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IGTV with Helen Elks Smith about garden site design challenges
Nicola Gammon, CEO, Shoot and Helen Elks-Smith, Elks-Smith Garden Design discuss site specific design challenges and Helen answers questions from from Shoot members.
IGTV chat with John Wyer about Roof gardens
Nicola Gammon, CEO, Shoot and John Wyer, Bowles & Wyer discuss roof gardens and John answers questions from from Shoot members.
Up on the roof: How to design the perfect roof garden
By John Wyer of Bowles & Wyer. Imagine yourself up on the roof, surrounded by buildings, but somehow slightly removed from the hustle and bustle of life below: scanning the city from your own secret haven.
Maximise your garden investment
The UK property market has changed during the recent lockdown. Now more than ever creating a beautiful garden is a great investment! As the BBC News reported on the 5th June in the "Coronavirus: Want to sell a home? Make the garden look nice" article, gardens are now at the top of homebuyers wish lists according Rightmove.
Plant delivery and supply during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
UPDATE: MAY 20th 2020. Although Garden Centres in the UK are now open again (yeah!), you may still like our list of where to buy plants and compost we compliled by county during the coronavirus lockdown.
'Distance' Garden Design Listing
We have started a list of garden designers who can help you with garden redesign projects remotely.
Don’t risk it: Invasive plant risk information from Defra
Protecting our country from pests and diseases is vital to safeguard our environment, economy and health and the Government as invested more than £4.5 million to strengthen our border security, recruiting new plant inspectors and enhancing training.
Scented border for a sunny garden
By garden designer Judi Samuels. This border is all about the scent! As each plant brings their own individual perfume with flowers and leaves to delight your senses all summer long. This is a border perfect for pollinators to feast on by providing important nectar and pollen.
Planting for a Spring flowering shady border
Garden designer Judi Samuels provides a Spring flowering border plan for a shady border. This planting is suitable for free draining soil.
Survey results and what Shoot members are telling us
We just ran a survey of members in April 2014. We wanted to share some of the feedback about how Shoot members are talking about us.
Take care of children in the garden
By the Children's Safety Education Foundation. An estimated 500,000 accidents occur in the garden every year due to hazards of ponds, paddling pools, play equipment, greenhouses and electrical equipment.
By the Children's Safety Education Foundation. An estimated 500,000 accidents occur in the garden every year due to hazards of ponds, paddling pools, play equipment, greenhouses and electrical equipment.
Planting with Colour
Plant forLife has teamed up with fashion expert and celebrity stylist, Mark Heyes and garden designer Chris Collins to help you choose your colour personality, work out your dominant colour and the plants that compliment them.
Plant forLife has teamed up with fashion expert and celebrity stylist, Mark Heyes and garden designer Chris Collins to help you choose your colour personality, work out your dominant colour and the plants that compliment them.
Garden plants for fragrance all year round
Planting suggestions to create a fragrant garden twelve months of the year.
Planting suggestions to create a fragrant garden twelve months of the year.
Low allergen garden plants
Allergy UK tells us that 1 in 3 people are affected by an allergy at some point in their life with symptoms ranging from irritating sneezing through to potentially fatal anaphylaxis. Around 40% of children suffer from one or more allergies, but allergies can also develop later in life and have wide ranging effects on an individual's standard of living.
Allergy UK tells us that 1 in 3 people are affected by an allergy at some point in their life with symptoms ranging from irritating sneezing through to potentially fatal anaphylaxis. Around 40% of children suffer from one or more allergies, but allergies can also develop later in life and have wide ranging effects on an individual's standard of living.
The Most Fragrant Roses
Fill your garden with sweet scents and beautiful blooms with these amazingly fragrant flowers. Here are our top 10 picks. Click on the plant names to learn more about them.
Garden Landscaping and Design Forums
Spring is here at last, and the green fingered amongst us will be busy trying to make their gardens look beautiful.
Gardening Which? BEST BUY! Shoot's Online Garden Design Software
Garden design online, diy landscaping, planting plans, gardening tips, gardening makeovers, gardening ideas, garden layouts, garden design software, the online garden designer...we have it all!
First Impressions
By PlantforLife. Create a positive first impression at the front of your property with these planting ideas.
By PlantforLife. Create a positive first impression at the front of your property with these planting ideas.
Layers and Layers of Planting
By garden designer John Frater. Sitting quietly in a very large and mature garden in Norfolk recently I was struck by how more and more kept revealing itself to me as I looked.
By garden designer John Frater. Sitting quietly in a very large and mature garden in Norfolk recently I was struck by how more and more kept revealing itself to me as I looked.
Sensitivity to colour in the garden
By garden designer John Frater. The question of colour in the garden is a perennial one that causes a lot of confusion, and stress, amongst many gardeners and even some of the pros. I've just returned from a painting holiday in the Scottish Highlands where my eyes were opened to a new way of relating to colour.
By garden designer John Frater. The question of colour in the garden is a perennial one that causes a lot of confusion, and stress, amongst many gardeners and even some of the pros. I've just returned from a painting holiday in the Scottish Highlands where my eyes were opened to a new way of relating to colour.