Sustainable garden design - 15 quick tips
It’s odd to think that a garden may not be an environmentally-friendly or natural place. Most have a lawn, greenery and some trees. However, these days it is often normal...
Palmako Garden Magazine
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Climate change and gardening; dustbowls and downpours
What could gardening in a changing climate mean? An end to spring frosts? Palm trees or eucalyptus in your back garden? A green roof on your home or garden building?...
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Square garden design - how to best transform your limited space
This month in our series on garden design ideas for different shapes of gardens, we’re tackling an all-too-common horticultural gripe; how to come up with a unique small square garden...
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Want to grow your own veg? 7 tips for planning a vegetable patch
Want to grow your own veg? 7 tips for planning a vegetable patch Whether to fuel your gardening passion, improve your eating habits or occupy some free time, vegetable patches...
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Winter gardening and preparing for spring
With Christmas long gone and the temperatures gradually rising, it’s time to do some winter gardening and preparing for spring. While it’s still not exactly peak gardening season – there’s...
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Creative ideas for a long narrow garden design
This month we start a series of blogs on garden design for different shapes or sizes of garden, and we begin with a British classic: the long narrow garden. One...
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How to heat a garden room
How to heat a garden room – the best options and their pros and cons With winter well and truly underway, ‘tis the season to be keeping your timber garden...
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Planting bulbs - how, where and when
For novice or semi-committed gardeners, planting bulbs can be the ideal form of gardening. You do some gentle digging, plant the bulbs, ignore them for a few months, and then...
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New and traditional ways to preserve fruit and veg
New and traditional ways to preserve fruit and veg Autumn is synonymous with harvest time, and if you have more than a couple of fruit trees, current bushes or a...
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Garden shed maintenance advice: ten essential tips
Some of the UK had 30+ degree temperatures this September, so you might think a post about garden shed maintenance advice is badly timed, but the first Christmas puddings also...
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Creative garden path ideas: seven tips to make a garden look bigger and better
When it comes to beautiful garden design most people fail to consider the importance of the garden path. A path can just be a simple route from A to B,...
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Make a garden pond; the finishing touch for a summer house
With many of our customers, we find that buying a summer house or garden room is part of a wider garden design overhaul. And the ideal complement for a new...
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She cave; every woman needs her own
There’s a lot of talk about man caves recently, but here’s something less familiar, the “she cave” or “she shed”. All over the country, old sheds are being renovated, or...
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Learn to grow your own fruit: 8 tips
If you want to learn to grow your own fruit you will be rewarded with an improved diet and a more beautiful garden, not to mention the fact that you’ll...
