New Products - the garden evolves literally by the hour as seeds germinate, plants grow and pests arrive, and although we can't promise to keep adding the new, unusual, innovative - and most importantly - highly effective gardening products we're constantly sourcing quite as rapidly, we'll certainly try our best! Browse through the new products we've introduced below and become the talk of the allotments or neighbourhood when you're the first to start using one or more of them; and don't be concerned about any teething troubles, as all the products featured here have been thoroughly tried and tested in our very own Harrod Horticultural Kitchen Garden. Don't forget to keep popping back however, as we're aiming to introduce these garden newcomers as often as possible - and we don't want you to miss out!
So seize the initiative, be a horticultural trendsetter and get your gardening colleagues talking.
Quick Return’ is a herbal Compost Activator developed over 50 years ago by Maye E. Bruce, one of the founder members of The Soil Association, and has been highly acclaimed since its introduction. It is very simple to use – mix the Quick Return powder with water and add to the heap as it is being built up. Packs come with detailed instructions on making and maintaining a Quick Return compost heap, resulting in sweet smelling, nutrient rich food for your garden soil.
Aphid Prevent using Parasitic Wasps is the last thing troublesome aphids - who think they're getting a foothold in your greenhouse, sucking the sap out of your valuable plants, speading viruses and leaving sticky honeydew for sooty mould to grow - want to see as this tiny parasitic wasp has a big appetite for these common greenhouse pests.
Supplied in three separate treatments of 250 adult and 'mummy' Aphidius colemani wasps, Aphid Prevent using Parasitic Wasps is effective from the moment the first aphids show up and it's this early preventative application which can lead to an aphid-free year of growing. Completely natural, eco-friendly and perfectly safe to use around children and pets, the three Aphidius colemani treatments which form Aphid Prevent using Parasitic Wasps are sent separately to you at two-weekly intervals.
Build a stockpile of essential pest control liquid with this 1 litre bottle of Organic Savona Fatty Acid Concentrate - a thoroughly efficient formulation which most certainly won't be welcomed by the usual greenhouse suspects of aphids, red spider mites, whiteflies and mealybugs; especially as the concentrate can be diluted to make 50 litres of spray.
Organic Savona Fatty Acid Concentrate won’t leave any harmful residue on the plants; it’s safe to use with care around children and pets and is good for the environment too - not least because the potential 50 litres of spray is contained in one bottle, not the dozens of ready-to-use bottles you need equal this amount and which are disposed of in landfill sites. Also available is a 1ltr empty spray bottle for diluting the Organic Savona Fatty Acid Concentrate into and easy application.
With this Carrot Root Fly Trap system - containing 5 orange non-toxic sticky traps, a field pole, securing and fixing clips - you'll have everything you need to monitor the presence of Carrot Root Fly in carrot crops for up to two years.
Place the orange Carrot Root Fly Traps at the end of carrot rows in mid April to intercept the first generation of carrot fly and relocate the simple to move traps in late May before re-positioning in mid-July for the second generation of this persistent pest. The data is easy to analyse; if more than one carrot fly is caught per day then take remedial action with Carrot Root Fly Killer nematodes or our Anti Carrot Root Fly Screen. It's safe to finally remove the Carrot Root Fly Traps at the end of August. Replacement sticky traps for the Carrot Root Fly Trap are available separately.
Plant up to 15 seed potatoes and enjoy harvesting many more with our Polythene Potato Planters, ideally suited for growing potatoes on your patio, by your back door or almost anywhere!
The Polythene Potato Planters are supplied in packs of 5 and apart from choosing a spot, adding 30 litres of your compost and around 3 seed potatoes to each Polythene Potato Planter, you've very little to do! Each Polythene Potato Planter measures 38cm(15") in diameter, is 30cm (12") deep and is absolutely perfect for novice gardeners, those of us in a hurry and for supplementing main crops and raised beds.
With 50% of vitamins located in the peel, our Vegetable Scrubbing Gloves will clean your home grown vegetables without removing all the quality and taste which traditional peeling does. The Vegetable Scrubbing Gloves also spell the end for countless hours at the sink and are much kinder on your hands too - and with the three colour co-ordinated styles we've got available you can look good too.
One size of Vegetable Scrubbing Glove fits all, they're ideal for getting kids to help out in the kitchen and are practical and hygenic to use. Choose from brown potato gloves (also use for beetroot); the orange carrot style (suitable for cleaning parsnip, parsley root and more) and take care of any other veg cleaning with the lime green veggie version. Each pair of Vegetable Scrubbing Gloves have their name (potato, carrot and 'veggie') embossed on the back for a final stylish touch.
Scarifying your lawn can be hard work and our Wheeled Lawn Scarifier will help with preventing back and neck strain whilst still delivering a quality lawn surface - thanks to the chunky wheels and eleven stainless steel blades which effortlessly rip out moss and thatch.
The Wheeled Lawn Scarifier also boasts a telescopic handle, adjustable from 97cm/38” up to 150cm/59” which allows you to adapt the scarifier to suit your height and stance - great news for your neck, back, knees and arns. Ideal for lawns both large and small thanks to the 41cm/16” wide head, you'll find the Wheeled Lawn Scarifier a valuable addition to your garden lawn care team especially during the optimum scarification times of spring and autumn.
The Vanlet Automatic Irrigation System understands that time is precious in the garden and instead of standing in the greenhouse with a hose, watering all your carefully home-grown produce, you've got one hundred and one other garden tasks to complete - that's why this ingenious, mains water supplied, gravity-fed greenhouse irrigation and feeding kit takes care of practically all your watering with only the need for an occasional mains-fed refill.
Consisting of a 10 litre capacity water tank with integral 2 litre feed mixing tank, 25m of distribution pipe, 35 'Y' shaped connectors and 30 fully adjustable drip pins, the Vanlet Automatic Irrigation System can deliver between 10 and 150 litres of water/feed mix in a 24 hour period once liquid fertiliser has been added to the internal mixing tank. The Vanlet Automatic Irrigation System is supplied with a bracket for fixing to a greenhouse frame and a full instruction booklet including a troubleshooting guide.
No more stabbed spuds with the Potato Harvesting Scoop, a modern day take on the traditional potato 'grate' which combines that centuries-old design with 21st Century technology giving you an efficient and reliable aid to harvesting container and field grown potato tubers.
The effectiveness of the Potato Harvesting Scoop is based on the bar across the end of the tines which prevents the frustrating accidental stabbing of tubers - infuriating for gardeners - while the spacing and shape of the tines (2cm apart) allows potatoes to be sifted from the soil. Measuring 50cm overall and boasting a 15cm wide scoop, the Potato Harvesting Scoop is particularly adept at lifting container or planting bag-grown spuds but can also be used on outdoor crops if the soil is loosened beforehand. The Potato Harvesting Scoop is forged from stainless steel, has a hardwood handle and comes complete with an attractive leather hanging thong.
Dry herbs for cooking the natural way with our Herb and Flower Dryer and bring the country kitchen look and smell into your home; simply hang the attractive, hand forged, black powder coated steel dryer in a warm position in your kitchen (above a cooker is ideal), let the freshly picked herb leaves and sprigs dry naturally and enjoy the taste they bring to home-cooked dishes.
Measuring 25cm in diameter, the Herb and Flower Dryer comes complete with six hanging hooks, a hefty screw-in support hook and even folds flat for easy storage; the Herb and Flower Dryer can also be used to dry flowers for floral displays and interior decoration and to get the optimum flavour and taste from your herbs, make sure they are picked early on a dry summer's day.
Gardeners are well known for trying to extract the maximum yield from minimum space so the Upside Down Patio Garden is bound to be on many green-fingered enthusiasts shopping list.
The raised upper bed of the Upside Down Patio Garden is ideal for planting herbs, racy salad crops such as lettuce and radish and even bedding plants and flowers whilst the innovative lower section is just made for tumbling summer vegetables such as tomatoes, cougettes, aubergines and peppers, planted through holes in the base of the top raised bed. The Upside Down Patio Garden is manufactured from durable polyethylene for season after season use and stands 110cm in height overall. The top raised bed of the Upside Down Patio Garden measures 36cm square by 15cm in depth and the bottom base is 32cm square x 13cm deep - and no patio, balcony, roof terrace or garden should be without one!
A rake both Premier in name and performance, the Premier Springbok Lawn Rake deserves pride of place in your potting shed.
Capable of effortlessly rippng out moss, thatch and other organic matter, the Premier Springbok Lawn Rake will also turn raking leaves from a chore to a delight thanks to the 20 springy, 48cm/19" long steel tines and heat treated 122cm/48” long ash handle. With a 36cm/14” wide by 24cm/9” long head, the Premier Springbok Lawn Rake is strong enough to cope with scarifying your lawn too, and with regular use your grass could look as good and perform as well as your rake!
The Essential Allotment Guide is the latest offering from acclaimed garden author John Harrison and, as the title states, is essential reading for anyone who has, or is thinking of applying for or taking over an allotment or larger plot of vegetable growing land.
The Essential Allotment Guide by John Harrison covers all aspects of allotmenteering, right through from the important intial questions such as why, how big and how much time will it take to planning your plot, erecting sheds and buildings, which crops to grow and how and even guides to fertilisers, the tools you'll need and when to sow and harvest - it's all in here! Complimentary to the very successful Vegetable Growing Month by Month by the same author, The Essential Allotment Guide has already received rave reviews from the gardening press and growers alike, with Emma Townshend in the Independent describing John Harrison as "Britain's greatest allotment authority".
Treble your potato growing activities with this set of three durable, high performing, non-woven, polypropylene-coated, thick, fabric planters and grow your own tasty 'taters for under £10! Fill each planter with 48 litres of compost and plant up with between three and five tubers - check out our range of Organic Seed Potatoes for three high performing varieties - and move around the patio, courtyard or terrace at will thanks to the reinforced handles. Each planter features drainage holes at the bottom and on the sides for healthy growing and measures 35cm/14” in diameter by 50cm/20” in height. Definitely worthy of our best ‘value for money’ vote!
We're well aware of just how good the taste of home-grown organic seed potatoes can be, and we've put together a cut-price Potato Planters and Organic Seed Potatoes combination to allow you to grow your own potatoes, harvest them minutes before you prepare them and see for yourself just how flavoursome they can be, all from the comfort of your patio.
The three planters - manufactured from durable, high performing, non-woven, polypropylene-coated, thick fabric - are capable of supporting up to 5 organic seed potatoes each and with a capacity of 48 litres, provide plenty of soil for tubers to develop. We've got the potatoes for you too; choose 15 organic seed potato tubers from our three Soil Association approved, disease resistant, high quality and heavy yielding varieties of Colleen, Maris Peer and Charlotte - or if you can't decide between them, we offer an option to select five of each variety! The offer consists of three 35cm/14” D x 50cm/20” H, 48 litre planters; 15 organic seed potatoes and full growing instructions - all you need to bring to this potato party is the compost!
Extra Value Offer! Buy our set of 3 Planters and any 15 Pack of Organic Seed Potatoes and save £2!
Get the organic seed potato-growing year off to a flying start and beat the usual crowd of garden pests with Organic Seed Potatoes Colleen, a first early variety which is suitable for planting as early as late February. Maturing into an excellent 'chipper' or 'boiler', you can expect high yields and a good disease resistance from this great tasting, popular organic seed potato variety which has achieved Soil Association approval from the UK charity organisation regarded as having the highest and most comprehensive standards for organic production and processing in the world.
We supply our Organic Colleen Seed Potatoes in sets of 15 and 30 tubers; they have excellent resistance to potato cyst nematode and late blight on tubers and will mature around 10 weeks after planting - leaving you looking forward to a tasty crop between May and July.
As with all our organic seed potato varieties, Colleen is supplied in packs of 15 and 30 tubers but if you'd like a mix of varieties to extend your potato growing season, try our mixed 15 and 30 options; you'll get 5 tubers each of our three organic seed potato varieties (Colleen, Maris Peer and Charlotte) in the former and 10 of each in the latter. Organic seed potatoes are available from January until the end of April.
Extra Value Offer! Buy ANY 30 Pack of Organic Colleen Seed Potatoes and save £2!
Most gardeners who grow organic seed potatoes are only interested in what goes on under the ground but with our Organic Maris Peer Seed Potatoes, you get the unexpected bonus of scented purple flowers decorating your allotment, vegetable plot or patio potato planters. This Soil Association approved, organic seed potato second early variety is best suited to planting out in March and is likely to produce the cream coloured tubers much sought after by restauranteers and chefs around 13 weeks from planting.
Organic Organic Seed Potatoes Maris Peer will grace any salad but is equally as tasty chipped, boiled or turned into wedges and has a good resistance to that infamous potato nemesis, the slug.
As with all our organic seed potato varieties, Maris Peer is supplied in packs of 15 and 30 tubers but if you'd like a mix of varieties to extend your potato growing season, try our mixed 15 and 30 options;; you'll get 5 tubers each of our three organic seed potato varieties (Colleen, Maris Peer and Charlotte) in the former and 10 of each in the latter. Organic seed potatoes are available from January until the end of April.
Extra Value Offer! Buy ANY 30 Pack of Organic Maris Peer Seed Potatoes and save £2!
Organic Seed Potatoes Charlotte are top of the league when it comes to salad potatoes and this variety of organic seed potato is now a national favourite with grow your own gardeners across the country. Organic Seed Potatoes Charlotte can be found earthed up in allotment beds, vegetable plots and kitchen gardens from Land's End to John O'Groats!
It's the creamy yellow flesh of these pear-shaped tubers which grabs the taste buds and as organic seed potatoes Charlotte spuds can be found at the 'floury' end of the texture scale, they are ideal for use in salads and for boiling and mashing, giving you that wonderful melt-in-the mouth sensation - which tastes even better when you grow them yourselves. This second early variety can be planted from March onwards and are ready to harvest around 13 weeks later but if you can't wait that long, they make excellent baby potatoes. Decorated with the RHS Award of Garden Merit and Soil Association organic certification, Organic Charlotte Seed Potatoes have good resistance to both the deaded foliage and tuber blight and as with all our organic seed potato varieties, are supplied in packs of 15 and 30 tubers.
If you'd like a selection of varieties to extend your potato growing season, try our mixed 15 and 30 options; you'll get 5 tubers each of our three organic seed potato varieties (Colleen, Maris Peer and Charlotte) in the former and 10 of each in the latter. Organic seed potatoes are available from January to the end of April.
Extra Value Offer! Buy ANY 30 Pack of Organic Charlotte Seed Potatoes and save £2!
Growing potatoes in containers is a relatively straightforward garden activity but the Airpot Potato Towers bring a little horticultural science and innovation to the process - and the result is a mass of roots and even more potatoes for you to harvest! The Airpot's secret is the corrugated plastic 'egg box' cone wall, with each cone open-ended to allow air to pass through. Once the roots touch the air they are 'air pruned' and even more are produced - good news for the grower as the spud count rises accordingly! Available in sets of 2 or 5 and manufactured from recycled plastic, the 50 litre capacity Airpot Potato Towers are simple to assemble and dismantle with twist and click connectors; can be rolled up for easy out of season storage and will help grow a mountain of potatoes over many years. Plant up with 3 or 5 seed potato tubers per Airpot depending on size; our Organic Seed Potato varieties (Colleen, Maris Peer and Charlotte) are ideal!
Gardeners are an inventive bunch so a Flexi-Gro Multi-Pack kit with which you can create your own cloches, trellises, plant supports, growing frames, compost and leaf bins and wall frames which can be used in borders, raised beds, on walls, around corners, in pots and on garden arches and pergolas will certainly be appreciated. The mainstay of the system are the 6 polyethylene-coated steel wire grids (each measuring 1m/39" x 0.5m/19.5") which can be placed flat on walls as a trellis or bent into position to form a plant support or cloche, and 6 clear polythene sheets are also included into which the grids easily slip to create insulated panels for cloches.
Coloured green, the grids will gently fade into the garden background and allow your plants to take centre stage and for wall mounting purposes, the kit includes 12 screw-in eyes and associated fixings. If that's not enough, there are two triangular twin-walled polycarbonate end panels to completely weatherproof any cloche you make; 50 cable ties to fix the grid sections together and 20 green wooden canes to help secure cloches and other structures. Ideal for both the kitchen and ornamental garden, the 1968 Amen Corner hit 'Bend Me, Shape Me' was made for the Flexi-Gro Multi-Pack!
Slug and Snail Copper Tape will protect your pots, planters, greenhouse staging and raised beds from marauding slugs and snails - it's the go-anywhere alternative to slug rings and slug traps. Supplied in a 4m roll - plenty to kit out all your garden beds and pots for a full season. The sticky-backed slug copper tape, which features a serrated edge, gives both slugs and snails serious problems as they try to cross - a toxic reaction occurs between the metal and the mucus slugs and snails produce to move, giving any attempted raiders an unpleasant electric shock sensation and sending them slithering back to munch on less well-protected plants!
Unfortunately the Slug and Snail Copper Tape is temporarily unavailable but we hope to have the product back in stock very shortly
Researched and designed in-house with input from the Fruit Department at RHS Wisley, our New Wall/Fence Fruit Tree Protector will appeal to all those who like to grow wall or fence trained fruit; it's supplied complete with 20mm x 20mm heavy duty anti-bird netting to keep the birds from your fruit and can also be fitted with optional clear heavy-duty PVC during the winter months to reduced the threat of the highly-damaging Peach Leaf Curl fungus, spread by raindrops in cold, wet winter and spring conditions. These new covers - complete with heavy-duty zip system - are supported by an ultra-tough, heavy-duty 25mm/1” square x 1.5mm thick, galvanised and powder-coated black steel framework which carries a reasurring 10 year guarantee. The NEW Wall/Fence Fruit Tree Protector can be fitted to any 1.8m/6ft+ high wall/fence and is available in 8 different size options, made up from 0.99m (3'3") and 1.94m (5'6") sections. Full instructions and fittings included.
This set of Vegetable Patio Planters is perfect for introducing the gardeners of tomorrow to the delights of growing - and eating - your own veg and is especially useful where space is limited. Each tough and attractive polyethylene planter comes complete with drainage holes, handles for easy moving and full growing instructions. Supplied in a set of 3 which consists of one shallow (25cm H x 45cm W), one medium (30cm H x 40cm W) and one large (45cm H x 35cm) planter.
Picking slugs off your hostas, lettuces and practically all garden vegetables is an essential but rather messy way of removing arguably the biggest garden pest, but squeamish gardeners need worry no more - thanks to the Speed Hunter, you'll never have to handle a slug, or any other slimy, plant-munching pest again. And it's not just those of us who don't relish touching these creatures who will benefit; anyone with a bad back will appreciate being able to pick off slugs and snails from plants without bending, thanks to the 90cm/3ft long, unique, anti-corrosive aluminium claw arms. They’re simple to use, are tactile enough not to squash their capture and can be use for general garden tasks as well, such as clearing areas without having to get your hands dirty. There's no hiding place for slugs!
Soft to the touch but definitely hard on butterflies, this Soft Mesh Butterfly Netting is the ideal material to keep your home grown vegetables - and brassicas in particular - caterpillar-free; but the fact this versatile 7mm mesh, multifilament-made material is soft and light enough to lay directly over crops and will also protect against birds, game, and domestic animals such as cats makes it a nailed-on certainty for any potting shed or allotment store.
You'll also frustrate the cabbage white butterflies season after season as the 100% polyethylene construction gives a long life expectancy and the multifilament technology used in the manufacture provides a soft, lightweight yet high strength netting. With available width sizes of 4, 6, 8 and 12m you can easily cover large cages and structures and as the netting is soft in nature, it's easily manageable and drapes over any frame or support. Soft Mesh Butterfly Netting is sold by the linear metre or it's possible to save up to an incredible £90 when taking adavantage of our 10, 25, 50 or 100m Extra Value Saver Packs.
Due to overwhelming demand, all sizes of Soft Mesh Butterfly Netting are temporarily out of stock. However, you can still place an order and your netting will be despatched in mid-March , the date we are expecting the material back in stock.
Growing your own strawberries on the patio (and eating them!) is one of the real perks of gardening and although gardeners have long realised strawberry plants are frostproof, it's not so easy finding a pot or container that can boast the same attributes; but the stunning Terracotta Strawberry Pot most certainly can! Temperatures as low as -15°C can't harm the Yorkshire-clay fired pots and they carry an incredible lifetime guarantee, so they'll comfortably see out generations of strawberry plants! With 10 individual plant holes spaced around the side, and room for a further 2 plants in the top, the pot will help produce strawberries which taste as good as it looks! Measures 33cm/13” in diameter. and stands 46cm/18” high.
All gardeners have been there; you've carefully sown your rows of seeds or transplanted some seedlings, taken great care to list all the relevant planting information and variety on a label before discovering that overnight, all the details have vanished thanks to rain etc - but investing in one of our reliable, permanent Black Label Pens can put a stop to those cries of anguish echoing across the allotment or garden! These markers were practically made for gardeners; they will write on smooth surfaces - so often the nemasis of ordinary pens - such as plastic, glass and metal and are super permanent, water-proof, smudge-proof, extremely fade-proof and even solvent resistant. The black ink is delivered to your label by a fine-writing plastic round tip with a 0.75mm stroke width and if you haven't got one in your potting shed, you need one!
If you've been frustrated by constant slug and snail raids or your home grown vegetables or treasured ornamental plants, you may have gone as far to consider an electric fence to keep out these plant-devouring molluscs; and in truth, the Slug and Snail Shocka Rolls aren't far off that idea! Although slug rings, traps and copper tape are perfectly adept at keeping slugs out of beds, pots and away from individual plants, gardeners have always found it difficult to keep larger areas slug and snail free but the 0.3m x 4m and 0.9cm x 5m Shocka rolls do just that.
The upper surface of the fabric is coated in a resin containing copper hydroxide, which gives any mucus-based mollusc attempting to cross an unpleasant tingling sensation - and not only do the Slug and Snail Shocka Rolls keep your plants safe, but they act as a well insulated, weed resisting, water permeable mulch which can be easily trimmed to size and cut to plant through. Slug and Snail Shocka Rolls are used commercially so take a leaf out of the big boys' book and invest in some heavy-duty slug prevention today!
Looking good is a prerequisite of a garden vegetable, potato or salad planter and when the attractive appearance of the willow surrounds is matched by the quality of the planter hidden inside, you've got a top quality Planter & Willow Surround on your hands! The natural willow surround is secured with cable ties and disguises a high performance, non-woven, polypropylene-coated, thick fabric planter, complete with drainage holes at the sides and bottom along with sturdy webbed handles for easy movement around the patio. This winning combination is available in three designs - Vegetable, Potato and Salad/Herbs - giving you no excuse for not growing a range of staple home-grown vegetables in some style!
Extra Value Offer! Save £2 when purchasing all three planters - one of each - together!
Here's a novel approach to customising an unsightly old growbag - give it a makeover with the Grow Bag Cane Frames and Willow Surround duo and turn a sagging patio eyesore into a well supported and stylish rustic planter. Supplied in packs of 3, the frames are made of durable rust-proof plastic coated steel, hold the sides of the growbag together and can hold canes - or our aluminium tubing - of all diameters. That's the plant support side of your growbag taken care of and the Willow Surround, complete with plant-through coir cover (not popular at all with slugs and snails), will certainly enhance the appearance of the often gaudy plastic outer. Simply place around the bag (the surround and cover can be retro-fitted after planting) and your frog-like growbag instantly becomes a patio prince!
EXTRA VALUE SAVER! Purchase the Grow Bag Cane Frames and Willow Surround together and save £2!
Ascertaining the PH of your soil is essential if you want to produce healthy, home-grown fruit and vegetables and although soil PH levels can seem a bit of a mystery to some, the Soil PH Meter takes all the confusion out of determining if your soil is acid or alkaline. Quick and easy to use, the meter gives an instant check of soil PH and the accompanying plant preference list will help you delect suitable plants for your soil conditions. No batteries are required and a cleaning pad is supplied to wipe off the probe after use. Once the Soil PH Meter has done its job and the make-up ogf your soil has been revealed, it's possible to alter the soil PH to suit the crops you want to grow - for more information, visit the Ask the Expert section of our site.
Made with gardeners on the move in mind, these Multi-Purpose Garden Trays are a must for general garden use; from using as a work surface, as a go-anywhere potting top, for filling with sand or gravel to make a plunge bed, as a jumbo-sized seed tray and even for planting up, their versatility knows no bounds! Measuring a very generous 64.5cm/25” in length, 50cm/20” wide and 12cm/5” in depth, the trays can be planted up with vegetable crops and herbs and relocated at your discretion, time and time again. Each tray holds 28 litres of growing medium and the extra wide outer rim gives a good gripping point for hands when you want to move the tray around the garden or greenhouse. Bring inside if frost is forecast or follow the sun around during the day - you can't do that with a raised bed!
These trays will also fit our exclusive Vegetable Garden Frames - perfect for increasing your growing capacity!
Most gardeners never have enough space to cultivate their fruit, vegetables and herbs but those days may be about to end; our Vegetable Garden Frames - clever triple layered timber frames with 28 litre capacity jumbo growing trays - allow you to create a mini allotment of fresh herbs, salads, vegetables and strawberries, practically within picking reach of the kitchen. We've developed two very different frames to hopefully suit every garden situation; the king-size A-Frame Garden with its 1.92 square metres (over 6 square feet) of growing space courtesy of the 6 x 28 litre plastic trays; and the more compact Ladder model, which houses 3 trays and provides the potential for growing 0.96 sqm (3 sqft) of your chosen crops. But these frames are not just a one trick pony; thanks to the smaller seed trays (4 of which fit into a jumbo tray), propagating lids and capillary matting insert, the trays can be used as greenhouse-based propagating units before being transferred to the frame for hardening off and growing on. And when you consider the FSC high pressure treated timber frames - both designed and manufactured by our experienced team - are designed to maximise light and ventilation to plants, prevent slugs from reaching the trays and encourage close planting to inhibit the growth of weeds, you'll wonder how you ever managed before!
Purchase extra trays for your Vegetable Garden Frames and increase the amount and frequency of crops you can grow - click here for details!
CompostAir might sound like a budget airline but the only thing likely to be flying with this innovative composting system is your garden waste, turned into nutrient rich compost with little effort. Although we can't promise compost at the speed of sound, the simple but highly effective ‘egg box’ cone wall of the CompostAir allows air - an essential element to quick odourless composting - through the tip of every cone. The breather tube that runs through the centre of the bin at the base allows air into the heart of the pile to lessen the need for turning and as this novel bin is supplied in a roll, allowing you to adjust to a size that suits, it’s perfect for rolling up to store after use. We recommend optional lids as they are key to regulating moisture in your heap, making the bacteria work even harder for quicker compost.
Book your place amongst the home fruit and vegetable growing fraternity and produce succulent strawberries, tumbling tomatoes, salads or aromatic herbs in our attractive, FSC-rated, high pressure treated timber Bookshelf Planter. Mounted on a sunny south facing wall, the three 9.5ltr durable black plastic troughs enclosed by the planter will provide the ideal growing environment for seedlings through to ready-to-harvest plants and protection from inclement weather - and a touch of style - is provided by the hinged front panel, which latches securely shut. Although fixings for both wall and fence mounting are supplied with the Bookshelf Planter, the 64cm wide by 21cm deep and 87cm high 'growing library' is equally at home freestanding in a sheltered spot on any patio, balcony or terrace and extra plastic troughs are available separately for succession sowing and continual harvests. Read on...!
Quality raised beds and planters are - pardon the the pun - a huge growth area as gardeners realise the benefits of growing their own fruit and vegetables in waist height comfort with little or no maintenance and free from certain pests; and as gardeners ourselves, we're rather pleased with the stylish Manger Raised Planter we've both researched and designed. Standing 79cm (2'7") off the ground, the planter provides growing options that single level raised beds can't dream of offering - plant your salads and shallow rooting crops round the perimeter of the FSC approved, high pressure treated timber manger and let the plants (including carrots and parsnips) which require extra depth really stretch their legs in the centre, where 45cm (17½") of soil is available. Manufactured from 2cm (¾") thick planed timber and carrying a 5 year structural guarantee, you can be sure the Manger Raised Planter won't let you down and and your patio will be grateful for the thick, fitted, non-woven polypropylene fabric liner which aids water retention, contains fine sand and compost and helps prevent leaching. The 83cm (2'9") wide planters are available in two lengths - 1.2m (4ft) and 2.4m (8ft) - giving you ample opportunity to produce home grown vegetables in comfort!
Please Note: there is currently a 2 week delivery time on this product
Tying in your tomatoes, cucumbers and all manner of climbing fruit and vegetable plants is an age-old gardening task, and using string can be fraught with problems - it can harbour pests, it tends to rot and you can't rely on it 100% - so the metal Plant Support Rings are assured of a warm welcome in any allotment or potting shed, greenhouse or garden store. The rings are available in two sizes - 2.5cm and 4.5cm in diameter - and come in hefty packs of 200 and 100 respectively, plenty for all your ornamental and vegetable plant needs. They're galvanised for durabiity, will last year after and won't let you down; very important when your lovingly cared-for tomato plants are buckling under the weight of a record crop! Simply open the flexible metal ring, squeeze back loosely around plant and support and say goodbye to cutting up lengths of string and hunting for scissors!
We've raised our much sought-after Timber Raised Bed range up a level - quite literally! - with the introduction of our back-saving Timber Raised Bed Tables; a variation on the existing designs which elevates your home grown vegetables up to a comfortable working height of 74cm (2'5").
Using the same components which make our Standard and Superior Timber Raised Beds so popular, the 2ft x 4ft rectangular or 4ft square shapes of Timber Raised Bed Tables suit most patio or garden spaces and are available in a range of depths for the efficient growing of strawberries, salads, herbs and even deep rooted vegetables. The slatted base is covered with a stiff recyclable plastic cover, and we also supply a thick non-woven polypropylene fabric liner for water retention and containing compost. All the FSC accredited planed timber used in the manufacture of the Timber Raised Bed Tables is high pressure treated with a safe preserve and the beds carry a 5 year structural guarantee for complete peace of mind.
Please Note: there is currently a 2 week delivery time on this product
With raised bed vegetable gardening enjoying a boom in recent years and patios and other paved garden areas now often occupied by raised beds and planters, we've decided to develop and introduce a quality liner to help protect your hardstanding areas. We'd thoroughly recommend you use one of our thick, one piece, non-woven, polypropylene fabric liners when growing in raised beds on the patio; the material will help retain water, prevent the compost and soil from running out onto the hard surface - possibly causing staining - and will also help prevent weeds from growing through from beneath, a further reason for using a liner if your bed is positioned on soil or turf. Our liners - fitted with reinforced hand loops at each corner to aid emptying - are available in 6 different dimensions and fit our Allotment,Standard and Superior Timber Raised Beds up to 1.8m x 2.4m (6ft x 8ft) in size. They will also fit single and two tier versions of the Allotment and Standard beds (15cm and 30cm/6" and 12") and double tier Superior beds (40cm/16"), and can also be folded to efficiently line one tier (20cm/8") Superior Beds too.
Transform your vegetable-laden raised beds into an efficient mini-greenhouse with the minimum of effort, prolong your growing season and even ventilate summer crops without compromising on crop protection with our Fitted Hoops and Mesh Vented PVC Covers double act - one that garden pests certainly won't find amusing!
The 25mm diameter x 110cm high galvanised hoops fit securely inside the raised bed with supplied brackets and screws and are available in three size options - 1.2m x 1.2m (4ft x 4ft - 2 hoops), 1.2m x 1.8m (4ft x 6ft - also 2 hoops) and 1.2m x 2.8m (4ft x 8ft - 3 hoops) - and support the UV stabilised extra thick, heavy-duty PVC covers, complete with full-width insect-mesh ventilation for the summer months to keep pests out and let rain in.
The clear PVC traps heat and shields plants from the elements to extend the growing season and access couldn't be simpler thanks to the large-zipped, dual-skinned PVC/insect mesh panels that roll up and down on both sides. But don't let your raised beds have all the fun; although designed for use in our beds, the Fitted Hoops and Mesh Vented PVC Covers are equally at home in open ground.
The Fitted Hoops are available now but the Mesh Vented PVC Covers will not be in stock until late March 2010.
Increase your output of patio-grown produce by up to 8 times with the compact simplicity of the self-watering Quadgrow and Octogrow systems and enjoy peppers, tomatoes, beans and other crops all summer long. Many plants grown on the patio can perish in the desert-like conditions of mid-summer but these two low maintenance systems keep your vegetables in the rudest of health by way of a 25 litre water reservoir. Simply plant up the 11ltr sized pots (8 with the Octogrow, 4 with the quad) which encourage big, thick roots to develop, fill the reservoir with water and plant nutrients and let the SmartMats - which provide the constant watering that plants require by way of capillary action - do the rest. The feeder tray separates the soil from standing water to ensure strong, healthy and quick growth. And don't confine your growing activities to the summer months; add optional vented propagating pot lids (available separately) to bring plants on and to protect them from the cold and frost. Holiday watering has never been this simple!
The word 'cane' and phrase '6 of the best' used to strike fear into every unruly schoolchild but this is one lesson you'll enjoy learning - the 6 Cane Patio Planter can certainly help you produce '6 of the best' patio-grown tomatoes, beans, peas or peppers ever!
That's thanks to the tough denim-blue coloured polyethylene planter - with a root-friendly 54 litre capacity - which features drainage holes and integral cane pockets to support 6 canes (not supplied). It forms a stylish wigwam when clothed in climbing vegetables such as beans, peas, tomatoes or peppers and the planter measures 60cm W x 30cm D x 30cm H. Capable of supporting a 2.4m/8’ high cane, we'd suggest you try our aluminium tubing to create an even tougher tepee!
EXTRA VALUE SAVER - purchase 2 of the 6 Cane Patio Planters, reap the benefits of growing up 12 canes AND save £2!
Don't hang strawberries, tomatoes and other thirsty plants out to dry; hang them in the self-watering Aqua-Lock Hanging Basket instead and save water. time and effort and let traditional hanging baskets - which lose up to 80% of water which simply drains through - hang their heads in shame! This stylish, classically shaped, black polypropylene hanging basket incorporates a 0.6 litre, twist-lock, detachable water reservoir which dramatically reduces the frequency of watering and doesn’t waste a drop. There's no more teetering on ladders with heavy watering cans or giving yourself an unwated shower; simply fill the reservoir and connect it to the capillary wick that ensures water is drawn up into the compost by the plant roots on demand. 33cm diameter Aqua-Lock Hanging Baskets are available in pairs, with or without hanging brackets and are suspended securely from sturdy hanging chains.
Potatoes, leeks, carrots and other crops which love deep soil will be cheering the arrival of the Miracle-Gro Organic Choice Potato & Vegetable Gro-Sac to the rafters; not only does this vertical grow bag stand upright - transforming the smallest corner of the garden, patio, balcony or terrace into a mini veg-growing oasis - but the 50 litre peat-free compost mix provides 65cm for adventurous roots to explore and healthy spuds and carrots to develop. Made from 100% naturally occuring material, the contents of this 65cm high, 42cm wide by 10.5cm deep bag weigh in at a manoeuvrable 18kg.
The Miracle-Gro Organic Choice Giant Fruit & Vegetable Planter consists of a mammoth 50 litres of specially formulated peat-free compost enriched with Miracle-Gro organic plant food, and will welcomed with open arms by your growbag produced patio plants including tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, beans and salad crops. Containing almost twice as much compost as a standard growbag, your plants will really be able to stretch out their roots and the incorporated plant food should give an 8-week feeding boost. Lay this 98cm L x 33cm W x 10.5cm D beast of a growbag flat in the traditional manner, place on its side for deeper rooting vegetables or even lay one growbag on top of another in a method endorsed my multi Chelsea Gold Medal Winner and vegetable growing guru Medwyn Williams. 24kg in weight.
Push one-crop growbag wonders to the back of the grow-your-own queue with the Reusable Growbag, a sure-fire hit with gardeners and a chart topper for years to come. With a hefty 90 litre capacity, this tough, reusable heavy duty polypropylene growbag will help produce bumper crops and can be used year after year, as well as giving a thumbs down to the plastic waste generated when disposing of your one-use standard growbag. Measuring 100cm L x 40cm W x 23cm H, it's a giant compared to normal growbags and your plants will reward you well for the extra soil their roots can explore.
Although designed for use with the Growpot Ring Culture System, these Solar Cloches shouldn't be pigeon-holed into only providing warmth and protection to growbag-raised plants; the adjustable polymer sheets are equally at home providing respite from wind, rain and pests in pots of all sizes and even open soil. The simple to use cloches are supplied in packs of three and will last for years, helping generations of young plants to grow in comfort. The 27cm/10” high cloches are held comfortably inside the inner ring of the growpots but pegs (not supplied) will be required in other pots and beds.
Combine a technique from the Middle Ages and 21st century technology by introducing a Slug Moat around your plants as part of the garden battle against these fearsome pests; the 100% recycled plastic moats are simply placed around your plants, turning them into a fortress and either drowning or repelling the slimy invaders depending on your choice of bait.
Cats can be a real nuisance in the garden and although nothing is cat proof here is a great way to repel and discourage them. A PIR motion sensor that works day and night to detect movement up to a distance of 40ft before emitting a powerful ultrasonic whistle that is inaudible to humans, other animals and pets but is unbearable for cats. Battery operated (2 x 9V not included), simply situate the Ultrasonic Cat Scarer so that it faces towards the garden and pre-set a frequency. Optional adapter to run off mains sold separately.
Don't underestimate the benefits that leaf mould can bring to the garden, and a great way to start making your own free, nutritious supply of nature's very own soil improver is with the Wire Leaf Composter - the ideal place to put the mountain of leaves that fall during the year. The steel wire constructed leaf composter - with a rust resistant powder coating - holds 560 litres and includes a mesh lid with an access door. It’s such good value that we've introduced an Extra Value Offer - buy three of the 75cm W x 75cm D x 1m H units together to produce nutritious leaf mould and save £7. You'll never curse the falling leaves again!
Bringing all the benefits of a greenhouse at a fraction of the effort and cost, our re-designed Lean-to-Greenhouse is a clever and highly practical addition to any garden, vegetable plot or allotment. A combination of strength - in the shape of the 25mm/1” square x 1.5mm thick, heavy-duty galvanised steel framework with durable black powder coating - and quality (with its new and improved zip-on and zip-off heavy-duty UV stabilised PVC covers) means the greenhouse is ideal for propagating and hardening off young ornamental and vegetable plants, offers essential protection from frost, weather conditions and pests and is far safer than a glass structure when children and pets share the garden. The completely revamped lean-to fits snugly to the side of any house, 1.8m (6') + high wall or fence and is available in various lengths - from 0.99m (3'3") to 7.69m (25'3") - to suit almost any garden set-up. All units measure 1.8m (6') in height, are supplied complete with ground frame and end cover anchors, fixings, pressure treated mounting batten and full instructions and will comfortably house any of our greenhouse staging units up to 56cm (22") in depth (not included).
Growing ‘anti cat’ plants is a new way of tackling troublesome felines for a cat-free zone, the pack of 500 Organic Natural Cat Deterrent Plant Seeds contains 2 varieties - 400 Lemon Balm seeds for scent and 100 Helichrysum Italicum seeds for scent and texture. Both are disliked by cats but are totally safe for children, animals and wildlife, including the cats of course!
Protect young plants from damage against wind-chill, light frosts, birds, rabbits and deer with these handsome hand woven sustainable bamboo bell cloches. Your seedlings will be sure to get the best start in life with this unique form of bamboo plant protection. See Extra Value Set of Three and Save £3.00
Garden Organic described this ready assembled and ready to use 300 Litre Classic Rotol Composter as “well made, well designed and highly effective” – a real vote of confidence! This compost converter also came out top in a Gardening Which? test too and it’s hardly surprising given that it is easy to use, has a high strength 100% recycled polyethylene construction, a secure easy access lid for insulation and a 12 year manufacturers guarantee.
This coffee bean coloured, handsome Kitchen Compost Pail is made from high quality coated steel with an airtight seal lid, just perfect for the kitchen. It has a generous 10 litre capacity and a thick reusable plastic liner which rinses clean after use and measures 30cm D x 27cm H.
The Soil Association wrote the following description of this book: 'Revisits Maye Bruce's innovative Quick Return composting system, this method for making compost in just a few weeks uses a solution of flower essences as a natural activator, and is a fascinating approach to compost making.
Producing 9 litres of peat-free growing medium from a 20cm L x 10cm W x 6cm H coir brick sounds like something only Derren Brown or Paul Daniels could manage - but this seemingly impossible horticultural magic trick is something you can perform in your own kitchen garden, vegetable patch or allotment, thanks to the Eco-Coir Brick! Just by adding water and stirring, you can convert these organic, peat-free, compact bricks of all-natural coconut fibre (coir) into a growing medium for soil conditioning, hanging baskets and container growing or as additional brown matter for home composts - even as a bedding material for worm composters. They can also be used to lighten clay soils, improve water capacity in sandy soils or can plasy a major part in creating an ideal potting compost by mixing with other components, such as sand, garden compost, loam and manure.
See our Extra Value Offer and save £4 when purchasing a set of 5 Eco-Coir Bricks.
Protect plants, vegetables, shrubs, trees and lawns from disease and improve their root formation with this 100% organic Actiferm Soil Activator liquid. Full of effective micro organisms which will provide a microbial balance in your soil to naturally boost growth, 3 litres will dilute to treat 150 square metres.
These Onion Nets are ideal for storing onions, shallots, garlic and other root vegetables and are ideal for hanging in a cool shed, larder or outbuilding - the places best suited for storing onions. The nets are supplied in sets of five and are made from a strong woven polypropylene, ideal for usage over many years. The pull tie tops and labeling band around the outside will help ensure you know which onions are which and that none escape!
Recording the amount if rainfall is something every keen gardener should be doing; this valuable rain data will determine just how much water you'll need to add to your kitchen garden, vegetable plot, allotment or ornamental patch and our stylish and practical Rain Gauge will help you gather that information. The frostproof, plastic, funnel-shaped gauge sits 83cm (33”) high in a green powder coated stake so you can determine when rainfall needs to be supplemented with watering. A prong on the base of the gauge allows you to mount the funnel directly onto the lawn or border soil for a real 'plant's eye' record and with both metric and imperial scales to read from, taking a measurement is simple. Next time someone says it's 'bucketing' down, you'll be able to tell them just how many!
Natural Slug & Snail Deterrent Granules are about to enter the struggle between gardeners and slugs which has been going on for years and the slimy, plant-munching pests show no sign of hoisting the white flag anytime soon - therefore, a rain resistant, 100% recycled ceramic deterrent in granular form which dries the mucus of slugs and snails as they try to cross sounds like just the kind of weapon you need down the vegetable patch or allotment - not to mention the ornamental garden.
The jagged edges of the gNatural Slug & Snail Deterrent Granules - which blend in seamlessly with gravel - make crossing them the slug and snail equivalent of walking on hot coals and as they're available in 2.5kg or 10kg bags, you can stock up for a prolonged defence. Suitable for use in and around pots, individual plants or beds and borders, the Natural Slug & Snail Deterrent Granules are also ideal for filling the Slug Moats we supply and can be incorporated into the soil after use.
EXTRA VALUE OFFER - purchase a set of 4 Slug Moats and a 2.5kg bag of Natural Slug & Snail Deterrent Granules and SAVE £1! The discount will be deducted at checkout.
Grey squirrels can be an interminable garden pest; they dig up bulbs, pinch fruit, steal birds eggs, gnaw the bark off trees and even munch on foliage when nut stores run low, so trapping and removing them with our Squirrel Trap makes good garden sense. The rust-resistant galvanised wire mesh trap is open at both ends, encouraging the squirrel in to feed on the bait which is placed near a sensitive base plate and when triggered both doors spring into the locked position, trapping the creature inside. At 61cm in length, the squirrel, rat or other similar sized pest is unlikely to be harmed and the tap is easily transported with the carrying handle. Ideal for use in lofts or outbuildings, the catch trap comes complete with fully illustrated instructions. 21cm wide by 17cm in height.
To enjoy the unique taste of home-grown, freshly picked apples, cherries, pears and peaches, you need to put in some hard work during the formative years of the tree - and that means protecting the trunk with a Tree Guard and thwarting the destructive gnawing habits of deer, squirrels and rabbits. Made from UV-stabilised polypropylene plastic, the close-mesh, rot-resistant guards protect up to a height of 55cm and open from 5cm to 10cm in diameter as the girth of the trunk increases. The guards are supplied in packs of 5 and allow light, air and rainfall to pass through unhindered, leaving you with an orchard full of happy trees!
If you've ever wrestled with an uncompromising roll of rabbit wire or cut yourself on the sharp edges after eventually unrolling the wire, you'll be extremely relieved to hear that a much easier method of keeping hungry rabbits on the right side of your allotment or veg patch has literally 'rolled' into town - enter our Plastic Protection Netting. Manufactured from high strength, high density polyethylene, the 18mm x 20mm mesh netting is strong enough to deter all but the most razor-toothed of rabbits, is easy to manage and can be used as a general garden fencing or as a specific crop line of defence. This green netting will disappear into the garden vista and the 1m x 5m roll gives plenty of scope for use, leaving rabbits looking on forlornly!
If you've ever sweated and toiled to create the perfect lawn, sat back to enjoy your hard work and watched in horror as a mole hill pops up dead centre, then you'll be delighted that we've added a Humane Mole Trap to our range of live-catch pest-friendly products. There's no denying that these tunnelling terrors are major garden pests across the board - they can both ruin your lawn and pop up in the vegetable patch, eating beneficial earthworms and damaging plant roots - but they are also undeniably cute, so trapping them alive and releasing them an unburrowable distance away is an attractive proposition to most gardeners. Cost effective and completely chemical free, the 30cm long Humane Mole Trap boasts one-way disc-shaped doors which allow the mole in but deny any exit; simply locate the mole run, bury the trap in the tunnel, cover with soil and inspect daily to rid you garden of these sub-terranean terrors. Just twist the trap to open, release the digging demon in the next county and sit back once again to enjoy your lawn!
Gardeners down the ages have been batting against rabbits and some may even admit to a grudging respect for the furry enemy - and with the help of our Humane Rabbit Trap, you can catch and remove the beastly bunnies from your vegetable patch and allotment in a civilised manner.
Rabbits and other similar sized pests are attracted into the spring operated and simple to set galvanised wire mesh trap by baiting the metal plate inside; when touched, the door closes trapping the intruder unharmed. A carrying handle allows easy transportation and fully illustrated instructions are provided with this rust-resistant 81cm L x 25cm W x 23cm H Humane Rabbit Trap, allowing you to release the quarry an unhoppable distance from your garden.
The practice of keeping chickens in the back garden is growing almost as fast as their egg laying, with many small holders and gardeners enjoying their company, the rich manure they produce - and of course their eggs - but keeping your chickens safe from hungry foxes is of paramount importance, and that's why we've introduced the Chicken Wire Netting to our poultry range.
This is no ordinary chicken wire; instead, it's a 0.8mm thick, electro-welded, galvanised beast of a mesh designed for poultry cages and runs where rogue or mensa foxes (the cleverest ones) are a particular menace - and unlike chicken wire, this mesh cannot be pulled out of shape which can sometimes lead to a fox gaining acess to the coop.
The Chicken Wire Netting is available in both 1m and 2m sizes; the 1m version is supplied on a 5m roll and the 2m netting comes in 10m lengths - ample to keep your chickens in and the foxes out. Use in conjuction with our Poultry Cages and Poultry Houses to give your chickens the ultimate in safety and comfort.
Give a gentle but much needed growth boost to potato crops - whether early, main crop or Christmas - with this Organic Potato Fertiliser. The perfectly balanced NPK ratio of 3:5:7 wil help increase plant growth, encourage root systems and help produce larger tubers. Supplied in a 1kg pack, the granular fertiliser gives best results if applied at a rate of 135g per square metre (4oz per sq yd) before planting between February and April - simply scatter on the soil surface and lightly fork in. For a slug-free crop of spuds, try sprinkling Organic Advanced Slug Killer Granules directly after planting; hopefully the slugs will be attracted out of the soil, the granules will do their job and you'll have a lots of perfect potatoes!
Increase the size of both your tomatoes and cucumbers and be the envy of the allotments with this simple to use Organic Tomato and Cucumber Fertiliser. Specially formulated to improve both the taste and size of your crops with a whopping 14:8:16 NPK ratio, the fertiliser also includes growth-boosting magnesium trace elements. Mix with compost when sowing tomatoes in seed trays or modules and add to the soil when planting out, and cucumbers enjoy having the granular fertiliser mixed into their compost at the seed sowing stage. Keep the soil moist around established plants, feed weekly with the fertiliser and enjoy some terrific summer salads!
Created especially to produce larger carrots, beetroot, onions and the like, this Organic Root Vegetable and Onion Fertiliser is a must for any gardener's shed or store. The NPK ratio (6:6:12) heavily favours potassium which helps plants to resist disease and also improves flowering and fruit - or in this case vegetables!
Enjoy a summer to remember both in the garden and at the kitchen table with a big helping hand from the Organic Summer Fruits Fertiliser; a 100% organic granular formation which will help produce bumper berry and currant crops all summer long. The 4:8:16 NPK ratio is heavily weighted in favour of potassium, and that means the fruits of plants includiung strawberries, gooseberries, blackberries, raspberries and blackcurrants will really benefit. Simply sprinkle the granules on the soil surface (at a rate of 135g per sq metre/4oz per sq yd) both before transplanting and weekly during the growing season, protect the steadily swelling berries from birds and get ready for a flan-tastic yield of summer fruits!
A Garden Arch is one of the simplest ways to bring hard structure to your landscape, adding an extra dimension and instant drama to gardens large or small, vegetable or ornamental - don't forget that you can train beans, squash, peas and any number of climbing kitchen garden favourites, along with the more obvious flowering plants such as clematis and roses, up one of the Garden Arches! Our quality 25mm/1” square x 1.5mm thick powder coated galvanised steel design can be used to frame your favourite garden view - perhaps a meandering path, a gate or as a floral porch over a doorway to a special corner in your garden? Available in 2 width options and supplied complete with heavy-duty plastic mesh 'trellis' sections to assist when training plants. The design is perfect for growing runner beans, squash, sweet peas, trainable fruit trees, roses, clematis, honeysuckle or almost any climbing plant!
Standing with your finger over the end of a garden hose and spraying your vegetable plants and ornamental borders with water on a hot summer's afternoon is a real blast from the garden past, thanks to the adaptability and super-efficiency of the Garden Watering Kit.
Ideal for watering pots and planters, garden borders and vegetable patches, the combined 35 metres of piping (10m of main distribution pipe and 15m of sprinkler supply pipe) provides the potential for watering en masse and as each of the 20 sprinklers can irrigate an area up to 2 metres in diameter (depending on water pressure), your plants certainly won't go thirsty!
The sprinklers - all of which are fully adjustable - simply push into the end of each piece of supply pipe and as all the piping can be cut to length with a pair of scissors, the whole Garden Watering Kit system can be tailored to your own particular garden situation.
Damage to your garden plants caused by slugs, rabbits, deer, pets, insects and birds is hard enough to take but when youyr garden hose is the culprit then you know it's time to act - bring on the Cast Iron Hose Guide! Guaranteed to keep a wandering hose in check, the 35cm tall guide steers the hose harmlessly around the corners of beds, lawns and hedges whilst looking the part as well. Supplied in packs of three, the guides are manufactured from cast iron and finished in a 'back of the potting shed' grey powdered look.
Keeping your garden pond well oxygenated is essential if you want stress-free fish, and warm summer weather is when pond oxygen levels dip to fish-threatening levels; so it makes pefect sense all round to use our Solar Powered Pond Oxygenator and keep the smile on your fishes faces!
Cost- free to run, this ingenious design uses the sun to help keep water in small to medium ponds (up to 5000 litres capacity) clean and algae-free by way of 2 air stones, placed on the bottom of the pond and fed by 2m (6'5") long tubes.
The feisty pump produces a 180 litre per hour flow rate and is powered by the sun with a cell battery for back-up; the Solar Powered Pond Oxygenator can power up during the day or night via a switch; there's no wiring or installation to worry about and the separate solar panel - complete with a generous 3m (10') lead - can be positioned to absorb the maximum sunlight available.
Get a handle on exactly what's happening in your greenhouse with our Thermometer & Hygrometer - designed to give your seedlings and young plants the very best chance of being the biggest and best croppers on the allotment or in the kitchen garden this year. You'll never miss a watering either, or be late to open up the vents in summer as the multi-use Thermometer & Hygrometer - powered by one triple A battery (included) - also has an hourly and daily alarm function along with a calendar and 12/24 hr display option. Measuring 11cm tall by 7cm wide, the unit will record and display the current temperature within a huge -5ºC (+23ºF) to 50ºC (+122ºF) range to a 1ºC accuracy, along with the relative humidity between 30% and 90% - essential for healthy germination and to help prevent conditions that diseases like botrytis just love. You can also check what's been going on in the greenhouse whilst you've been away or asleep as well thanks to the max/min function, available in both temperature and humidity modes. A complete pocket-sized greenhouse information centre!
Every potting shed or greenhouse, whether it be on the allotment, in the vegetable plot or tucked away in a corner of the garden, needs a good quality, user-friendly potting bench to sow, pot, propagate and plant up on, as well as storing all those easy to mislay potting shed essentials - and the Indoor Potting Bench ticks all those gardening boxes! The 100cm L x 45cm W sturdy bench looks the part too with its distressed finish and the 92cm high zinc work surface, complete with sunken compost holding area, provides a very comfortable working height. The bench is made from sustainable timber and features a sliding drawer - ideal for labels, packets of seed and small potting tools - along with a lower storage self for larger potting shed gear such as watering cans, seed trays and fertiliser.
Greenhouses are a winter sanctuary for hibernating pests such as red spider mite, and giving the structure a thorough scrub down with the Concentrated Greenhouse Cleaner over the colder months is very much recommended for a pest-free year next time around. Formulated from natural ingredients and utilising enzyme technology, the cleaner doesn't restrict you to a winter wash and brush up as it's perfectly safe to use around plants and is suitable for cleaning and disinfecting the glass, frame and floor. The non-toxic,environmentally friendly, biodegradable credentials of the cleaner slot seamlessly into any organic gardening set-up and there's no rinsing off after use - unlike other similar products - leaving you more time to get on with the important greenhouse jobs of sowing, pricking out and potting up!
You might not be able to grow 'strawberry fields forever' with the Fab 4 Heated Propagator, or want to nickname the four mini-sized seed trays John, Paul, George and Ringo, but this valuable addition your greenhouse propagation set-up is likely to prove a real hit. A smaller version of the very popular Super 7 propagator, the Fab 4 will sit comfortably on any staging unit and seedlings will hit the right note with the 10W heated base, capable of raising the temperature evenly to 8°C above ambient. Each tray can be individually vented at the top of the lid to meet the needs of its contents and ensure your germination rates and seedlings are of chart-topping quality! Supplied complete with four trays and lids, measures 38.5cm/15” long by 24cm/9.5” wide and stands 15.5cm/6” high.
Novice growers and experienced gardeners alike will be delighted with this Self-Watering Seed Starting System; it's reliable, reusable, self-watering, very easy to use and cost effective - and with that list of attributes, it fits perfectly into any greenhouse or potting shed set-up supplying an allotment, vegetable patch or kitchen garden. It provides the ideal environment for quick germination and vigorous root growth, almost guaranteeing sturdy, healthy transplants that will thrive in your garden, thanks in the main to the insulated 40 cell polystyrene growing tray that maintains an even temperature. A clear plastic cover is included to help retain heat and moisture but most importantly it has a self-watering reservoir – so over or under-watering worries are a thing of the past! The reservoir will hold roughly a week’s supply of water; just keep it topped up and the capillary matting will draw the water to the plants as and when they demand it. Measures 38cm long by 25cm wide and is 8.5cm high.
When gardening space is limited but you really want your own home-grown fresh produce just an arm’s length away, turn to the Self-Watering Windowgrow for help! As the name would suggest, the 70cm long by 15cm wide and 15cm deep container waters your chosen plants itself; all you need to do is periodically top up the reservoir and let the Smartmat capillary matting do the rest. Ideal for salads, herbs and even baby carrots, the Windowgrow comes complete with a clear plastic propagating lid and this do-it-all system will provide a kitchen-based medium for your crisp, fresh vegetables – from seed right through to harvest!
On the back of the popularity of the almost-can't-do-without Super 7 Propagator - a mainstay of any greenhouse or potting shed propagation department - we've added the Self-Watering Super 7 Propagator to our extensive range of propagation equipment. Although there's no heated base with this model, there is an innovative self-watering system to give seedlings and young plants plenty of H20, consisting of a platform covered in capillary matting housed inside the 3.4 ltr outer reservoir tray. Plants will draw water from the tray by capillary action as and when they need it and the seven individual mini-seed trays and lids - available separately - increase the quantity and variety of plants which can be grown. The Self-Watering Super 7 Propagator measures 76cm/30” long, 17.5cm/7” wide and stands 15cm/6” in height, fitting your kitchen or greenhouse windowsill like a glove!
Light is an essential element for plant growth and there's always plenty of frustrated gardeners wandering around in the winter months twiddling their thumbs because their allotment, vegetable patch and kitchen garden growing activities have been curtailed by low light levels - but expect to see their faces and plants light up at the sight of the Indoor Grow Light Garden. The innovative garden includes 4 reusable trays that can grow the plants until they are mature enough to go into the garden without the need for transplanting into a bigger pot; these trays sit beneath the 2 x 2ft 24W fluorescent bulbs for healthy vigorous growth. Plants can’t tell the full spectrum lighting from sunlight, and the bulbs don’t buzz or flicker on start up, last up to an impressive 10,000 hours and use less electricity than a standard bulb. The lights are housed in the canopy of the sturdy and handsome aluminium stand that has an adjustable height (up to 38cm H from base) and a reflective hood to maximise usable light. And if that’s not easy enough, you can treat yourself to an optional self-watering insert tray which introduces a 3.4 litre water reservoir to the light garden, watering seedlings automatically with the right amount of moisture for up to 14 days, leaving you to just top up this clever table top system as and when required.
Gardeners will really appreciate the Allotment Tool and Tuck Box as this sturdy gardening companion carries the two essentials any green fingered allotment owners need - food and tools! The robust steel box is strong enough to take the inevitable knocks whilst preventing your sandwiches from being squashed and your crisps getting crushed, and even has lockable clasps (padlocks not included!) to keep pests - and fellow hungry gardeners - away from your tuck. Throw in the heavy duty carrying handle, sliding panels to keep your Twix away from your trowel and a generous tool storage section - not to mention space to insert a name card - and you've got the perfect gift for the gardener! Measures 28cm in width, 15.5cm deep and stands 25cm high overall.
Maintaining the vegetable patch requires a great deal of time on your knees so why not grow your own produce and tend the allotment in style and comfort with this olive coloured Garden Kneeling Pad. The leather handle makes this lightweight, 100% polyester kneeler easy to carry from raised bed to herbaceous border and the very handy pocket - a full 28cm deep by 20cm wide and lined at the top in leather - provides essential storage space for seed packets, labels, secateurs and small hand tools. Both attractive and hard wearing, the kneeling pad will keep your knees clean and hopefully creak-free and is a perfect gift for a gardener of any age. Measures 56cm in length, 25.5cm in width and is a cushioning 5cm deep.
These charming galvanised metal Indoor Watering Cans with baby oval brass spray heads provide accurate and delicate watering of indoor plants and the attractive box presentation makes them an ideal Gift too! Available in Pea Green and Red
This Haws Watering Can is hot dip galvanized and finished in fashionable Pea Green or Red. Comfortable to use, the single handed slim line can was highly recommended in 'Telegraph Gardening' on April 22nd 2006.
Stylish wooden compost bins needn’t cost a fortune as proved by this simple design Allotment Compost Bin that will blend into any garden or allotment and keep your compost nice and compact. The gaps between the FSC timber planks will ensure plenty of air circulation to aid the composting process and the high pressure treated timber will withstand water and prevent rotting. Great Looks and Great Price - Only £39.95!
All gardeners can use an extra pair of hands for those menial, time-consuming but unavoidable garden tasks such as clearing leaves, collecting thorny plant material and removing piles of debris - and when the help is in the shape of these 40cm wide Heavy Duty Handy Hands, those dreary garden jobs will seem a doddle! Made from heavy duty durable plastic, the ergonomic hand grip and lightweight design of the giant scoops - 34cm in length - allows you to collect large piles of leaves, prunings and other garden waste in comfort . The giant hands even have a moulded bracket on the back to fit a pole or handle (not included), turning each one into a very effective rake.
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Store seeds conveniently and safely using the monthly dividers in this stylish Seed Packet Organiser tin. Five seed storage envelopes and pencil are included.
Country Garden Boot Wiper - If your garden plot or allotment is located in a particularly muddy location then this freestanding boot wiper is just for you! Many of you have been asking for a Muddy Boot Wiper that is built to last so we set about designing our very own superior version which would look great situated outside the potting shed or a back door. We have used 1.6mm thick, 32mm x 32mm box section steel for the frame and then powder coated it in polyester textured matt black, just like our heavy duty steel fruit cages, for an elegant finish. It stands at 1m high and the comfortable rubber gripped T handle is useful for steadying yourself before you use the 2 recessed shoe scraping plates to knock the worst of the mud off. The 4 individual black bristle brushes (26cm x 7cm), positioned to clean both the sole and edge of your boots, then make light work at cleaning the boot in one swift action.
At last - a bin that does not have to be banished under the sink! It is so much easier not to waste a scrap of valuable compostable waste with this powder coated steel work top Compost Bin which measures a generous 28cm W x 21cm D x 19cm H.
This 7 pocket Shed Tidy is a practical, yet very attractive Gift - simply hang up in a shed or garage and use the pockets to store your gardening equipment, one pocket is designed with a hole ideal for the easy dispensing of twine and there are 2 extra strong hoops for hanging larger tools.
Store your spuds in style with a little help from the wicker Potato Storage Basket; not only will the attractive 45cm high basket sit neatly in your kitchen, but it will help stop your potatoes from sprouting whilst allowing them to breathe, meaning your hard work growing your own produce won't be in vain. Manufactured from wicker and finished with an attractive grey wash, the basket sports a detachable lid and a pouting lower lip to give easy access to the next handful of spuds. Measuring a generous 33cm in width and 30cm in height (when lid-less), the basket will hold all the potatoes you need in close proximity to the stove.
3 Tier Sprouter - Don’t overlook the chance to grow easy fresh food all year round! Full of protein, vitamins and minerals, sprouts are easy to digest and you can get results indoors within a matter of days.
SB Plant Invigorator is a non-toxic, biodegradable pesticide that kills soft bodied insect pests and leaves no harmful residues. It also has natural ingredients that act as a foliar feed to plants and help control mildew. A unique 3 in 1 triple action spray!
With the Trashbasher - Wheelie Bin Compactor you can flatten your wheely bin contents and you will put a stop to small animals from foraging in your refuse, partially raised bin lids from blowing open and you will increase capacity that prevents leaving excess bags on the driveway. Simply wait for the bin to fill up, hook to the bin handle, position the push plate over the rubbish, pull down and watch the rubbish condense. Easily stores on the wheely bin handles.
This strong, metal cased soil thermometer is ideal for indoor or outdoor use, whether you are testing soil, the inner core of compost, mushrooms, heated seed beds or plant rearing.
If you wander around any market in France you will be struck by how many shoppers still bring their own panniers, and if you cast your minds back you will remember that it wasn't that long ago that everyone in Britain too owned a shopping basket. This perfectly proportioned vintage wicker basket is a great shape for shopping and collecting up your home grown produce, will save unnecessary waste and look rather dapper. It's great too for storing eggs, fruit and vegetables and collecting cut flowers.
The Miracle Long Handled Block Paving Brushes are an amazing environmentally friendly solution to removing moss and weeds from grout and cracks, and cleaning up decking - No more pressure washing! No more chemicals! No more bending!.. Awkward cleaning jobs are made much easier with these FSC hardwood block head paving brushes. Each one has unique heat treated wire bristles to suit different purposes - 3 rows of angled bristles for cleaning the patio, a larger head and 5 contoured rows of bristles for scrubbing the decking and 3 rows of straight bristles for grout. Each Miracle Paving Brush has a long handle measuring 158cm/62” L
