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Plant Minder cones hold about a pint of water and will water the average container or small hanging basket. They are placed in the centre of the planting and the water is automatically drawn through the cone as required.
They look great.
www.plantminder.com £7.49 or £15.49 for 3
The Toji bench from www.foxesboxes.co.uk
Made to order from a single tree, 120cm long by 35cm high x 50cm wide. £295.00
Outdoor gel burners - these first caught my eye at the Autumn Fair at the NEC, Birmingham, last year. They are safe, easy to use and cheap to run. Perfect to warm a cool autumn evening in the yard. Can be hung or just stuck in the ground where you require it.
The Affinity Flame is on offer at www.gelfireplaces.com at £325.00 while stocks last.
Euonymus Harlequin
Harlequin is a stunning ground cover plant with fresh green leaves and white speckles. The foliage is pink tinged when young. It is a must for yards but also balconies and roof gardens as it is hardy and resilient. Keep it compact and bushy by tip pruning in mid-late spring.
www.jacksonsnurseries.co.uk £3.80 3ltr pot
Spring bulb are now starting to appear for sale in garden centres. Look for Tulip viridiflora or Tulip Spring Green.This has the same colouring as Euonymus Harlequin and would look amazing stylish planted above a block of it.
The wheelie bin has arrived.
Having been in our new house for two and a half years, our local council has decided that we can become part of the recycling scheme now our road has been 'adopted'.
A few weeks ago our recycling boxes arrived for papers, bottles, cans, etc. and now they have delivered our 'green waste' wheelie bin. It's a great idea, we can fill it with cardboard, vegetable kitchen waste and any prunings, etc. from the garden. All these gets taken away and turned into compost which the council then sells.
Great! but where do I put this big green bin in my 5m x 5m yard? Its not good looking and stands out like a sore thumb. I have found the above though.
The Coverbox - the bin fits neatly inside the galvanised steel shed - functional but very trendy!
Vertical Garden by Joost Bakker
Joost Bakker is a sculpter who uses a wide range of materials from leaves & flowers to discarded objects.
"Vertical Garden is a sculptural almost architectual form, allowing leaf and flower to inhabit spaces, to create spaces, with a natural raw beauty"
What a great idea as a simple yard divider that would allow light through yet create an amazing green wall. Could become a salad machine if planted with salad leaves, salad onions, Tumbler tomatoes and herbs.
Dianella nigra Marg Pringle
A superb New Zealand plant that looks a bit like a young phormium. Dianella Marg pringle has tufts of variegated cream and white foliage that the edges can tend to turn pink. It has white flowers in the summer that are followed by viridescent blue berries on a long stalk in autumn. Dianella makes a great container plant or plant in large groups in a sunny position.
Cheeky Mojito specialise in art designs to live outdoors. The designs are a bold mix of retro and stylish geometric illustrations. The canvas is 100% water proof and start from £95.00.
There are currently 36 designs and all are in a limited edition of 150. New designs are being added all the time.
It is so difficult to find stylish pre-constructed raised beds. They are usually made of untreated timber or white plastic panels - not what you are looking for in your lifestyle statement yard.
These raised beds are from www.citysquared.co.uk and are really for public realm applications.
Available in a variety of standard and bespoke sizes, the Basic Planter is tough, attractive and easy to install. The Planter consist of a stainless steel frame with heavy duty hardwood panels & a galvanised steel liner.
It is not cheap at £1299.00 per unit (excluding VAT & delivery)
http://www.citysquared.co.uk/products/basicPlanterP1.html
One benefit of our constant bad weather, I can't remember that last day we had without rain, is that our rhubarb has been amazing.
I planted Rhubarb Red Champagne last year and only pulled a few sticks. This year we have had so much and the quality has been so good that we have frozen large amounts.
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