MyGardenFinder.com

We’ve added a new site feature to MyGardenFinder that we’ll hope you’ll like – a hot products section based on the most popular searches that bring people to our site.

Naturally we don’t track individual users, but we do get a summary of what makes people visit us, and we’re compiling the new list based on that.

This offers an excellent opportunity to take a sneak peek at what other people are buying and using in their gardens. We love it because it gives us some great tips for neat products we might otherwise have missed out on, and it’s also a brilliant source of ideas.

Just click on the link below to find out for yourself – and we’ll keep it regularly updated to make sure it properly reflects what’s happening on the site.

Check out the What’s Hot page here >>

Here’s something to make your gardening life a little more interesting – a mystery plant offer from Jersey Plants Direct.

Spend more than £25 with this retailer and, for an additional £2, you will get additional plants worth at least £9.99.

The plants will be all one variety and will come in either plug, garden ready or jumbo plant form, delivered late March to end of May.

So, what might you spend £25 on to qualify for this offer? Take a look at the following:

• Spring plug plants – ideal for the keen gardener who has a greenhouse or conservatory in which to plant and grow them on until they are ready to plant in the garden.
• Spring garden-ready plants – can be grown or planted directly into the garden.
• Patio vegetables – choose between two different mixes to bring colour, flavour and variety to your patio or window boxes this summer.
• Fruit – choose from a soft fruit mix or special fruits including blueberries, olives and figs.
• Herbs – choose from a collection containing oregano, rosemary, lemon thyme and mint.

What do you do if your garden’s got completely out of hand and you know there’s little chance of you getting on top of it any time soon?

Or perhaps you’d love some professional input but don’t want to take out a second mortgage to get it, or you’ve always dreamed of surprising someone with by bringing in a gardening team, but have no idea how to organise it.

Well, here are some innovative ideas from ActivityGifts.co.uk that might be just the thing. They have packages to help you design and sort out your garden without spending hundreds and hundreds of pounds to do it.

Treat yourself or give as a gift to a keen gardener (or would-be gardener) close to you:

• Garden design package – £165. Create the garden of your dreams with guidance from professionals. A DIY kit will be posted to you to enable you to complete a site survey of your garden. An expert supplier will respond to the information you supply with a detailed scale design, planting scheme and step-by-step guides to completing the projects involved. A great opportunity to transform your garden into what you have always wanted, without the expense of a team coming in to do it for you.
• One-day garden makeover – £350. Transform your garden with a one-day attack. At least two gardeners and labourers will arrive at your home to give your garden a ‘deep clean’ including tidying, clearing, weeding, pruning shrubs, reconditioning the soil, cleaning hard surfaces and anything else needed to get your garden into a more manageable state.
• And finally… if you’ve overdone it in the garden and are feeling like a wreck as a result, why not treat yourself with a spa and pampering day to help yourself recover? Click here to see the options on offer.

Looking forward to spring and being able to sit out in the garden once more? In that case here’s a couple of specials at DIY giant B&Q to let you know about:

• New Freedom Doors – An innovative range of bi-fold and tri-fold French exterior doors – priced at £938.00 until December 15.
• A new lower price on Palladium garden rooms – save up to £2,000 on this range from November 30 until December 21. with feature gable ends offer cost effective solutions to shortage of space inside, making the best use of your garden whatever the weather. Prices start from £4,999.