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Garden privacy: the best ways to make a garden more private

June 6, 2022 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Do you enjoy spending time in the garden? If so, you probably value your garden privacy and find it less than relaxing to be overlooked. Luckily, a garden can always be made more private, even if you're on a tight budget. Planting trees and shrubs is a great way to create a natural barrier between your garden and the rest of the world. Bamboo is another popular option, as it grows quickly - although it needs to be controlled if you want to ...

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Filed Under: Garden Design Tagged With: Fencing, Garden, Garden design, Garden tips, Shrubs, Top Tips, Trees, Trellis, water feature

Get your garden ready for spring and beyond with Hillier

April 13, 2022 by Catherine 53 Comments

This is a collaborative post in partnership with Hillier Garden Centres. Are you spending more time in the garden now that spring has arrived?  As the weather warms up and daylight hours increase, we naturally want to make the most of our outdoor spaces - but in reality after the winter months there’s usually some work to do before we can sit back and relax. If your garden is looking a bit neglected right now, there are lots of things ...

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Filed Under: Garden Tips Tagged With: Flowering plants, Foliage plants, Garden, Garden tips, gardening, giveaway, Hillier, Plants, Shrubs, Spring

How to make your winter garden look good

September 4, 2021 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Collaborative post When it comes to our gardens, we tend to focus on making them look good in the warmer months of the year. After all, this is when we use our gardens the most, whether that's to entertain, relax, or play with the kids. The problem with this approach to gardens and plants is that by the time winter arrives, your outdoor space could well be looking pretty bare and miserable. Lots of plants die back during the colder ...

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Filed Under: Garden Tips Tagged With: Garden, Garden Lighting, Garden maintenance, gardening, Home, Outdoors, Plants, Shrubs, Top Tips, Winter

What to plant now for your Summer garden

February 7, 2017 by Catherine 11 Comments

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A glorious summer garden.  Sitting here in the depths of winter it feels a long way off, doesn’t it? Planning for your summer garden by sowing seeds and introducing plants at this time of year may sound a little hasty, but it really isn’t too early to make a start.  It’s actually very sensible to start planning your borders now, because doing so will give you plenty of time to grow a large proportion of plants yourself and save you lots of money ...

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Filed Under: What to Plant Now Tagged With: Flowers, Garden, gardening, Planning, Planting, Plants, Roses, Seeds, Shrubs, Summer, Top Tips, Winter

Giveaway: Baby Bio Outdoor Plant Food Range

July 14, 2016 by Catherine 84 Comments

baby bio outdoors plant food for flowers and shrubs

Welcome to my latest Baby Bio® giveaway.  This summer I’m trying out Baby Bio® Outdoor plant food in my garden and allotment, and I've got four prizes of the Baby Bio® Outdoor plant food range up for grabs. Baby Bio® is about more than just indoor plant food, with a new Baby Bio® Outdoor range designed specifically for outdoor plants.  I've been feeding all my plants with Baby Bio® Outdoor, and everything is growing like crazy!  My containers ...

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Filed Under: Giveaways Tagged With: Baby Bio, competition, Flowers, Food, Fruit, Garden, gardening, giveaway, Plant food, Plants, Shrubs, Summer, Vegetables

Giveaway: Baby Bio Outdoor plant food range

June 14, 2016 by Catherine 72 Comments

taking the baby bio big boost challenge with baby bio outdoor plant food for flowers and shrubs

If you've been reading the blog lately, you'll know that I'm trying out Baby Bio® Outdoor plant food in my garden and allotment this year.  Today I'm giving you the chance to do the same for free, with four prizes of the Baby Bio® Outdoor plant food range up for grabs. You may think of Baby Bio® in relation to plant food for houseplants - remember the curvy little brown bottle?  These days Baby Bio® is about more than just indoor plant food, ...

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Giveaway: Baby Bio Outdoor plant food

May 18, 2016 by Catherine 82 Comments

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Welcome to a new giveaway on the blog.  I'm partnering with Baby Bio to offer four great prizes of the Baby Bio Outdoor plant food range, perfect for giving your garden a real boost. With Summer just around the corner we're all keen to spend more time outdoors, and often more time gardening.  I bet lots of us have made a trip to the garden centre to stock up on bedding plants for borders, containers or hanging baskets.  And of course, we'd like ...

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Filed Under: Giveaways Tagged With: competition, Flowers, Food, Fruit, Garden, gardening, giveaway, Plant food, Plants, Shrubs, Summer, Vegetables

Hi, I’m Catherine. Welcome to Growing Family, a top UK home & garden blog sharing ideas, inspiration and tips for making the most of busy family life, indoors and out.
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