Lauren Bilboe

Lauren has been a core member of the GardenSite team for several years. Her skills are vast but her work mainly focuses on keeping the website looking fresh and topical, as well as ensuring all the information available on our product pages is accurate and up to date. Working closely with our suppliers means she gets a lot of insider information before anyone else - that’s where she shines by creating insightful and considered blog posts that help customers who are considering making a purchase with us.

GardenSite Donates Picnic Table To Love Your Garden

Over the years GardenSite has regularly provided support and donated items to television programmes including Love Your Garden. A few months ago we were again contacted by the production company concerning a garden Alan Titchmarsh were planning to celebrate 70 years of the NHS.

Alan Titchmarsh
Love Your Garden
TV

Written by Lauren Bilboe.
Published on Wednesday, 23rd of May, 2018.

Keeping Rabbits In The Garden

Rabbits make great pets, they are fun to have around, not difficult to keep and appeal to all ages. There are plenty of breeds to choose from, each with their own characteristics such as size, colour and temperament. Whichever you prefer, the perfect place to keep them is in the garden.

Livestock
Pets
Rabbits

Written by Lauren Bilboe.
Published on Thursday, 10th of May, 2018.
Updated on Thursday, 16th of March, 2023.

How To Attract Wildlife To Your Garden

In order to promote and enhance biodiversity and conservation of our wildlife, there's a selection of habitats and boxes you can purchase that are specifically designed to attract various small animals and insects to your garden. Here we look at some of the products available which also make unusual and very engaging gifts.

Wildlife World
Conservation
Bats

Written by Lauren Bilboe.
Published on Monday, 23rd of April, 2018.
Updated on Friday, 17th of March, 2023.

How Can I Help To Save Our Bees?

Every gardener must have noticed a decline in the bee population over recent years. Intensive farming that demands the use of toxic chemicals, climate change and parasite infestation have all been put forward as potential causes, it's a worrying trend but one that we can all help to reverse.

Conservation
Nesting Boxes
Nature

Written by Lauren Bilboe.
Published on Thursday, 22nd of March, 2018.
Updated on Thursday, 16th of March, 2023.

Helping To Protect Red Pandas In The UK

In this blog, Lauren Bilboe talks about the amazing facts of the red panda, how zoos protect and care for this endangered species and how you can help support their cause.

Charity

Written by Lauren Bilboe.
Published on Tuesday, 7th of February, 2023.
Updated on Saturday, 25th of March, 2023.