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Archive for the ‘garden accessories’ Category
Monday, March 8th, 2010
 
Spring seems to be sprung at long last, bulbs are popping up in the garden and it’s time to give a thought to the birds.
We’ve been having a lot of interest in our bird box recently, with two blue tits spotted checking it out this week - we’re hopeful that they may consider nesting in it this year. If you want to do your bit for nesting birds, it’s not too late to get a bird box up in your garden.
This blue tit box from Dig Your Home is made from sturdy FSC-accredited wood and finished off with a nice copper roof. As well as attracting blue tits, it’s perfect for other small birds, including coal tits. It’s only £12, with no postage charge, from Dig Your Home.
They have various other bird boxes availabe too, including ones specially designed for great tits and wrens.
In addition, if you spend over £20, you can get 10% off by using the promotional code “DYHMD2010″. The discount offer is available on all orders until 14/3/10.
Tags: bird, bird box, bird boxes, box, Dig Your Home, garden, nesting
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
  
I know it’s a bit early to think too much about dining outside on balmy days (one can but dream), but there’s no harm in planning ahead.
Table weights, which clip onto tablecloths, are a great way of securing a cloth on an outside table so that no unexpected gusts of wind accidentally ruffle the cloth and knocks glasses of drink over. They’re the kind of accessory that you can never find when you really need them, so why not stock up now?
These three gorgeous table weights, with their decorative glass beads, are all from Zara Home and are suitably stylish. There’s the bronze coloured Orson table weight, with its large mostacilla bead, the multi-coloured and vibrant Mathilde and the white beaded Limbert table weight.
Each of the table weights come in a set of four - one for each of the corners of your table cloth - and are available from Zara Home.
Tags: cloth, dining outside, garden, table, tablecloth, Zara Home
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
  
Once a upon a time, this handy pot was a rice bag. Now, thanks to a fairtrade project in Cambodia, it’s been recycled and given a new life as a plant pot, pen pot or washing up liquid holder.
Each recycled rice bag pot is handmade and no two are the same. The pot comes in a choice of six colours - red, orange, yellow, turqouise, navy and pink - and each measures 13cm by 15cm.
Use them to house your pots of herbs in the kitchen, on your desk for pens and accessories, or as a general purpose tidy pot.
The fairtrade recycled pots are a great example of the effectiveness of recycling and are only £5.50 each from Recycle-Recycle on Not On The High Street.
Tags: fair trade, fairtrade, plant pot, rice bag, utensil pot
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
 Get ready for spring
Now’s the time to start thinking about spring bulbs and, if you’ve got limited space, or want a splash of colour to look out on from your window, then a windowbox is the ideal solution.
This willow planter set is perfect and makes gardening easy, as it comes with a planting bag and stylish willow panels, that easily fit around the bag to create the windowbox effect.
When your plants have flowered, and you no longer want the box in situ, the panels fold down for easy storage.
The willow planter set is sold by The Urban Garden and is currently priced at £8.99.
Tags: garden, planter, The Urban Garden, willow, windowbox
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Friday, January 8th, 2010
 Keep an eye on the sun I love the idea of having a sundial in the garden (although perhaps not massively useful in the current weather) and this one looks like it’s been made from good quality slate.
But, looks can be deceiving…would you believe, it’s actually made from recycled vending machine coffee cups?
Yes, it’s true, this is what the end product of recycling vending machine cups can produce.
The impressive looking sundial can track the sun in your garden in a time honoured tradition and is frost-proof and durable.
The sundial is available from Cox and Cox, where’s it’s currently got £9 off in their sale.
Tags: Cox and ox, garden, recycle, recycled, sundial
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Friday, December 11th, 2009
 Dainty sparkly lights
Aren’t these little sparkly crystal lights sweet? They’re designed to be used outside, along your path, to help you find your way to your front door in the dark.
Although seasonally shaped like frosted Christmas trees, you could use them for longer than the Christmas period.
There are 15 little crystal lights on each tree and you get four in a pack, for £25 from Next.
Tags: Christmas, crystal lights, Next, outdoor lights
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
 Decorative copper rain chain
We love the idea of this decorative copper rain chain to hang in the garden - and it’s been the perfect weather for it recently!
The tulip design chain measures nearly 2.5m in length, with lots of little tulip ‘heads’ for the rain to trickle down through. It’s also perfect for little birds to perch on for a quick sip of water.
As well as serving a purpose during wet weather, it would probably look quite attracive in the winter too, with icicles hanging from it.
The tulip rain chain is available from A Life Less Ordinary, where it’s currently in the sale for £90 (reduced from £135).
For the full package, they also have a matching copper effect splash bowl.
Tags: A Life Less Ordinary, bird bath, garden accessory, rain chain, rainchain
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
  
Love Eco, the ethical and eco store, are offering £5 off when you spend £20 or more, until 6th December.
There are lots of lovely home eco products to buy, including Barbara the chicken doorstop (£13), made from remnants of recycled vintage fabrics, frost-proof recycled tire planters (£20) and a 100% wool cheery butterfly belle pendant lampshade (£42), designed for use with a low energy lightbulb.
To take advantage of the shopping discount, all you need to do is enter the code “FREEFIVER” at the checkout. The offer runs until midnight on 6th December.
Tags: discount, ethical, gardening, lighting, Love Eco, recycled, shopping offer
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
 Elegant hyacinth vases
Many people grow hyacinth bulbs indoors at this time of year and, if you want to try the traditional method, then you’ll need glass vases to grow them in.
This set of three glass vases, available exclusively from Cox and Cox, are exactly the right size and shape for hyacinth bulbs. The bulb sits in the rounded part at the top and the roots grow down below it.
The three glass vases are in the fresh jewel-like colours of purple, green and clear and they’re all hand engraved. They’d look lovely on a windowsill, planted up with hyacinth bulbs, or simply used for decorative purposes.
The set of three vases is £16 from Cox and Cox.
Tags: bulb, cox and cox, flower, hyacinth, plant, vase
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
Garden sculptures are a great way of adding extra interest into your garden. They’re great all year round, but carefully positioned sculptures can especially come into their own during the winter months, when other plants have died back for the winter, or lost their leaves.
These contemporary garden sculptures are designed by Viki Govan and Richard Warner of Iron Vein and offer an affordable way of adding art your garden. If you don’t have a garden, or prefer to use them inside, then they can easily be placed inside your home too.
The galvanised steel alium sculptures come in a set of three and look great in all weathers - dotted with raindrops, glistening with frost or catching the light of the sun.
In small, medium and large sizes, they look great grouped together, or you could dot them around your garden invididually. The set of three aliums is £95.
Iron Vein do lots of other gorgeous designs too, like the grass plant sculptures (pictured in the middle), which are available in either zinc coated or galvanised steel - the russet colour looks very autumnal - which are £49 each.
For more contemporary sculptures in all sorts of designs, have a browse of the IronVein website.
Tags: art, garden, garden accessories, Iron Vein, sculpture, sculptures
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