How to make a garden fence out of old logs

Here is a good, cheap and sustainable way to make a feature and a divider for gardens: keep your old logs and place them, artistically, in a line. They are great for conservation – the wild life advisory bodies are always telling us to let old timber rot. The dead wood creates ideal living space for insects – and birds love eating insects.

recycled bottle garden shed

Many gardeners are talking about recycling and sustainability. Not so many are doing anything about it. So were were very pleased to see this shed made out of plastic bottles. Think of all the advantages (1) sustainability (2) insulation (3) permeable to rain (4) gentle ventilation (5) super!

Henchman exhibited their range of stable garden ladders and wheelbarrows at the 2010 Chelsea Flower Show. Stability is a quality we very much admire in garden latters. It is easy enought to fall off a ladder when it is on a paved surface. When the prunner and cutter has the ladder on soft grass and the wind is blowing and he or she is performing contortions with cutters…. then it is a very real risk. We also like wheel barrows which have a large capacity and in which the weight is carried on the wheels instead of by your arms and hands. As they say ‘two wheels are better than one wheel’.
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H J Crowther lead garden ornaments

H Crowther manufacture a wide selection of hand-made lead ornaments. The firm was founded in 1908 and is now in third-generation family ownership. Lead garden ornaments are extremely durable and the older they get the better the patina they develop.

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Rattan garden furniture

We admire artificial resin-rattan garden furniture, of course, but there is much to be said for having the genuine article in your garden. It feels natural and it is natural. This range of rattan cane garden furniture is made from Indonesian Kubu rattan has been designed specifically for outdoor use. Chairs and sun loungers, with comfortable cushions, are available.

Too much garden pottery is backward looking. It is a pleasure to find elegant pastel coloured sculptural ceramics. The pots have clean lines which provide a pleasing and calming contrast with indoor or outdoor planting and foliage.

Tristen May metal garden furniture

The great thing about galvanizing steel, as a protection against rust, is that the process is tried and trusted. It is not a paint which can come of. The zing is applied electrolytically and bonds with the steel. You would have to chip or rub it off to let the steel start rusting. And zinc is a beautiful shade of grey. These examples are by Tristen May.

Oak glass house garden room

If you want a shed which is oh-so-much-more than a shed, we recommend an Oak Glasshouse. Both materials are of the highest quality and, with additional protection from a slate roof, will last for every while growing more beautiful year-by-year. Who cold ask for more? So much nicer than buying a trashy shed from your local garden centre to watch it rotting year-by-year, unless of course you risk your lungs by spraying it with poisonous chemicals year-by-year – and they will certainly kill any plants they touch.

Martin Duffy specializes in sensual garden sculpture. The colours are obtained by the use of different chemicals which are applied to the heated bronze. Martin works in collaboration with Angela Farquharson at http://www.thesculpturecollective.co.uk/.

Hamish Mackie bronze garden sculpture

Hamish Mackie’s ‘Bronze Leopard Life Size Coming out of tree’ -  display at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2009. It reminds me of some of the earliest garden sculpture ever made: the Mesopotamian bas relief carvings from Babylon. Animals and drama have long been components of garden design, and long deserve to remain so. Hamish specializes in wild life sculpture.