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There are some popular trends occuring this year that can help to inspire you in your garden for summer; here is just a small selection of ideas to get you thinking…

Be creative with veggie beds

Grow your own is continuing to gain in popularity, the benefits of having fresh fruit, vegetables and herbs readily available in your garden are hard for many to resist. While vegetable beds serve a great purpose, but they can also be an attractive and interesting feature in their own right. Cut new sleepers to create angular, individually shaped vegetable beds to keep things interesting.

Canning

Once you start to reap the rewards of growing fruit and veg, don’t just pick the produce and eat it straight away. Grow different fruits to make home made jams or interesting salsa dips, store pickled veg in a jar, or keep a selection of dried herbs to add to oils or stock. 

Vertical gardening

Growing plants up from the ground, rather than out, using trellises, arbours and walls has become increasingly popular among those with small outdoor spaces, although bigger gardens can benefit too. Vertical growing will add a new dimension and level of interest to your garden, and using vertical structures will maximise the planting potential in the space you have. By growing plants up a trellis fixed to the wall of your house or garage, you can create a seamless transition between a building and your garden.

If you’re thinking of ways to smarten up an outdoor space, maybe using sleepers, decking or decorative aggregates, there’s an upcoming event that may be of interest to you.

From the 15^th to the 17^th March, ‘Landscape London’ is taking place at the Olympia Grand Hall. This event will feature displays, stalls and activities all surrounding gardening and landscaping. There will be plenty of manufacturers, suppliers and specialist at this event to help out visitors with any questions and upcoming job queries, as well as imparting information to those who want to learn more about general landscaping.

This event is sure to be worth while a visit for the outdoorsy person. So if you’re looking for a day out that will hopefully give you some great tips and information on how to improve your garden, head to the Olympia Grand Hall! 

Have you considered using decorative aggregates to quickly and easily give your garden a new look, that will last throughout all the seasons? Well, decorative aggregates from AVS Fencing can help you achieve a new garden look, whilst being easy to maintain.

Our cobbles and stones can be used for a variety of applications. They are ideal for water features or ponds, but can also be used for borders and edging, as an alternative to boards or bricks. Stones also make a great, easy alternative to slabs for patio areas or decking. A smaller stone, such as Cotswold Buff is excellent for driveways and paths, and will give a new look to your home.

As well as standard stones and cobbles, AVS Fencing also stock more decorative, coloured aggregates, which can add vibrancy to your garden. Choose from blue, green or plum to add colour and interest to your flower beds. Or perhaps use the aggregate as a ground cover with plant pots on top. Not only will it last for many years, it’s easy to manage and extremely versatile!

Visit one of our eight branches today or shop online to see our full range of decorative aggregates.

British summer time is finally here, which means that we all get an extra hour of daylight in the evenings!

With this extra hour of daylight we now can spend more time enjoying the outdoors and our gardens. With this is mind, now is the time to act and to get your garden up to scratch by choosing AVS Fencing Supplies who stock a comprehensive range of garden fencing, decking, railway sleepers and landscaping materials.

So if you want to take advantage of this extra hour, come and buy online and view our outstanding April offers, which are complimented by our free delivery service on orders over £120!

It may sound slightly ironic to get your garden ready for the early spring during the winter months, however, by choosing this method, it takes all the pressure off you to get the garden ready in record time. We can already see that the evenings are getting lighter and the way time flies, spring will be on us in no time.

So if you need fencing, railway sleepers, decking or any other landscaping items, AVS Fencing should be your first choice as we have an experienced team, a large stock profile at all our eight branches and last but not least free delivery options!

With all garden design being so fashionable, it is interesting to see the origins of modern garden design. This week, we look at garden decking.

So where did garden decking spring from (no pun intended!)

Decking used to be considered a luxury as it was expensive, so only the rich and opulent were fortunate enough to have it. It was also used on piers and viewing galleries overlooking the glorious British countryside.

Times changed for the better and now decking is becoming much more affordable, so decking is gracing British gardens up and down the country.

So, why have Garden Decking?

Decking is great for extending the sitting area of your house, or perhaps marking out the corner of your garden for a nice tranquil quiet zone. Decking does add value to your house which one can't complain about – especially in an economic crisis! We need all the help we can get.

Can I build a Decking area myself?

Yes, if you have good DIY esperience and knowledge of building complicated wooden structures. It needs to be very safe as it will be well used. You can find out more about decking by clicking here, and remember to ask our experts as they have a wealth of knowledge in these areas and can guide you to buy the right product.

So go on, now is the time to get that garden project on the move ready to reap the rewards of a spectacular garden, in the spring and the summer months.

According to www.thisisnottingham.co.uk, Sue Thompson is a resident of Lark Hill Retirement Village, and she is quite right to feel proud of her award-winning winter garden in this year's East midlands neighbourhood category of Nottingham in Bloom.

Sue and a group of residents worked together to create this award-winning garden, which in turn helped to make the residential home a better place to live. Mrs Thompson explained “The gardens have helped break down barriers and were a conversation starter”.

What makes a winter garden special?

Any garden can be winter garden if it appears to stand out and look beautiful at a time when everything else in the winter landscape is dull, plain and brown is outstanding alone. If you want your property to be up there with the elite, in the height of winter as well as in summer, now is the time to get working on it.

So come and choose AVS Fencing Supplies who are proud specialist suppliers of Garden Fencing, Decking, Railway Sleepers and landscaping products all of high quality, at affordable prices!