Monthly Archives: March 2022

Help – I need instant shade outdoors!

Garden shade

OMG, it’s HOT! Before climate change started to bite we had plenty of wonderfully hot, steamy summer days. Thanks to climate change we’re also seeing super-hot summers where shade becomes much more than something nice to have. It’s essential. In times like this, every outdoor space needs shade. You need a place to chill, where […]

Make your own garden planters

Beautiful garden flower arrangement and wooden steps

If you’re rolling in it, you’re fine. You can afford to splash out hundreds, even thousands, on beautiful purpose built garden planters for your alfresco entertainment space. Just one large and dramatic glazed ceramic planter can costs a fortune. Something as simple as an over-sized terracotta plant pot is expensive. Plastic versions can look fabulous, […]

8 scented plants to place around your garden furniture set

scented garden plants

Your own sense of smell might not be as good as your dog’s or cat’s. But you’ll still get a great deal of pleasure out of lovely niffs, especially gorgeous scents like newly-mown grass and heavily-scented flowers. Smells are incredibly evocative. Imagine creating an alfresco entertainment space in your garden surrounded by scented plants, some […]

The best garden furniture – Meet Norfolk Leisure

Norfolk Leisure Pandora Leaf Gazebo 3x3m

People use all sorts of furniture outdoors for gatherings. They drag the kitchen table outdoors, collect random chairs together from around the house, even bring settees and foot stools outside. It works, after a fashion. But the real deal, designed for the job, is always the best garden furniture. If you’re fed up of your […]

Watch this – How to season a clay chiminea

How to season a chiminea

Our friends down in Devon have been waiting for dry weather to fire up their new Mexican clay chiminea for the first time. While it isn’t sunny, at least it’s dry enough to give it a go. Here’s how to season a clay chiminea, complete with photos. As you can see it’s pretty easy and […]