Spring is here and it's time to overhaul your garden ready for the warm months. So check out this season’s hottest trends, knickknacks and garden must-haves.
Garden furniture is as important as your shrubs and plants when it comes to creating a space for reading, relaxing or entertaining friends. So you don’t have to be green-fingered to transform your back garden into a stylish oasis. Check out these five great ideas which won’t involve you getting your hands dirty.
Solar Lighting
Solar lighting is the choice for the eco-gardener, and they’re now available in all manner of cool designs. The globe solar lights from Garden Lifestyles charge up on sunlight throughout the day to provide 12 hours worth of ambient lighting at night. They’re football-sized globes which come in various shades and can float in a pond or pool, sit on a table or be placed in the earth.
Deckchairs
Book lovers will love these Penguin deckchairs for lounging about it with a good read. There are three designs in the range, all of which are based on the publisher’s early paperback jackets. Choose between A Room With A View, The Garden Party and The Big Sleep. They’re available to buy online from Crocus.
Hammocks
There’s nothing like a hammock for a lazy day in the garden. See Simply Garden Furniture
for one of the best and reasonably priced selections of hammocks on the web. And they’re not all the traditional type requiring two trees or strong brick walls – there are free standing hammocks for two, swing seats and hanging child rockers too. And all in a variety of colours, and quality fabrics.
Teak furniture
If you’re after a whole new set of garden furniture, forget wicker and think teak. Cyan Teak Furniture has a beautiful range of traditional seating and tables, along with gorgeous love seats, round tree seats and corner benches, all in solid teak. See the collection online.
Barbecue
What garden would be complete without a serious barbecuing set. Ditch disposable supermarket kits in favour of a permanent grilling stand and you’ll soon become one of the most popular households in town. Flaming Barbecues has a fantastic online range of everything you could need for a modern BBQ – from patio heaters to gas cylinders and picnic hampers.
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