Gardens – Page 4 – Awnings 4U

Awning or Parasol?

Posted on February 10, 2016July 5, 2016 by Lewis

There is still time to save up to buy something to provide shade for you when in your garden during the summer months, if not already. So if you don’t have either an awning or a parasol then it’s time you saved to get something so you can enjoy some time outside in the shade during the summer. But what is best and why? Awning: An awning can be costly and will require a professional to install it and it will be a permanent fixture that will be part of the exterior of your home that will be extended and retracted whenever needed. This will not only provide shade, it will also open up and extra area of space outside your home for recreation purposes in most weather conditions; you...

Gravelled gardens

Posted on November 2, 2015January 12, 2016 by Lewis

I am very understanding when it comes to gardens and gardening. I know that not everyone can dedicate the kind of time it takes to gardening as some mothers; be they retired, professionals or they choose to dedicate a lot of their free time to that outdoor pursuit. I have seen all kinds of techniques to make a garden look nice, but to reduce the amount of time it takes to maintain. Gravelling is one such option. I have seen this sort of thing being called “lazy” by many of my contemporaries who, frankly, were born with a silver spoon in their mouths. Gravelling is an effective way to make your space look fantastic (assuming it is done well of course) and minimises the amount of time you need to...

Public spaces: The public garden

Posted on September 29, 2015January 12, 2016 by Lewis

One of the things you realise being in London is that we should take our gardens outside of the city for granted. We have these gardens, often overgrown, full of rubbish and whatever junk we can’t fit in the house – but in London? You’d be lucky to have even a potted plant to call your own. Instead in London we see the inclusion of bigger public spaces to make up for the lack of personal, private ones. You see commons, gardens, fields all being appropriated by the public for their use. You can use them for exercise, use them for parties, for picnics or for any other kind of activity. Given that space is at a premium in London, those people looking for a little nature of their own...

The post party garden cleanup

Posted on September 1, 2015January 12, 2016 by Lewis

I have written hundreds, if not thousands, of words about respecting gardens, enjoying the peace and tranquility of it all and really putting your feet up and relishing that holistic, natural experience of the great outdoors in your own personal space. Occasionally though that peace gets disrupted. The party I was at over the weekend certainly showed no great respect for anything, least of all a garden. Once the dust had settled and the weary eyed began to stir to survey the carnage it was pretty clear this would be a monumental clean up effort, not least in the garden itself. Cans on the floor, food everywhere, turned over tables and chairs, general waste spread all over the grass and in the bushes, puddles of sick littered about. It was...

Pruning bushes: Cutting back

Posted on August 2, 2015January 12, 2016 by Lewis

One of my favourite gardening activities is pruning. That is the art of grabbing a pair of giant scissors and going to town on anything that looks remotely out of kilter in your garden. It is an extremely cathartic experience; you can release all kinds of tension from your stressful days at work. It is also a useful experience for your actual garden itself. When your garden starts to overgrow the detrimental effects can be many. First of all having an overgrown garden is an extremely ugly affair. Vines, weeds and stray, loose ends all over the place It can be unruly and not much fun to be in, when usually the garden is a space which we are supposed to enjoy. The second effect is that it’s never an...