Real Gardens
For garden ideas and inspiration, you’ve come to the right place. Whether you want a hand with garden design or just a few tips and tricks, we’re all spending more time in our gardens this summer 2020, so it’s the perfect opportunity to become more green-fingered and to tend to our outdoor space like never before! You can make your garden beautiful with our best pick of decking and patio ideas, while we’ve next level garden lighting ideas and ways to perfect your border planting, too. Whether you’ve a city balcony, or small garden and are looking for innovative garden storage, or if you simply want a few cheap garden ideas to create a lovely outdoor space on a budget, we’ve curated this page to ensure that all your needs are well and truly met.
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Growing lavender: top tips for planting, pruning, and harvesting lavender
Growing lavender is easy with our top tips. See our advice on how to plant, grow and care for lavender so that you can enjoy fragrant flowers, year after year
By Anna Cottrell •
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The best gardening gloves 2020: top 5 buys to protect your hands
Our pick of the best gardening gloves will allow you to transform your outdoor space without collecting scratches and blisters as you go
By Anna Cottrell •
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Best fence stain: our 5 top buys for a beautiful fence
The best fence stain will protect your garden fence from the effects of cold and rainy weather, all year round. These are the best you can buy
By Annie Collyer •
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Best decking stains: our 5 top buys to nourish your deck
The best decking stains will colour, protect, and perfect your outside space. From solid colours to translucent glosses, we've found the top buys on the market
By Anna Cottrell •
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Best outdoor rugs: 5 stylish choices for your garden living space
Outdoor rugs will spruce up your outdoor living space, bringing colour and style to make it super cosy. See our pick of the best for patios and decks, in all shapes, sizes and styles
By Cynthia Lawrence •
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5 climbing plants gardening guru Monty Don relies on for colour and fragrance
Take inspiration from Monty and add these eye-catching scented climbing plants to your plot to up your gardening game
By Sarah Warwick •
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How to build a pergola: 11 steps to pergola success
Learn how to build a pergola using our DIY guide and get your pergola up in no time at all
By Anna Cottrell •
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Best pressure washer: 5 top buys for deep cleaning outdoors
The best pressure washers include small models for speedy cleans and bigger machines to blast through grime. Whether cleaning cars, patios, or decking we've got the scoop on the best pressure washers for your cleaning needs.
By Alex Temblador •
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Best garden shed: 8 top buys for storage or garden office space
The best garden shed is so much more than just a basic storage unit for your garden tools. Use yours for everything from displaying plants to a home office...
By Anna Cottrell •
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18 budget gardening ideas – dos and don'ts from pro garden landscapers
Update your green space with these easy budget gardening ideas (from professional landscapers) and you won't regret it
By Leigh Clapp •
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Worx 40V Cordless Lawn Mower review
We tested the Worx 40V cordless lawn mower – also known as the Worx WG779E.2 – to see if it lived up to expectations and made mowing the lawn as easy as can be
By Lindsey Davis •
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Cottage garden plants – 12 floral must-haves for a cute cottage garden
These 12 cottage garden plants will help bring your outdoor space to life, whether you've gone for a period or modern cottage garden approach
By Leigh Clapp •
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A guide to aesthetic plants: the most stylish houseplants of 2020
Becoming a plant parent? These are the most-liked aesthetic plants on Instagram.
By Ann Loynd Burton •
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Best exterior wood paint: 6 top buys for fences, decks, and more
The best exterior wood paint ideal for giving fences, sheds, garden furniture a new lease of life – here are our top picks
By Lindsey Davis •
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Real garden: enjoy this timeless cottage garden created on a budget
With a limited budget, but lots of hard work, Mary Cox has created the perfect cottage garden to complement her pretty thatched home
By Annette Warren •
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Garden landscaping ideas: 10 steps to landscape a garden from scratch
If you're looking for garden landscaping ideas, our 10 steps to garden success will point you in the right direction
By Camille Dubuis-Welch •
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Our favourite Wayfair garden furniture is on sale! And it's perfect for small spaces...
We have had our eye on this Wayfair garden furniture all summer and now it's on sale!
By Hebe Hatton •
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5 H&M Home buys we're rushing to buy –to get our gardens heatwave-ready
H&M Home is filled with gorgeous summery pieces to get (y)our outdoor space looking glorious
By Hebe Hatton •
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Best paddling pools: 5 top buys for splashing about in the garden
These best paddling pools will provide hours of fun for the kids – and a couple are great for giving the dog a bath, too
By Anna Cottrell •
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Garden design: 11 steps to plan and design a garden
From budgeting for a garden design, to hiring a professional or learning how to design a garden yourself – this is everything you need to know
By Matt James •
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The 5 garden furniture buys we've voted most stylish (in time for the heatwave)
We've picked these garden furniture finds as our favourites – so you can enjoy this glorious weather in style (and comfort)
By Sophie Warren-Smith •
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This Aldi badminton set is a smashing find – and a BARGAIN
Aldi's garden range has this badminton set in it's arsenal... it's a real hit
By Niamh Quinn •
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Best garden hose: our 6 top hose pipes for healthy lawns
Investing in the best garden hose is a must if you're looking to keep a large garden in full bloom. Make watering easier with our pick of the top hose pipes
By Anna Cottrell •
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5 garden shade ideas to keep you cool in the heatwave
These garden shade ideas are such to transform your garden an oasis in the coming heatwave
By Hebe Hatton •
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6 house plant tips – stay on top of your gardening in the heatwave
These house plant tips will keep your plant babies alive no matter what your gardening skills
By Hebe Hatton •
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Best secateurs: top 6 buys for perfect pruning
These best secateurs will make pruning and cutting in your garden a breeze
By Anna Cottrell •
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Best electric grill: 5 best buys for outdoor and indoor cooking in 2020
The best electric grills are great multitaskers – use them to make panini, grilled vegetables, burgers and more – even when you fancy cooking outside
By Annie Collyer •
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5 GORGEOUS outdoor rugs we can't believe are from Amazon
Yes Amazon outdoor rugs are really beautiful and yes they are really affordable – here are our top picks to update your garden
By Hebe Hatton •
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Best portable BBQs: our 7 favourite charcoal, gas and smoke-free buys
Our list of the best portable BBQs will help make summer more spontaneous
By Annie Collyer •