Martyn Loach

Xtend Cabins Featured On Love Your Garden

Working from home has never been so popular and, to help you get away from any domestic distractions, Forest have introduced Xtend, an exceptional range of garden buildings recently featured by Alan Titchmarsh on ITV's Love Your Garden.

• Alan Titchmarsh
• Love Your Garden
• TV

Building A Sally Hen House

After considering all the alternatives, we chose a Sally Hen House to replace our existing elderly and rickety coop that was proving increasingly unfit for chicken habitation. Assembling the house proved to be a straight forward process and here's how we built the hen's very own Cluckingham Palace.

Socially Distanced John Taylor Hospice Sunset Walk

The Sunset Walk is a fantastic event that raises thousands of pounds each year for the John Taylor Hospice. Covid restrictions mean that this year it's going to be a socially distanced walk on 3 July with GardenSite again acting as the main sponsor.

• John Taylor Hospice

Garden Centre Helps Customers Create Rain Forest Bathroom

TV shows regularly ask GardenSite for help in making programmes, and sometimes our customers also appear in them. That was the case recently when Channel 5's 'Dream Kitchens and Bathrooms' featured Akil and Samina Beckford who unusually wanted to turn their bathroom into a rain forest.

RHS Gardening Predictions For 2020

Sustainability and a growing awareness of wildlife are two of the key gardening trends identified by the Royal Horticultural Society for 2020, with gardeners in a position where they can make a substantial impact regarding environmental issues.

• Conservation
• Nesting Boxes
• Flooding

Which Gardening Magazine Should I Buy?

Gardening is such a popular activity with interest only increasing over recent years that the magazine rack in your local newsagent or supermarket is packed with publications offering inspiration and practical advice.

• Gardening Publications
• Gardening Magazines

GardenSite Visits New Supplier Churnet Valley

With a view to introducing their impressive range of timber products to GardenSite, David Coton recently visited Churnet Valley Garden Furniture to look around their manufacturing facility.

• Hardwood Furniture
• Outdoor Furniture
• Garden Furniture

How To Build A Starter Chicken Coop

Building a Hutch Company Starter Chicken Coop is easy by following the detailed instructions that are supplied, it is a practical design that uses excellent quality wooden panels and requires only a screwdriver for assembly.

• Chicken Coop
• Hutch Company

Hampton Court Palace Flower Show

Dazzling with colourful interest in the sunshine, the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show is a tremendously popular annual event as it caters for both keen gardeners and also families who want a terrific day out.

• Hampton Court
• Plant Show
• Flower Show

Why Is Gardening Good For Your Health?

Gardening really is good for you. Whether this is backed up by research findings or a fact that you intuitively know is true, there's no doubt that even only a few hours a week in the garden is beneficial for both mind and body.

• Health
• Stress
• Autism

GardenSite Again Nominated For Glee Award

GardenSite has once again been nominated for the award of 'Best Online Garden Retail Buying Team' at this year's Glee, the UK's most important Garden & Leisure Industry show.

• Award
• GLEE

GardenSite Visits Borderstone Manufacturing Facility

Borderstone's impressive range of ornamental stoneware has always proved popular on GardenSite, and partners David Coton and Andrew Hall recently paid a visit to their manufacturing and distribution base in Nottinghamshire.

• Borderstone
• Garden Ornaments
• Statues