Houses Of Parliament Blogs

If you want to ensure your garden has a positive effect on the value of your home should you ever want to move, keep it simple. While intricately designed gardens can look great they can be a disadvantage if you ever decide to move. Your taste may not match others and those with young children are likely to prefer gardens that are spacious and open plan.

Also, people may equate a well manicured garden to high maintenance and extra expense, which can be off putting for busy families. Keep things neat and tidy by using borders, edging and clear pathways. Using sleepers or oak planks is an easy way to separate paths from flower beds. Fewer large flower pots are less cluttered than lots of smaller pots, so use them to add seasonal colour to a patio/seating area.

Remember, clean, neat and tidy is the best way to keep a garden for adding the most to any home. 

Our good friends at the BBC have written an interesting article about the effects of gardening for children. Their report of 1,300 teachers and 10 schools indicated that children who were involved in gardening were more resilient, confident and most importantly, lived healthier lives. You can see the report by clicking here.

Dr Kroon comments on the importance of the research conclusion and hopes that the new coalition government consider this in their new approach to primary curriculum, by understanding the real benefits of having an ideal garden. The report said: "it encouraged pupils to become more active in solving problems, as well as boosting literacy and numeracy skills."

Perhaps we should also encourage the coalition government to build a garden in the Houses of Parliament to help them figure out how to reduce the deficit in a painless way – although we wouldn't want the cost being added to their expenses!

Like Dr Kroon, we at AVS want to inspire you to create a garden, whether as a family, or an individual, so you can start to enjoy the fruits of your labour. Our new Railway Sleepers are the ideal product to create a raised bed for vegetation. Or perhaps try or our Decking Ranges to enjoy at the end of the week for some much needed relaxation. Whatever you desire for that dream garden, here at AVS we try to provide you with all you need.