Whimsical, practical, or maybe even a little magical, we all have different ideas on what the Dream Garden really is. Start from scratch with the perfect lawn, and shrubbery. Add a wealth of glorious colour to your backdrop, then create an outdoor space where you can relax with a book or entertain family and friends.
Outdoor seating and a barbecue are essential for summer days outdoors, and who can resist the ambience created with some romantic lighting, and a blazing fire.
Design: Garden Ideas
Design and layout your dream garden according to your preferred look and feel. Choose colour, lots of greenery, and perhaps a selection of plants to add a sensory feel and fragrance.
Create the Look
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Get the Look: Cottage Garden
There are few things as quintessentially English as a cottage garden. Think of one and your mind will drift to a chocolate-box house surrounded by a mass of flowering perennials, roses and climbers. And yet you do not need to have a typical thatched or period cottage in the heart of the English countryside to have and enjoy the cottage… Read More
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Get the Look: Japanese Garden
Japanese gardens are a relaxing and contemporary choice for a garden. Full of grace and serenity, they can act as a retreat from day-to-day life and are a low-maintenance alternative for your outside space. Read More
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Get the Look: Mediterranean Garden
A Mediterranean garden is a fashionable choice for any outside space. With its class and elegance, presenting a mature space, you can spend your time picturing that you are in the hot and sunny climate of France, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Greece, Malta, or Cyprus. Read More
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Plants
Try swathes of colour, lush greenery, and maybe a little dappled light from shady trees. Perhaps throw in a vegetable and herb garden and challenge yourself to ‘grow your own’ – who can resist farm to table freshness?
Planting Ideas
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Planning Your Vegetable Garden
In the lockdown in the spring of 2020, an astonishing number of gardeners had a go at ‘growing their own’. Sales of seeds continued well into the early summer (much later than the usual season), garden fertilisers were in high demand and you couldn’t get bamboo canes for love nor money! Fortunately,… Read More
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Designing with Evergreen Shrubs
There are no better plants than evergreen shrubs to help achieve structure against which your showy perennials can shine. Many evergreen varieties also offer their own grand show in the spring and summer months, as well as providing the green backdrop all year round. Shrubs in Position Evergreen shrubs are often planted to the rear of beds and borders, with perennial… Read More
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Inspired Garden Colour
As headline partner at the new BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair, held at Beaulieu in Hampshire between 28th to 30th May 2021, we have created a stunning four-part garden display to inspire visitors in their own gardens. The design for the Hillier Experience is based on the distinct moods and symbolic colour… Read More
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Furniture: Outdoor Living
Comfortable seating and outdoor cooking are the perfect combination for entertaining alfresco. Turn your garden into an entertaining space with the right outdoor furniture – a dining set for casual family meals, or modular sofa seating for fun nights with friends.
Create Living Spaces
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Turn Your Garden into an Entertaining Space
We put a lot of time and effort into making our gardens beautiful and inviting places. Our choice and placement of garden furniture, lighting, and outdoor cooking equipment can help make it a space we want to spend even more time in and entertain others. We offer advice and showcase some of… Read More
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Creating the Perfect Alfresco Dining Space
Outdoor dining has become a big hit with the warmer weather as more of us are appreciating the value of open-air socialising. Beautiful garden dining accessories, stunning lighting features, and alternative ways of cooking have provided a new lease of life for al fresco entertaining. Here we look at how you can… Read More
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Outdoor Cooking
Nothing tastes quite as good as meals cooked al fresco. If you aim to be a barbecue guru, or create the world’s greatest pizzas, you need the tools of the trade.
The Art of Outdoor Cooking
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Delicious BBQ Ideas for Every Occasion
Whether you’re hosting a big family event or a small couples’ evening, we’ve got a variety of BBQ ideas to suit every occasion. Summer is the perfect time for BBQ gatherings and parties. It’s also a great excuse to give your oven and hob a break and dine al fresco! From the… Read More
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Eight Top Tips for a Brilliant BBQ
At the first hint of a dry spell after winter, it officially becomes ‘British barbecue season.’ You may have your tried and tested techniques, but with these invaluable tips from the barbecue experts at Weber, your grilling can be simpler, tastier and safer than ever before. 1. No Fuss Cleaning There is… Read More
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Ambience
Create the mood with outdoor solar lighting, heating, and a firepit to enjoy those starry nights outdoors.
Set the Mood
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How To Hang Your Outdoor Lights
Outdoor lights are a great way of creating ambience, cosiness, and warmth in your garden as well as having the practical side of lighting Read More
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How to Transform Your Garden with a Fire Pit
A Firepit is an increasingly popular addition to many gardens across the UK. Discover how to include one in your garden! Read More
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