Creating A Garden For Free.
- The Design – At GardenAdvice we run a free garden design service run as a course on line you can team up with one of our designers and together you can create a plan for your garden. The course involves you doing the running around measuring up and taking the pictures to email to use. So it involves a bit of effort on your part but the course is free and you will end up with a first class garden design and plan.
- The hard landscaping – normally the most expensive part of the garden but with garden styles changing all the time lots of other gardeners have the problem for getting rid of the old slabs or paving bricks they have from old garden styles. Rather than pay for a skip our advice is to place them on Gumtree or ebay as a free give away for collection. So keep your eyes peeled for free bargains on the Internet you will be suppressed with what you will find
- The planting – When you buy plants from GardenAdvice or a local garden centre what you are buying in effect is time, most plants you buy are 3 to 4 years old. However in most cases they are easy to propagate from cuttings or seeds, rooting directly into your garden boarders in the case of hardwood cuttings from such plants as flowering currants. In the case of semi rip stem cuttings skimmia is a plant easy to root in some of your garden soil and sand placed in an old butter or frozen food container on a window sill for 10 to 20 days.
- The lawn – note that easy to find free turf, but how says you have to stick with turf or grass. Red and white clover are an alternative to grass and with plants growing all over the place its easy to dig a few up to start a clover lawn, it spreads quickly and in no time you will have a clover lawn that keeps its colour in summer.
- Features – the easiest item to find for your free garden, old pots, old chimney pots maybe with a crack or two that can be placed so they face a wall or shrub. Just keep your eyes open for items in builders skips, Remember to ask most people will be happy have you take items from a skip as long as you ask.
- The garden furniture – again ebay is a great place for finding unwanted garden furniture for other sources free for your garden project this is a great article from Scottish Friendly its all about saving money in the home and where to look.
- The garden maintenance equipment and tools – local tips and recycling centres are a great place to find free lawn mowers or garden tools such as spades and forks, often they will need new handles or heads but find a fork with a broken head and another with a broken handle, but them together and you have yourself a free complete fork or spade with a little work and repair.
A Christmas Gift for the Gardener Who Wants to Grow
The ideal Christmas present for the gardener in your life
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for the gardener in your life? The GardenAdvice Gardening Course is an exciting and practical way to boost their gardening knowledge. This course offers hands-on advice from experts in your own garden, covering everything from soil health to sustainable gardening practices. It’s a thoughtful gift that helps them cultivate their love for gardening and take their skills to the next level. Whether they want to master growing vegetables, enhance flower beds, or learn new techniques for garden maintenance, the course provides a comprehensive guide to all things gardening. With the course taking place in their own garden at their own pace, it’s a gift that works around their busy schedule. This Christmas, give them the tools to grow – both in the garden and as a gardener!
