May 01
There are some brilliant and unusual ideas for planting out there and we wanted to share a couple that caught our eye.
Photo: Stefano Paltera for The Times
This vertical plant wall was created by Anne Phillips in America and was featured in the Los Angeles Times. She has made a wonderful salad garden that would work work well in a small space or a patio/deck area, and really is great feature as well as being yummy to eat!
What about another bit of upcycling by using an enamel colander as a hanging basket? Great pic from Swoon Worthy‘s blog.
Photo: Swoon Worthy
So don’t be afraid to experiment and recycle other items as planters, and most of all have fun with your planting!
Apr 26
We stumbled upon a great blog post on curbly.com which gives some good ideas for making DIY plant labels if you are feeling a little creative.
Plant labels made from tin can lids and wire coat hangers
Plastic knife plant label
Plant label painted with black board paint
Plant label using clothes peg
Some of them are recyled but all are simple to do, but maybe you have ideas of your own? Let us know and send us pictures of what you use for DIY plant labels…..
Plant label made from polymer clay
Apr 19
We found this brilliant blog post on Swoon Worthy which we think is a fantastic example of a mini garden makeover. They have created a lovely little area in their garden now which they can sit out and enjoy (bring on the summer!), and it has personal style which we think is inspiring.
The start of the garden makeover......
During......
The finished project!
There are lots more pictures and notes on what they did and how they did it on the blog post - check it out. If anyone has more garden makeover projects they have done or are in the process of doing, let us know and send us some pics – we’d love to see!
Apr 13
DIY Doctor is opening a gardening section for the green-fingered amongst you and we felt this was a great opportunity to involve you all.
If you have any gardening tricks, tips, articles, stories or pictures, please let us have them for inclusion in our new section.
The new section will open at the end of May and we are very excited about it, so lets see if we can’t make it the one stop shop for all things gardening!
Incidentally, we would love to hear your DIY stories, tricks etc for our main site so if you are embarking on, or have already completed, any great projects, please let us know.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Apr 10
If you are planning to do a bit of garden design this spring you may be needing to do a bit of building work. DIY Doctor has plenty of help and advice on lots of aspects of garden landscaping whether you are looking at building a wall, building a screen, constructing steps or putting up new fencing.
If you are adding some garden steps, or maybe changing the steps you already have we have several projects which can help, from the general ‘Building Garden Steps’ project which gives examples of the differing types you could choose how to decide on the size of your steps and how many you need, to individual projects on building flagstone steps and using sleepers to build your steps. These explain how to prepare the ground, what tools and materials you need and talk you through how to construct your steps.
When you want to divide up areas in your garden you might choose to build a block screen as it provides a strong wall but with a decorative look. Our project talks you through how to build a block screen from the materials you need to preparing foundations and actually building the wall.
There is also a project on building a garden retaining wall so you can find out how to build a wall to enable you to change the levels in your garden.
If you are looking at adding a path or changing the design or type of your exsiting path,diydoctor gives advice on how to plan out your path and the different materials you can use to make your path. Whatever material you choose it will be vital to prepare the ground for your chosen type.
Good luck with your garden projects!
