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Here’s a couple of great offers from GardenCentre.co.uk: right now you can pick up four packs of vegetable seeds for just £2.99. It’s a lucky dip, so you’ll get a random selection. But, seeing as this would normally have cost around £7.50, it’s definitely worth a punt.

You can also get six-packs of Dawn Chorus wild bird fatballs for £1.99 - and the retailer is running a buy one, get one free offer to make them even better value.

Regular customers at GardenCentre.co.uk might also notice that it has reduced shipping rates on smaller orders.

Shipping now starts at just £1.29 for items such as a few packets of seeds or other small purchases weighing less than half a kilo.

More than 600 products fall into this category, so definitely worth having a good hunt through its catalogue…

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Jersey-based garden centre and florist Blooming Direct has come up with an innovative way for you to save money this Easter.

It’s holding an egg hunt on its website - with 17 eggs hidden among its product images (just follow the link below to see an example). Each egg will give you 15 per cent off your next purchase. Find all 17 and you could win 50 per cent off your next purchase.

Get full instructions and clues here >>

So, what else is going on at Blooming Direct? For a start, there’s free water gel available with all plants as part of a special offer throughout March while stocks last.

We recommend taking a look at its offers on summer favourite Lobelia Blooming Fountain, available at £6.95 for 60 ready-to-plant plug plants - that works out at 12p per plant.

Or check out the four lavender mix at £17.95 - a pack of 20 young plants including five each of the English Hidcote, French Kew Red, Munstead and Rosea varieties. The retailer recommends planting together to make a stunning lavender display or spreading a beautiful scent around the garden.

Also well worth a look are the offers on 10 summer-flowering gladioli bulbs for £5.95, Surfinia Petunia mixed packs of five young plants for £7.95 (dispatched April to June) and five beautiful Pensham Penstemon Czar plants for £8.95.

That should give you plenty to be getting on with! But, just in case it’s not, you can view the full Blooming direct plant range here.

Easter at DIY retailer Wickes means a home improvement binge - the retailer has some great special offers available, mostly running until April 20, and including garden furniture.

Here’s a summary of what you can get your hands on:

• Get £50 off a popular aluminium frame greenhouse - supplied with base and horticultural glass, maintenance-free construction, a single sliding door, built-in gutters, roof vent as standard and an easy clip-in glazing system. Was £369, now £319.
• Get 25 per cent off an oil drum barbecue - featuring two adjustable chrome-plated cooking grills, a large lower storage shelf plus side handle and wheels for easy manoeuverability. Was £69.99, now £49.99.
• Get reductions on the Brighton Hammock - perfect for outdoor relaxation, this comfy swing seat includes cushions and an adjustable green polyester canopy. Was £129, now £99.
• Plus, up to 40 per cent off all kinds of garden products - including furniture, lighting, gazebos, barbecues and tools. Enjoy your garden that bit more this spring. Plus, spend more than £45 online and get free delivery to UK mainland addresses.

If you’re thinking about getting some new garden furniture, to make the most of any spring weather that may or may not be on the way, then it’s a good idea to take a look at the Woolworths website.

This retailer has got a host of special offers in time for the upcoming Bank Holiday weekend. Here’s a few that caught our eye:

• Walton Sussex Summerhouse - 8ft x 8ft - was £629.99, now £589.99 until April 7. Attractive, traditional style that works well in any garden, with large glazed windows, double door and veranda.
• Rimini Cappuccino Patio Set - was £169.99, now £98.99 until April 7. Stylish and elegant, perfect for outdoor dining and featuring four folding armchairs, a round tempered glass table and a matching parasol.
• Auckland Wooden Bench - now half-price at £39.99. Featuring an ergonomically-designed seat and backrest to offer maximum comfort and made from treated, MTCC-certified hardwood.
• Pop-Up Gazebo - now half-price at £39.99. Forget the hassle of assembly with this clever design. A showerproof covering makes it great for parties and picnics. It can be erected in seconds and folds away neatly.
• Spear and Jackson Electric Patio Heater - now half-price at £49.99. Complete with three heat settings, ideal for all weathers and equipped with an easy-tilt head for fully directional heat.

Been thinking about growing your own veg this year? Well, you’re in good time to start - and there’ll be plenty of help and advice available from the RHS.

Its Grow Your Own Veg team has developed a special website section where you can decide what to grow, find out when to sow and even brush up on your gardening techniques.

There’s a monthly guide alongside tips on how to keep your plot flourishing. You can sign up for a free newsletter or take part in a veg growing survey. Or, if a problem’s a bit too knotty for you to tackle alone, there’s a forum for seeking advice

There are also regional events that you can attend to pick up tips and advice in person.

There’s nothing as tasty and satisfying as cooking with your own home-grown veg - good luck!

Interested in learning more about attracting wildlife to your garden? Then you’ll love a new project launched by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).

Following its Big Garden Birdwatch event in January it has set up a Homes for Wildlife campaign.

It says that if you own a garden, or even just a window box, you can take simple, practical steps that will benefit many of our most important birds, mammals and insects. The UK’s largest nature reserve is in your hands…

Sign up to the project (for which you don’t need to be a member) and you’ll get a personalised garden audit that tells you about the most important improvements you can make.

There are straightforward factsheets that you can print out and keep and an advice list that will remind you of simple steps you can take to make your garden more wildlife-friendly.

To learn more about Homes for Wildlife, just click here. Or follow this link to learn more about RSPB membership.

In like a lion and out like a lamb - while early days in March may well still feel like the middle of winter, by the end of the month it should be all systems go in the garden.

There’s plenty to do this month, including overhauling shrubs, starting off your vegetable crops and trying out ways to make your garden wildlife-friendly. Here’s our list of seasonal to-dos for March:

• Cut the grass - we bet you’ve missed this, haven’t you? Grass is likely to be one of the hardiest and most successful plants in your garden, and yet it still needs care and attention. Time to get it into shape for spring.
• Prune back heathers and lavenders ready for the new growing season.
• Shrubs will also benefit from a pruning - get some advice here.You can also take the opportunity to take some hardwood cuttings - advice here - and to apply fertilizer and mulch.
• Get your pond into good shape since frogs and toads will soon be along to start spawning. Skim off any winter debris and divide any plants around the margins that are getting a bit dense.
• Apply environmentally pest control - unfortunately it’s not just the plants that are waking up, but the slugs too. Consider using the used skins of halved oranges and grapefruits to control them - more tips here.
• Sow half-hardy annuals including petunias, french marigolds, salvias and nicotianas, indoors.
• Now’s a good time to get your new roses planted - read some advice from the RHS here - and also hardy shrubs such as fuscias, conifers and lilies.
• Sow vegetables outdoors - possible crops include broad beans, beetroots, Brussels sprouts, summer cabbages, leeks, lettuces, hardy peas and radishes - see this BBC article for advice.