New products at Suttons Seeds
Thursday, August 11th, 2016Suttons Seeds just added this new product
Owl Lip Gloss £2.49
A fun and quirky shaped lip gloss. Flavours and colours vary. 3.8 x 3.8cm.
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New products at Jersey Plants Direct
Thursday, August 11th, 2016New item today at Jersey Plants Direct
24 Mixed Jumbo Bedding Plants + FREE Flower Food £9.99
Amazing Autumn Offer – 6 each of 4 Popular Varieties for just £9.99! As a very special offer, we have put together four of our best selling Jumbo Plants into one convenient, ready to plant delivery…. You will receive six of each variety so you can mix them up for a colourful garden display or separate them into different pots to create your own planting scheme. You can plant one or two in small pots or up to six in a big pot. So, with 24 Jumbo Plants, that’s enough to brighten up all four corners of your garden… for just £9.99!!!
Price reductions at GreenFingers
Thursday, August 11th, 2016Reduced products at GreenFingers
Terra FSC Fir Cold Frame – Small was £16.99 now £12.99
Perfect for small gardens or patios the Terra Small FSC Fir Cold Frame allows you to start your seedlings earlier or harden off plants moved on from your greenhouse.The hinged lid can be propped open to allow for ventilation or easy access to your plants. The frame is made from high quality Fir that has been sourced from FSC Certified managed forests and features polycarbonate panels. Now you can grow your own tasty fruit vegetables or flowers safe in the knowledge they are protected from pests.Dimensions: W60 x D30 x H30cmClick here for Assembly Instructions.
Historic houses and glorious gardens in Essex
Thursday, August 11th, 2016
Historic houses and glorious gardens
Whether it’s meandering round a manor or stepping back in time
Meander round a medieval barn, wander among works of art and get away from it all in Essex’s inspiring gardens and historic gems.
In the heart of the county, September sees the return of the Chelmsford Heritage Open Days (8th to 11th September) with a host of properties again welcoming visitors and offering free admission. Highlights include access to the grounds of Pleshey Castle, tours of Hylands House and joining in the open days programme for the first time this year, Writtle Agricultural College and the Little Baddow History Centre. For more information, visit www.heritageopendays.org.uk and search events for ‘Chelmsford’.
A palace in all but name, Audley End is not just one of Essex’s grandest country houses but one of the nation’s. Amongst the Jacobean splendour, the history of the house and people who lived and worked there down the centuries is brought to life, and this summer the whole family can experience a series of events centering upon the wonderful Victorian stables.
As well as a new weekend stable yard timetable, there will be marvellous monthly horse shows on the first weekend of the month, until September. Find out about the life of a horse on a Victorian estate, from the elegance of carriage driving to working in harness. The resident horses and their visiting friends will be on hand to demonstrate the horse work that would have taken place at Audley throughout the 1800s.
On Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th September, Audley End welcomes the ladies of the Victorian period for Stunning Side Saddles. Join these historic heroines as they take a stroll in the grounds, with demonstrations and experts on hand to tell you everything you want to know about horses and the modest but challenging art of riding side saddle. For full details of these and other events, click on www.english-heritage.org.uk/Audley
In nearby Saffron Walden, tucked away amongst the medieval market town’s picturesque back streets is Bridge End Garden. Consisting of seven, lovingly restored interlinked gardens, Bridge End is a Grade II-listed evocation of the Victorian taste for both formal and practical horticulture. In the case of the former, visitors can delight in a knot garden, complete with hedge maze (the largest in the world), whilst the latter reveals the 19th century diet through the garden’s herbs and vegetable plots. www.visitsaffronwalden.gov.uk for more information.
The exotic-sounding Forgotten Gardens of Easton Lodge are a ‘must’ for romantics and keen gardeners alike. Easton Lodge was originally built by Henry Maynard, former Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I. His mansion followed the ‘H’ ground plan, typical of the era but was destroyed by fire in 1847. A gothic pile replaced it, which came to Frances ‘Daisy’ Maynard in 1865. Renowned as a great beauty, Daisy was courted by European aristocracy but eventually married Lord Brooke, the Earl of Warwick.
In 1902 she commissioned Harold Peto to redesign the grounds and he did so by bringing his passion for Italianate and French designs to Easton Lodge. These were greatly feted and much photographed during the Edwardian era, but the Second World War saw the estate requisitioned by the War Office and transformed into an airfield. Thousands of trees were either felled or blown up to make way for a runway and to create a base suitable for bomber aircraft.
After the cessation of hostilities, Greville Maynard demolished the house and bequeathed what remained of the estate to his daughter, Felice Spurrier in 1960. Felice sold the remaining buildings on and in turn, the grounds have been passed on to a number of individuals. However, in 1993 a small but enthusiastic group of volunteers undertook to restore the gardens of Easton Lodge. The intervening years have seen painstaking work to restore Peto’s gardens and though it continues, the areas recovered from nature’s wilder habits, are magnificent. www.eastonlodge.co.uk
Whilst Copped Hall is another great house that fell victim to fire and abandonment, it too is now enjoying a renaissance thanks to volunteers. Reflecting its Tudor, Georgian and Victorian past, the once splendid hall’s gardens are undergoing restoration and visitors can get a sense of the house’s once majestic lawns, parkland and walled kitchen garden; produce from which – including fresh vegetables, fruit and flowers – can be bought on site.
In 1594, to celebrate his marriage to the Countess of Southampton, Sir Thomas Heneage – the house’s then owner – commissioned Shakespeare to write a play. The resultant A Midsummer Night’s Dream was thus first performed at Copped Hall, after the wedding ceremony in London. Acknowledging this a garden theatre has been created in the grounds. www.coppedhalltrust.org.uk
Not far from Southend’s beaches and expansive waterfront sits Southchurch Hall and Gardens. Originally built in the 1300s, the medieval moated manor house is wonderfully preserved with its interiors laid out in a series of period rooms, including a great open hall reflecting life in the later Middle Ages, a Tudor kitchen with magnificent fireplace, and a solar wing displaying rooms in late Tudor and Stuart style. The surrounding five acres of park include ponds which are ideal for entertaining small children with that most traditional of pastimes, feeding the ducks. www.southendmuseums.co.uk/page/Visit-Southchurch
For enthusiastic gardeners looking for inspiration and indeed, plants, the Beth Chatto Gardens are a must. Covering 6 acres, these beautiful gardens have become world famous. Creative use of the space has seen Beth and her team transform something of a wasteland into both a visitor attraction and important resource. There are four principal gardens across the site; scree, gravel, woodland and water all with lush leafy plantings of Gunnera, Eupatorium, Phormium and impressive Miscanthus around a series of natural ponds. New for summer 2016 is an audio tour voiced by Beth herself. To help plan your visit, have a look here www.bethchatto.co.uk
For more ideas of historic houses and glorious gardens to explore and enjoy and details on the attractions mentioned, please visit www.visitessex.com
New products at GreenFingers
Thursday, August 11th, 2016GreenFingers has these new items today
Spear and Jackson Razorsharp Active Bypass Secateurs Medium £10.99
These Spear and Jackson Razorsharp Active Bypass Secateurs are just the thing to tackle those important pruning jobs around the garden.These medium bypass secateurs come with hardened carbon steel blades to give you a positive cutting action. The blades also come with a PTFE coating making the cutting action a slick and precise affair. Hardened carbon steel blade for a positive cutting action Lower blade is hard-chromed for rust resistance. Ergonomic handles that feature a soft-touch grip. Locking catch. Bypass action helps minimise stem bruising.There are a multitude of jobs that need done around the garden no matter what time of year it is. These Bypass Secateurs come with contoured plastic ergonomic handles to make sure that when you are comfortable when you are pruning shrubs trimming bushes or deadheading flowers.Maximum Cutting Diameter: 15mm
Price reductions at Blooming Direct
Thursday, August 11th, 2016Price cut on this item at Blooming Direct
Fragrant Hardy Devon Pinks Cottage Garden Collection Pack of 12 Jumbo Plugs was £14.99 now £12.99
Classically fragrant Pinks are a cottage garden favourite and deservedly so. These varieties represent the best of the varieties that have stood the test of time for many years, and become a garden favourite all over the world – with that irresistible old-fashioned fragrance it’s not hard to see why. Their wonderful clove-fragranced blooms look lovely in the garden, and will flower throughout the summer months but will also be perfect for taking as cut flowers for indoor displays.
The plants will form lovely dense clumps of evergreen foliage that will provide great ground cover with a succession of beautiful fragrant blooms rising up above the rosette of leaves and showing themselves off. Perfectly winter hardy but ideal for a sunny bed or border, these easy to grow plants will establish and thrive for years to come. Flowers from May until October, cut them for the vase just as the buds break colour, for long-lasting fragrance indoors too!
Varieties Included are 3 plants each of old fashioned types (may vary in season with similar colours)
Cranmere Pool – White with deep pink ringsDoris – Pale pinkLetitia Wyatt – CarmineMrs Simkins – White
Price reductions at Harrod Horticultural
Wednesday, August 10th, 2016Harrod Horticultural reduced the price on this item today
Niwaki Tripod Ladder was £209.95 now £199.95
Available In Four Sizes, The Winning Combination Of A Wide Base, Deep Steps And A Fully Adjustable Telescopic Back Leg Allows You To Tackle Aerial Garden Tasks Such As Hedge Trimming And Topiary With Full Confidence. the Single Leg Of The Tripod Ladder Can Also Get Right Into The Base Of Orchard Trees For Safe Fruit Harvesting And Pruning And Slopes And Uneven Surfaces Both Pose No Problems For This Versatile, And Essential Addition To Your Home And Garden. the Niwaki Tripod Ladder Is Quite Possibly The Best – And Last – Ladder Youll Ever Buy.niwaki Tripod Ladder Available In Four Sizes 1.8m, 2.4m, 3m And 3.6mextruded Aluminium Construction Is Both Lightweight And Incredibly Strongfully Weatherproofadded Comfort From Wide Base, Deep Steps And Double Rungs1.8m – 5 Steps, 2.4m – 7steps, 3m – 9 Steps, 3.6m – 11 Stepsideal Platform For Hedge Trimming, Pruning And Loppingmakes Harvesting Fruit Easywide Flip-top Platform On Top For Tools, Fruit Baskets Etcfully Adjustable Back Leg Compensates For Changes In Ground Levelnon-slip Stepsclaw Feetleg Has Footplate For Added Stabilitywider At Base And Top Than A-frame Ladderssingle Leg Takes Up Far Less Room In Borders And Beds Than Conventional Ladders And Results In Less Disturbance To Soil And Plants*ssh – This Is The Advised Safe Standing Height On The Ladder. the Table Below Advises The Best Ladder Size For The Hedge Height Based On The Ssh.
Price reductions at Van Meuwen
Wednesday, August 10th, 2016Van Meuwen has cut the price of these lines
Daffodil ‘Cornish Red Cup Mixed’ – 30 daffodil bulbs was £9.99 now £7.99
This beautiful mix of Cornish red cupped daffodils will create a host of spring flowers in March and April. Grow them outdoors, or in containers on a bright windowsill indoors. Also excellent as cut flowers to make a really pretty posy! Bulb size 10/12cm. Height: 70cm (28"). Bulb size 12/14 cm.Useful links:How to plant bulbs, corms and tubersUseful links:How to plant bulbs, corms and tubers Top ten tips for growing daffodils
New products at Van Meuwen
Wednesday, August 10th, 2016Van Meuwen just added these new products
Daphne ‘Perfume Princess’ – 2 Daphne plants in 10.5cm pots £24.98
A triumph in Daphne breeding, Daphne ‘Perfume Princess’ produces delicate pink flowers, nearly double the size of Daphne odora blooms, and with the same powerful fragrance. Although slow-growing, this compact shrub is worth the wait as the stems become clothed in flowers throughout March and April, amongst large, glossy green leaves. Grow this beautiful hardy evergreen shrub in mixed borders or woodland gardens for year-round interest. Height and spread: 1.2m (4’). Supplied in a 13cm pot.Useful links:How to plant trees and shrubs
Price reductions at John Lewis
Wednesday, August 10th, 2016John Lewis has cut the price of this product
Hozelock Ultraflex Anti-Kink Hose, 50m was £51.99 now £40.00
The Hozelock ultimate 50 metre hose is a top-of-the-range piece, featuring super tricoflex technology, and creating a light anti-kink and anti-twisting hose without compromising on robustness. This hose is up to 25% lighter than others of the same length and diameter, making it much easier to manoeuvre in the garden. The 5 layer reinforced knitted structure provides controlled flexibility and resilience making the hose crush-proof and long-lasting. Its formula combines both UV and frost protection, ensuring that the hose lasts in any weather condition. Its silky texture allows it to glide smoothly through the garden, and effortlessly wind onto a system without any fuss.