I adore Lavender – it’s a lovely plant that looks fantastic, smells great and give your colour and form in the garden and you can pick the flower stems and bring them indoors too!

Fragrant Butterfly Lavender is well worth planting in your own garden or allotment. It keeps the bees happy too!

Lavendula Hidcote Blue is another one worth getting for a different colour lavender with  fragrant, deep violet summer flowers and aromatic, silvery-grey leaves making it a great english lavender

Place lavender by the edges of paths and you’ll find each time you brush past it’ll release some of it’s scent which will fill you wth pleasure each time you go by!

Lavender is used to make a relaxing essential oil and its scent should be very calming. You can use lavender to flavour some desserts, or use sprigs of it in your bath water for a lovely scent.

It prefers a sunny, well-drained space in your garden and should be trimmed back after flowering too!

New products added today at PondKeeper

Oase Jumping Jets with FREE Neptune 6000 Pump £1599.99
This is the most exciting water feature on the domestic market. Jets of water ‘jump’ in an arc from one place to another as if by magic. The sight is truly awe-inspiring, especially at night. Similar to it’s smaller sibling ‘Water Jet lightning’ but it is the “chopping” action that makes this display truly stand out.

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New items today at John Lewis

Samba Sunlounger, White £97.00
Shapely folding recliner chair, with a powder-coated steel frame and black plastic arm grips, with a polypropylene-coated polyester cover. Made in Italy.

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Loads of new lines today at Tooled Up

Makita BUC122RFE 18v Cordless Chain Saw 115mm Bar Length + 2 Lithium Ion Batteries 3Ah £395.31
Features:- Body only chainsaw- Automatic chain oiling- Electronic brake- Tool-less blade changeSpecifications:Cutting Capacity: 115mm Chain Speed: 5.0m/sec Chain Type/Pitch: 1/4&quot Chain Pitch/Gauge: 25AP/1/4&quot-0….

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We've found a reduced price today on this product at Garden Buildings Direct

Shelter Billyoh Car Shelter 8′ x 12′ Metal Shed was £459.95 now £399.95
This Shelter is one of our own Shelter range. This Shelter made in the UK. The Billyoh Tuxford Car Shelter long lasting, hot-dipped-galvanized and pre-painted steel framing. Our Maintenance-Free BillyOh Car Shelter is the alternative solution to a garage or carport. Billyoh Tuxford Car Shelter.

New product today at Jersey Plants Direct

Scented Pansy Collection in aid of H4H 30 Plants £11.99

You probably have seen the kits for growing ordinary button mushrooms at home. You might have even given it a go! It is great fun to grow slightly different things though and there’s a whole range of mushrooms you can grow that you won’t find in the supermarket.

Picking wild mushrooms is a scary business unless you know exactly what you’re looking for, so stay out of the woods and grow some exotic mushrooms in your own garden!

Reishi or Ling Chi – Ganoderma lucidum
Chicken of the Woods – Laetiporus sulphureus
Maitake or Hen of the Woods – Grifola frondosa
Pearl Oyster – Pleurotus ostreatus
Reishi or Ling Chi – Ganoderma lucidum
Shiitake – Lentinula edodes
The Conifer Coral Mushroom – Hericium abietis
The Lion’s Mane Mushroom – Hericium erinaceus
The Phoenix Fir Oyster – Pleurotus pulmonarius

These are sent to you in the form of wooden plugs impregnted with the mushroom spore. It does take 6-12 months but you will have mushrooms for several years once they start! You’ll need cut logs to plug them into but these are fairly widely available anyway either from shops selling barbecue supplies or even garage forecourts! You might even have some logs in your garden!

The kits contain 100 plugs and includes all the  instructions, sealing wax, and wax applicator.

How fantastic would it be to have a range of exotic mushrooms growing away in a quiet corner of your garden! This is such an exciting opportunity to be able to grow something completely different!

They also do more traditional mushroom grow kits too!

Button Mushroom Grow Kit

French Chestnut Mushroom Grow Kit

Oyster Mushroom Grow Kit

Shii-take Mushroom Grow Kit

New lines today at PondKeeper

Oase Oxytex Set 2000 £189.99
Designed to operate at the pond floor the pair of Oase Oxytex units are fed by the 2000lph air pump (supplied). This ensures your pond is oxygenated sufficiently. The set offers a comination of pond aeration, circulation and settlement surface. It supplies the pond with vital oxygen supplies. Its fibrous structure ensures that there is a high surface area for important micro organisms that decompose the nutrients.

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We've found a reduced price today on this product at Focus DIY

Kärcher K3.65 Jubilee Pressure Washer was £199.99 now £174.99
Celebrating the 25 year anniversary of domestic pressure washers this unit is for all around the home and garden and includes a wide range of accessories.120 Maximum Bar Pressure 420 Litres of water per hour1700-Watt Induction MotorAn inbuilt Detergent TankAutomatic on/off motorIncludes a Vario Lance Dirtblaster and a Wash Brush This package also includes a kärcher universal dertergent in a unique pouchThis unit has full manoeuvability

New item today at Focus DIY

Arden Tete a Tete £74.99
25% off!Hardwood Parasol Hole includedWeatherproof fittingsEasy AssemblyHeight:885mm Width:625mm Depth:1650mm