How to Prepare Your Garden for Autumn

Now that we’re nearing the end of August, we’re starting to get the summer blues and will need to think about preparing our gardens for the autumn season. It’s time to clear away the annual bloomers and prepare for colder weather. To help you, we have some tips from a topsoil seller in London.

Garden time with kids - vegetable growing

Both of the boys love being outdoors. They especially love spending time in the garden. Not only do they love playing in the garden but they also adore helping to care for the garden.

From a young age they’ve both been little green fingered gardeners who love nothing more than helping tend to the garden. They love planting seeds and caring for plants and flowers, watching them grow and bloom. They also find it lots of fun to get stuck in and muddy digging up holes to plant beautiful plants and flowers. 

Picking the best type of grass for your lawn needs

The grass is greener, but only when the right grass is used for the right purpose! If you don’t have much of a green thumb, then you might not realise just how varied grass types can be. There are certain grasses that are better than other for you children to play on, for instance. Take a look through out guide below to find which grass would be best for your garden, whatever you use it for.

How your garden can help tackle air pollution

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Rising air pollution is a big problem. Air pollution can cause both short term and long term effects on health. In fact 40,000 deaths each year in the UK are linked to toxic air levels. The severity of this invisible killer is highlighted in the fact that one girl's tragic death could mark the first death certificate to have 'toxic air' cited as the primary cause of death.

With toxic air impacting on our health it is no surprise that people are considering what they can do to tackle air pollution.

Looking at our carbon footprint and making positive changes to lower our carbon footprint can help fight against rising air pollution.

Another way to change toxin levels in the air is to look at things that will clean the air – PLANTS! Thankfully there are a number of plants that can be grown in your garden and community areas that are ideal for fighting air pollution as they help purify and clean the air. Let's venture outdoors and look at the best plants to help purify, filter and clean the air.

Garden care during autumn and winter

To have a healthy, flourishing and beautiful garden it is important to remember that caring for your garden is an all year task. Whilst gardening in the spring and summer may be more appealing, to keep your garden looking its best it needs to looked after during the autumn and winter too.

Gardening during the different seasons requires you to tackle different gardening tasks as the garden will have different care requirements. Not only do the different seasons have their own season specific maintenance tasks but different flowers, veg and fruit need to be planted during specific time periods to grow during different seasons.

Top gardening gadgets for every keen gardener in 2018

Technology is always developing, and this year, there is a selection of innovative devices and machines to help avid gardeners get ahead.

If you want to know what the best new technology is in gardening, check out this tech guide to discover the top must-have gadgets for gardeners in 2018…

Getting to Grips with Your Garden

Your garden is full of life and colour but if it feels like it can sometimes run away with you, you need these top gardening hacks. Save time on weeding and pruning, and more time relaxing and enjoying your garden.

The beauty of fake grass

The garden is an extension of a home. Play and pleasure can be had there. Kids can play, garden parties and BBQ’s can be hosted al fresco, it can be a tranquil haven for relaxation and a beautifully cared for garden can evoke pride and joy.

Gardening is something that can be enjoyed by both adults and children alike. Adults often find gardening relaxing and the pride of seeing a garden transform and hard work come to flourish is very worthwhile. Children can learn about nature, be instilled with an ethic of working hard and gain a sense of achievement.

Whilst gardening is an all year round job, with there being different chores at various time of the year, this time of year induces an extra spark of interest in gardening and desire to give the garden some extra TLC.

Natural grass - high maintenance garden (patchy, muddy and discoloured)

Spring is the perfect time to transform the garden. Whether it is planting new plants, freshening up garden furniture, laying some decking, creating a special garden feature such as a water feature or relaxation area or redesigning your garden inspired by garden trends; now is the time to put in a little bit of effort to make your garden look amazing for the spring and summer months ahead. 

This years must have garden product is fake grass.

Caring for your garden all year round

Whilst it can be an easy mistake to think of gardening as a spring and summer job the truth is that gardening is an all year task.

To have a flourishing and healthy garden it is important to care for it all year round. The different seasons require different care requirements and gardening tasks. As well as season specific maintenance each season has different flowers, veg and fruit that flourish and the different seasons welcome its own variety of wildlife.

Top 5 gardening mishaps you may be making

Some people have green fingers, everything seems to bloom and grow healthily. It may be they have a special talent, but it’s not impossible for anyone to achieve good results. It takes time, care and a degree of knowledge gained by experience, or listening to sound advice.

Caring for our lawn is worthwhile so you have a healthy, good looking garden. If you need specific, expert help on lawn care check out https://www.lawncare.net/service-areas/virginia/ who can help you keep your lawn in tip top condition. Here they give five common problems that befall us in our gardening exploits.