiene
Greenhouse cleaning to prevent diseases infecting your plants
Seeds and Plants
A large selection of vegetable seeds featuring all the favourites plus some unusual varieties for the adventurous gardener.
Indoor and outdoor vegetable plants.
Growing tomatoes in a greenhouse or outside.
Main Crops, First Earlies, Second Earlies and salad potatoes.
A decent range of onions, garlic and shallots for home growing.
Choose from a selection of delicious fruit from apple and pear trees to strawberry plants and raspberry canes.
Ready to plant sweet pea plants in a choice of colours.
Over a dozen different hardy annual sweet pea varieties to choose from.
Every garden should have a herb patch. Browse a selection of easy to grow herb seeds.
All the varieties you need to create a beautiful outdoor space - whatever the size of your garden.
Keep kids fascinated with these specially selected seed varieties.
A range of indoor and outdoor bulbs for both spring and autumn planting.
Add a splash of colour to your borders and baskets.
Ways to grow your own runner beans.
Composting
Timber offers the most pleasing and practical solution for your composting efforts.
Long lasting and cheap, a plastic compost bin is the ideal solution for many gardens.
Turning your waste into compost.
These fantastic tumbling compost bins provide the most convenient way to produce compost without backache!
Bokashi Wheat Bran for Composting
Bokashi wheat bran to help speed up your composting.
All the bits and pieces to make composting easier.
An alternative way to compost your kitchen waste is to enlist the help of worms.
Watering & Irrigation
Watering Equipment for the Garden
Great tools for watering and irrigation
Water saving tips
Ponds
Concrete, Flexible or rigid pond liner?
Energy saving pond equipment powered by the sun.
A range of pumps to suit all sizes of garden pond.
Keep your pond in top condition with a range of pumps.
Keep your pond clean and clear with these specialist vacuums.
Essential for the life of your pond, these plants can be bought online and delivered to your home.
Pets in the Garden
Pets in the Garden
Outdoor animal houses, runs and boundaries for you pets.
Beds and Planting
Durable and great value, plastic raised beds offer an alternative to timber.
Raised Timber Beds for the Garden
Raised timber beds offer an easy solution to get you growing vegetables quickly.
Protect your new plants and vegetables with these cloches.
Cages & Netting
All types of netting for the garden - fruit protection, pond netting and much more.
Keep those birds from raiding your fruit with these steel framed fruit cages.
Timber fruit cages for a more traditional feel.
Aluminium Garden Fruit & Veg Cages
Lightweight and durable, aluminium fruit cages are the most popular type for protecting your fruit and veg.
Smaller aluminium and steel cages for strawberries and vegetables.
DIY Build Your Own Fruit & Veg Cages
Build your own fruit and vegetable cages from a range of connectors, canes, tubing and netting.
