Gardens and winter don’t usually go hand in hand. Gone is the vibrant green grass, the colourful blooms have died back and it’s a totally uninspired space. But just because the winter has set in it doesn’t mean that you have to forget all about venturing past the back door until spring. Winter gardens can be fantastic, when done right they can be your very own winter wonderland. Winter can also be a good time to take stock of your garden whilst everything has died back. Here are just a…
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These 5 beautiful gardens would certainly make your garden building stand out! Palais Royal Located in the 1st arrondissement, the Jardin du Palais Royal has little direct competitors. It also, quite surprisingly, has few visitors. And yet, the moment you pass through the magnificent archways, built under Richelieu, youfeel as if you have escaped the city. Calm pervades and smells of leather and zinc permeate from within the few cafés present. A true stepping back in time: passers-by slow their pace and tourists stop and stare in awe. . If…
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If you’ve lovingly been tending to your roses all summer the last thing you’re going to be expecting with open arms is the cold nip of winter. The frost and the bitter cold is not a friend to your delicate, beautiful roses. But don’t get disheartened, roses CAN survive the winter months making sure that your hard work hasn’t gone to waste. But you need to make sure that you properly prepare your roses for winter, a process which is more commonly known as “hardened off”. Hardened off simply means…
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Your Christmas tree is the main staple of your festive decorating so you need to make sure that you get the right one. If you’re not interested in going down the fake route (and we don’t blame you) then choosing and caring for a real Christmas tree that will last for years to come is easier than you think. When it comes to trees you really can’t beat a real one, yes you may have a few needles drop but what’s that when you consider that real trees look better…
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FALL SUNSET Original Modern Tree Landscape Impasto Palette Knife Oil Painting. By Luiza Vizoli Handmade painting made with oils, varnish and gallery wrapped canvas. You can buy it here Blue Water By Iris Grace A remarkably talented 5 year old girl from Leicester who creates beautiful paintings. Iris has autism, a condition that affects how a person makes sense of the world around them and impairs their social interactions. Iris was diagnosed in 2011 and started painting as a way to help her with her speech therapy. She has an…
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Keyhole gardens can accommodate an array of plants such as herbs, flowers and vegetables in a small space, so if you don’t have a lot of wiggle room these make the ideal choice. Getting their name from the bird’s eye view, keyhole gardens are also low cost, low maintenance and extremely versatile. Essentially, keyhole gardens are circular raised beds. The outer circle are where the crops are planted and then the centre of the garden is where you place compost baskets. The compost basket is the real key to creating…
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Beastsheds want to go to all of these, NOW, 1. Villa Taranto Gardens- Verbania, Italy 2. The Gardens at Versailles, Versailles, France 3. Mottisfont Abbey Rose Gardens, Hampshire, UK 4. Gardens at the Cloisters, New York, NY 5. Ascott House Gardens, Buckinghamshire, UK 6. Master of the Nets Garden, Suzhou, China 7. Butchart Gardens, Brentwood Bay, Canada 8. Innisfree Garden, Millbrook, New York 9. Hidcote Manor Gardens, Gloucestershire, UK 10. Gardens of the Nezu Museum, Tokyo, Japan 11. Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa 12. Beatrix Farrand Garden at…
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If you’re going to have a shed then you may as well have these most awesome shed on the block. But if you’re lacking in cash or you just love to do DIY then we’ve compiled 10 DIY hacks to create your perfect shed… Organise your long handled tools with PVC pipes… Simply cut sections of PVC pipes and screw them to a bit of wood – voila! Organise your nails and pins… You know how in every kitchen there’s one of those drawers where you just dump EVERYTHING! Well, you…
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Creating an inviting walkway is an essential part of landscape design. No ONE likes to trot up and down a muddy path so whether you’re thinking of creating a wonderful path to go from your back door to your shed or an inviting walkway to your front door they can have a massive impact on your landscape. Of course creating a pathway doesn’t have to just be about getting from one place to another it can also be the perfect way to define a boarder, add visual interest to your…
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