Gardening
Second Hand Plants and Outdoor Furniture
To celebrate National Gardening Week, we’ve rounded up a selection of the best second hand garden-related buys on Preloved for you to get your green fingers on.
Caring for Trees in Your Garden
To celebrate National Gardening Week, the wonderful charity New Caledonian Woodland, have put together some useful tree-related gardening tips. The charity run different types of projects aimed to cater for those that experience mental health problems, and projects which are open to the wider community.
Benefits of Gardening
Preloved member, Natalie, tells the Preloved Community the top five reasons why everybody should garden!
Preparing Your Garden for Spring
Preloved member and allotment owner, Natalie, gives the Preloved community some excellent hints and tips for preparing your garden or allotment for the upcoming planting season.
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch
On the 30th and 31st January, the RSPB are holding their annual Big Garden Birdwatch. The event is more than just fun for all the family, as the data collected is very important. Read on to find out how you can get involved this year!
Winter Gardening Tips
Winter is well and truly on its way, which means it’s time to get the woolly jumpers out of the loft, fill up those hot water bottles and stay inside as much as possible. It’s typically a time when we neglect the gardens we’ve been working so hard on all spring and summer…
Hedgehog Safety on Bonfire Night
Hedgehogs are endangered species, meaning that every single one of them is precious. Read on to find out how you can help save our prickly friends this Bonfire Night.
Gardens to Visit: Hodnet Hall Gardens
Ross, Head Gardener at Hodnet Hall Gardens, tells the Preloved community about the history of the Hodnet Estate and Gardens, how he cares for such a beautiful site, and what it means to maintain a historic garden.
Make Your Garden Pet Friendly
Check out some clever gardening tips from Preloved to make your garden a pet friendly place, you can ensure that you welcome animals great and small the whole year long!
Be Kind to Bees!
It’s officially Spring! So naturally it’s time to start thinking about your garden and the critters that live within it. With the bee population in the UK becoming smaller each year, encouraging them in to your garden to create a happy, safe place for them to thrive is the perfect way to support the bee community this year.