Be Inspired. Forget the Garden Centre. Create Your Own Vibrant Hanging Baskets
16 April 2019 - Joanna Hazelton
I do love a hanging basket. There really is no better way of adding extra pops of colour than with an array of vibrant flowers and shrubs, flourishing in hanging baskets, dotted around the garden. I’ve always found a lovely selection to choose from at my local garden centre. But the plants only ever last […]
How to Bring Life to a Shaded Area of Your Garden with a Fanfare of Colour
30 March 2019 - Joanna Hazelton
I’ve really enjoyed seeing my garden being slowly teased back to life with a fanfare of colour as the days get longer and the sun finally makes an appearance. The delicate white damson blossom mingled with the magnificent vibrant yellow forsythia contrasting with the glorious pink of the azaleas and the tiny dark cobalt blue […]
How We Transformed our Children’s Playhouse into a Teenagers’ Den
11 March 2019 - Joanna Hazelton
10 years ago my husband designed and built a playhouse for our then 7 year old son and 5 year old daughter. It had an upstairs den with a ladder. There were two separate rooms. We filled it with toys and cushions and dressing up clothes. We stuck pictures on the walls. We had visions […]
Garden Shed of the Year 2018: Proof a Shed is Not Just a Home for your Wellies, Flower Pots and Lawnmower
2 October 2018 - Joanna Hazelton
When is a black cab not a black cab? When it’s a garden shed. No, this isn’t a really dreadful Christmas cracker joke. This is a runner up in the Cuprinol Shed of the Year Competition 2018. It just goes to show that with a quirky imagination and a spot of creativity, the sky […]