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the_gardening_website_the_uks_number_one_website_for_gardening.jpg is THE UK’s No.1 Gardening Website designed as a one-stop gardening directory so that you can identify, search and quickly FIND everything and everyone you need to help design, build and enjoy your garden. Simply select from the tabs above, the indexes on your left and right, or scroll down the front page and CLICK on any of the "KEY WORD LINKS" or banners. Or you can search by key words from the search facility on your right.


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Garden Centres on The Gardening Website You can search THE Gardening WEBSITE for Garden Centres by County, Garden Centres by City or Town or Garden Centres by Product and Service. We have over 4,000 Garden Centres on THE Gardening WEBSITE and if you click on the post code for the Garden Centre you want to visit you can obtain a map to help you find the Garden Centre as well as the weather forecast for the Garden Centre based on its post code.

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In most Garden Centres you’ll find an extensive outdoor plant area, a garden shop offering everything from packets of seed to patio furniture and a houseplant and gift shop bursting with gift ideas. Many offer hard landscaping materials from pots and planters to paving and fencing, and also wildlife and water gardening sections. Garden Centres will also have somewhere to eat and drink in relaxing and pleasant surroundings. 

The UK has a mix of small businesses and national or regional chains. Garden centre chains in the UK include Dobbies Wyevales, Hillier, Notcutts and Squires.  The DIY chains B&Q and Homebase also have large garden centres with a wide range gardening products ranging from garden plants through to garden sheds. Many Gardens to Visit including National Trust properties, the RHS Garden, Wisley, Westonbirt Arboretum also have garden centres .

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Garden Plants on The Gardening Website For many gardeners the only thing that really matters in a garden is the plants. Your local Garden Centre will often carry comprehensive ranges of Garden Plants. If you can't find the plant you need at you local Garden Centre then you can search Specialist Garden Nurseries by the plant type you are looking for and we include a wide range including Specialist Nurseries for  Acers Alpines Aquatics Artemisia Bamboo Cacti Clematis Conifers Cottage Garden Plants Ferns Fruit Trees Fuchsias Gladiolus Grasses Hedging Hellebors Herbaceous Plants Herbs Hosta Iris Japanese Plants Lavender Mature Specimen Plants Narcissus Orchids Ornamental Trees Perennial Plants Primroses Rhododendron Roses Seeds and Bulbs Shrubs and Trees Supply & Services Shrubs Tropical / Sub Tropical Plants Tropical Conservatory and Greenhouse Plants Tulips Wildflowers.

We also have a comprehensive range of the UK's leading seed and plant suppliers to ensure you have the widest choice of flowering plants and top quality seeds for fruit and vegetables so you can grow your own fresh fruit and vegetables. You can often have these delivered to your door by Mail Order. And of course everyone loves to send flowers and receive flowers and we have flowers for all occasions - Valentines Day, Mothers Day Flowers, Weddings, wonderful flower arrangements and bouquets produced by talented florists. You can order flowers online and have flowers delivered for next day delivery and some will add chocolates or a bottle of wine to make the gift of flowers even more special.
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Garden Nurseries on The Gardening Website will send you plants by mail order, but you may have to visit others to pick up the plants you desire. Over 900 garden specialist nurseries are included on THE Gardening WEBSITE and can again be searched for by County or by City or Town  with details of the plants they sell so it will be easy to find exactly the one you are looking for. You can search Specialist Garden Nurseries by Speciality - e.g Acers, Alpines, Aquatics, Bamboo, Cacti, Ferns, Clematis, Grasses, Hedging, Herbaceous Magnolia, Ornamental Trees. Many are specialist growers and are not open at all times, some not at all as they only supply through Mail Order and some Specialist Garden Nurseries are Trade Only and only supply wholesale. So please check through us or directly with the Specialist Garden Nursery in question. Their website will include details of opening times and arrangements.

On THE Gardening WEBSITE you'll find On-Line garden centres, specialist nurseries, growers, plant suppliers and seed companies who have exactly what you need where purchases can be made by the click of the button on your pc at home.

Grow Your Own on The Gardening Website  if you can possibly find any space in your Garden, try to Grow your Own fruit and vegetables. You will find all you need to do this on THE Gardening WEBSITE from the all important seeds and plants through to everything you need whether you have a small urban garden or a large rural garden - you can find raised garden beds, fruit and vegetable cages to protect your produce, garden netting, compost bins, plant protection products and plant supports. We also include Water Butts to save and recycle your water and a wide range of composting bins and wormeries to help recycle all that is valuable in your Garden.

To keep the garden in tip top condition you will probably want to browse through our suppliers of composts, fertilisers and mulches to help your garden flourish grow, as well as the plant care products you'll need to deal with pests and diseases and those weeds that always manage to find a space in the garden.

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Garden Tools on The Gardening Website working in the Garden is always so much easier when you have the right tools for the job and there are now Garden Tools for virtually every job in the Garden from the simple spade or fork to the specialised cutting tools for asparagus. Here on the Garden Tools page we have an extensive list of garden tool suppliers and garden tools which we are constantly updating so that you find the best tool for the job from the best supplier. There are simply hundreds of different garden tools available at garden centres and most are now also available online with super fast deliveries.  You'll find Garden Forks, Garden Hand Tools, Garden Loppers, Mattocks, Pruners, Rakes, Garden Secateurs and of course the Garden Spade. There are also some great deals available so watch out for some great garden tool offers which will be featured in our Monthly Best Gardening Offers - so you don't miss out!

The Internet has made the major players and specialist suppliers alike more accessible just CLICK ON THE LOGO's below or go to Online Garden Tools and Machinery to access THOUSANDS of great deals and offers from the top suppliers and top brands for all your Gardening needs.
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Garden Machinery on The Gardening Website No garden is complete without a machine designed to make life that little bit easier.  Whether you have a flower garden, an allotment, a woodland garden or a vegetable plot, this is where you'll find the big, tough stuff like tractor lawn mowers; chainsaws, chippers, hedge trimmers; scarifiers; leaf blowers and strimmers; shredders and aerators to help keep your garden neat and tidy, and cut down on some of the hard manual work which every gardener faces at some time.  You'll find all the big garden machinery and equipment suppliers on this page - even through to ATV's - all terrain vehicles for those of you with very large gardens, and often some of our Gardening Website partners such as Mow Direct publish special deals here, so do keep an eye out!

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Garden Products on The Gardening Website - Garden Centres carry a wide range of Garden Products and many can also be purchased Online. Visit RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Hampton Court or Tatton Park and you will see exhibitors featuring Garden Products including Barbeques DIY Suppliers such as B&Q Screwfix.com Wickes Garden Bird Supplies Direct Gardening Bookshops / Books / Magazines Garden Buildings Garden Clothing Garden Conservatories Garden Edging Garden Furniture Garden Gates Gardening Gifts Garden Hammocks Garden Lighting Garden Machinery Garden Machinery Suppliers Garden Photography Garden Preservatives and Timbercare Garden Security Garden Sheds Garden Supply Retailers Garden Tools Garden Ties Garden Wildlife Greenhouses Humane Animal Deterrents Mail Order Ornaments and Pots Pet Centres Plant Care Products Planters Pond Liner Supplies Water & Aquatics Water Butts To make the most of your garden - don't forget garden lighting for professional lightscaping. For pure enjoyment of your garden there is a wide range of Garden art aswell as barbeques, fabulous garden furniture – seats, tables, loungers and including hammocks which allow you to enjoy your garden in the day and with the addition of the right garden lighting, into the evening. If you are looking for something extra special in your garden, water features are a great way to create a stunning and relaxing focal point.  Water features are available in almost any style or size you’d like from stainless steel, glass, slate, stone, granite and even marble and can be used both outside or inside.  Kelkay also offer a wide range of resin water features to suit any taste.  However, if it’s not possible to find something you like out of this choice you could always have one designed – see custom made water features .


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Garden Design and Build on The Gardening Website  Whether you are starting with a blank space and want your whole garden professionally designed to give you all year interest in your garden - and add value to your property or maybe just need some help to improve your existing garden, you will find all that you need on THE Gardening Website including professional garden designers throughout the country who will offer you their ideas for the space you have and / or develop your own ideas. You can again search for Garden Designers County or Region, by City or Town or by Specialty and there are also Garden Design Products such as Bed in a Box where you can buy a professionally designed garden printed on weed suppressant fabric with a planting plan for you to simply pierce the fabric and plant the plant matching the number printed on the fabric - and it all comes in a "brief case" sized presentation box - so simple and a great gardening gift. 

Hard Landscaping on The Gardening Website The hard landscape is a key part of the structure of a garden. Hard Landscaping hard should be attractive and in keeping with the house and the rest of the garden and is usually the most expensive part of the design and build of a garden. It's going to be there for a long time so it's important to get the choice of materials and design right and go for the best materials you can afford. There's more to hard-landscaping than just paving it also includes all the non-green stuff like aggregates block paving coarse sand gravel slate stone timber crushed concrete gabions ballast edging garden lighting garden fencing, garden walls, brickwork, garden paving, patio flagstones, garden decking, retainer walls, pergolas railway sleepers and pond liners.

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Soft Landscaping on The Gardening Website Soft Landscaping involves the "green bits" of creating your garden including garden topsoil, garden turf, garden plants, shrubs and trees, against the positioning of architectural structures, such as garden buildings, garden sheds, gazebos, timber arches and trellises.  Soft landscaping is vital to all gardens, not only does a well planted garden look attractive but it adds character and charm and needs to be planned to take into account which areas of the garden are lit and shaded at different periods throughout the day, the soil type and draining. You may want to go for an artificial lawn and if you don't and use turf or grass seed you will need to add garden composts, garden bark and mulches, fertilisers and perhaps loams and top dressings.

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 Garden Buildings on The Gardening Website Make the best possible use of your Outdoor space for business or pleasure - sheds for storage of your Garden Tools and Garden Machinery, a Garden Workshop for all the jobs you need to do around the house and Garden, a Greenhouse for your plants and planting. There is a wide range of Garden Conservatories, Garden Chalets, Garden Gazebos and Log Cabins to choose from whether you are looking for a room outside for leisure or you are lucky enough to be able to work from home. We bought a fabulous 26 square meter Billy Oh Log Cabin  - as seen above from Garden Buildings Direct who offer a comprehensive selection of garden buildings - simply click on the above image or on Garden Buildings Direct to see their full range of wooden sheds, play houses, log cabins, summerhouses, garden offices, workshops and garden structures
Gardens to Visit on The Gardening Website The place to find inspiration to make your garden even more beautiful is in other people's gardens. Garden visiting is one of the most popular participant activities in this country. THE Gardening WEBSITE has over 300 of the best British Gardens to visit including world class gardens now belonging to the National Trust and we have made searching for these as easy as possible. British Gardens to visit can be searched by County or search alphabetically if you know the name of the garden you want to visit. Knowing that some of these gardens are so large, they often defy the conventions of street names, we have linked the post codes to maps and we even give you the weather forecast at the property you are intending to visit.
                                   
Of course there are numerous fabulous garden shows, flower shows and gardening exhibitions and we feature the main ones and as many of the others that we can. These include the main RHS Flower Shows and increasingly shows staged at many of the fabulous Gardens. We include Gardens to visit in Ireland and also now Gardens to visit in Germany, Gardens to visit in Italy, Gardens to visit in Hungary, Gardens to visit in France and Gardens to visit in Japan.

You can also now find Special Places to Stay within the grounds of some of the most impressive Castles, Grand Estates and privately owned Historic Houses and Gardens across the UK. Many now provide luxurious accommodation for Fine Dining, Corporate Hospitality;  Gardens and Holidays, for Garden Tours and – increasingly popular Gardens and Weddings for weddings in glorious garden settings.

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Flower Shows on The Gardening Website Whether you're a keen gardener or someone who enjoys flowers and visiting beautiful gardens, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is well known for its spectacular flower shows and gardening events.  Here at The Gardening Website, we work closely with the RHS to keep you informed about forthcoming dates for popular shows such as RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Hampton Court Flower Show, Tatton Park Flower Show and so on.  From November 2010, you will be able to purchase tickets here for RHS shows, but in the meantime, do browse the list of 2010 garden show dates below and plan your gardener's year.

At the height of summer, one of the world’s most famous royal palaces plays host to the sumptuous Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. This RHS spectacle is the largest of its kind in the world and for six days in July, thousands of gardening fans can see, smell and touch an abundance of floral delights. RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park : Set in more than 20 acres of magnificent parkland, this flower show offers a wealth of gardening opportunities for all gardeners. With an exclusive mix of garden design, horticultural excellence and great shopping, the show features marquees of glorious floral displays from RHS award winning nurseries, gardening societies and organisations.

Garden Sculpture on The Gardening Website has proven to be so popular on THE Gardening WEBSITE that we thought sculpture deserved a dedicated website THE Sculpture WEBSITE ! You will find fabulous garden sculptures in a wide variety of mediums including architectural ironwork, bespoke steel gates, bronze garden sculptures, ceramic garden sculptures, galvanised steel garden sculptures, glass garden sculptures, marble garden sculpture, stainless steel garden sculptures, rusted iron garden sculpture, wire garden sculpture, fountains and water features, garden ornaments, planters, garden pots, garden statuary, masonary sculpture, metal garden sculpture, plaster garden sculpture, sculptural metal artwork, stainless steel garden sculpture, steel fence panelling, stone garden sculptures, sundials, wildlife garden sculptures, wire garden sculptures and wood sculptures. For more information on Garden Sculpture, Sculpture for Homes and Interior Design Sculptures, Sculpture for business, Sculptors to contact for private or public commissions please visit THE Sculpture WEBSITE

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RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2010 Sculpture
Gardens and Homes For Sale on The Gardening Website Many garden enthusiasts see their garden as the most important feature of their property and so we have included Gardens and Homes FOR SALE where we feature fabulous Gardens and Homes FOR SALE across the UK. Similarly for many people, finding a fabulous and well designed garden which gives them space and allows them to grow the plants and perhaps the vegetables they want is fast becoming not just a lifestyle decision but also a key financial decision and investment. The amount of variation that a well designed garden can add to the value of a property is anything between 17% and 40% of property value which are the sorts of percentages being quoted by some of the leading UK and International property consultants.

Whether you want to sell your home with its fabulous gardens privately or are an Estate Agent who has a property with fabulous gardens as its key selling feature or you are a Property Developer who has properties in landscaped gardens then for just £99 as a fixed cost you can promote the property on TWO websites THE Gardening WEBSITE and Gardens and Home FOR SALE. So if you have a fabulous garden and home for sale or want to buy a fabulous garden and home then CLICK on the banner below and visit Gardens and Homes FOR SALE

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