Here at Dunster House, we like to support your gardening endeavours throughout the whole year. From the first hopeful shoots of spring to the quiet beauty of a winter landscape, there’s always something to nurture and appreciate in your outdoor space.
That’s why we’re dedicated to supporting you in making your garden a place you can love year-round. To do this, we offer inspiration and practical advice through our blogs. Let’s go over some of the best!
Spring: Awaken Your Garden
5 Things To Do in Your Garden in May
Meet your May to-do list. We’ve compiled some essential gardening activities to keep your garden looking its best in preparation for summer. With things heating up and the days getting longer, it makes for the perfect time to manage your plants and maintain your garden.
How To Spring Clean Your Workspace
With the arrival of the new financial year, why not give your workspace a refresh? So we’ve got some recommendations for helping with the process. We all know that knowing where to start and starting are the hardest parts, but this guide helps reduce the difficulty of the task.
Five Fast-Growing Flowers
Let’s get spring off to a blooming good start with flowers blossoming from the very start. See some of our top picks for filling your garden with blooms, whether bulbs or seeds are better, how to plant for your garden and the best garden building to help you appreciate the beauty of your garden.
Summer: Enjoy the Sunshine Season
Create a Beautiful Garden This Summer
Gardens are extensions of our homes and are there to be enjoyed. Planning helps you find the best way to utilise any size space. Consider how you’ll use it, maybe zoning for different activities. Choose the right plants for your garden.
Create relaxing spots with seating, water features, or structures like Pergolas. For year-round use and entertaining, think about Gazebos or garden bars. With a little thought, any garden can become a beautiful summer haven.
The Best Flowers to Grow in Your garden this Summer
As a UK-based company, we know the joys of the garden in summer. No matter your gardening experience, you can find ways to introduce colour and fragrance with flowers. So we’ve made this guide to share some of our favourite flowers that can make a summer garden truly fantastic.
How to Keep the Garden Tidy This Summer
The go-to guide for keeping your garden at its best for summer. Explore how a combination of gardening and storage can tackle issues with the tidiness and overall beauty of your garden.
To maintain the beauty of your garden, make sure you’re covering the essentials like weeding, pruning and mowing. For keeping your garden tidy, storage is your best friend – a shed can protect your belongings and keep your space clutter-free.
Autumn: Embrace the Beauty of Change
The Therapeutic Bliss of Gardening in Autumn
Don’t abandon your garden because the weather gets colder. Instead, learn to embrace the beauty of change, find a sense of purpose, and connect with nature.
This blog shows how practical tasks like preparing the garden for winter (clearing debris, pruning) and harvesting seasonal produce leads to both physical and emotional benefits.
Spooktacular Halloween Décor Ideas Transforming Your Garden
Learn how to transform your garden for spooky season. Decorate your log cabins and climbing frames using special lighting, cobwebs, spiders and pumpkin displays. Use what is already available in your garden to create a spooky atmosphere and strategically place some props for maximum Halloween fun.
Winter: A Time for Nurturing and Enjoying
A Guide to January Gardening
Use your gardening power for good in the colder months. Nurture wildlife by providing food, water and shelter. You can even brighten your garden while supporting bees and other pollinators by introducing hardy winter plants to your garden.
How to Use Your Garden in The Winter
Get advice on how to make use of your garden throughout winter, from getting a garden building and tapping into the alpine style of life with heating, fire pits, and blankets to completing your winter gardening tasks and making the most of the cooler weather to exercise without overheating.
Tip and Advice for The Winter
In case the talk of gardens made you forget that we’re a garden building company, we’ve made a guide so you know how to maintain and care for your garden buildings in the colder months. Key tips are weatherproofing (sealing gaps and cracks, adding proper drainage, etc.), treating your timber products (even the pressure-treated ones) and how to make them comfortable year-round by using insulation, heating and soft furnishings.
7 Easy Ways to Maintain The Beauty of Your Garden During Winter
Clear, simple and easy – if that appeals, this may be the guide for you. With only 7 points, get insight into how to keep your garden looking its best by cleaning, gardening, general maintenance and preparing your garden buildings.
No matter the season, Dunster House is here for helpful guides so you can extend gardening day into year-round garden fun! Explore your garden and find endless opportunities for enjoyment and connection with nature.
We hope this selection of our blog posts has provided you with inspiration and practical advice to make the most of your outdoor space in every season. Explore the full range of Dunster House blogs for even more tips and ideas to keep the gardening spirit alive all year long!
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