Garden If you’re looking to beautfy your garden, here are some great ideas from a choice of surfaces to a folly of your very own
Fancy a folly?
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You don’t have to be an aristocrat to have a folly in your garden – in fact Alan Titchmarsh built two using Redwood Stone in his Love Your Garden programme, drawing inspiration from Frances Hodgson Burnett’s famous novel, The Secret Garden. Classic Redwood Stone Gothic folly and ruin designs designed and built in C18th style can be reimagined to create structures to enhance private gardens or commercial projects.
A New Eden Eden porcelain paving replicates the organic hues and variations of natural sandstone and slate. The Eden range complements natural outdoor spaces with a subtle, distinguished style that highlights the timeless aesthetics of natural stone. Eden is available in three ranges and seven colour options and has been specifically developed for the UK market, offering a 800 x 800mm plan size, linear single size and a mixed size patio pack. www.brettlandscaping.co.uk
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Loving the Island
If you’ve been glued to ‘reality’ show Love Island on the TV this summer, it’s not too late to style your garden in villa vibes. Emmie Brookman, co-founder of stylists Silver Mushroom, suggests: “A few essentials that have remained similar in the villa every year – lounge chairs, swinging seats, mood lighting, day beds, and not forgetting the dreaded firepit. Super comfortable sun loungers provide luxurious seating that creates the outdoor heaven you’ve always dreamed of.”
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Bee Alert
Gardener Michael Perry, also known as Mr Plant Geek, is working with Rowse Honey to promote the benefits of allowing weeds to grow freely in your gardens. Weeds may seem troublesome but they actually provide a plethora of benefits for wildlife in British gardens, from maintaining biodiversity to food production. Flowering weeds are perfect for pollinators like bees. Mr Plant Geek described his own front garden as a “bit controversial” as he allows various weeds to grow. “What is a weed anyway? This is totally subjective,” he said.
Hard and Fast SureSet is a pretty and practical paving option, suitable for many outdoor surfaces. Regardless of your project, this resinbound paving is permeable, attractive, low maintenance, and long-wearing with an excellent 21-year guarantee! SureSet offers the highest quality resin bound paving that is permeable, durable, UV stable, smooth and accessible, easy to maintain and SuDS compliant. A paving choice perfect for residential spaces that need hardscape solutions. www.sureset.co.uk/blog celebrityangels.co.uk Property & Home 109
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