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Just because the clocks have gone back and the nights are now drawing in doesn’t mean gardeners can forget about their outdoor spaces. There’s still plenty of jobs you can do to ensure everything – not just your plants – are protected for whatever weather winter will bring in the next few months. Nelson Potter […]

Summer is the time when you ought to be enjoying your garden to the full – the weather is at its finest and the flowers will be at their most fragrant. However, a gardener’s work is never done – so here are five key jobs for August, courtesy of wooden garden furniture suppliers Nelson Potter, […]

Summer, more than any other time of year, is when you really want to be outside enjoying your garden. Nelson Potter, who supply quality garden furniture to customers across Suffolk, have identified five key jobs to carry out now so that you can relax and soak up the sun, secure in the knowledge that everything […]

As we begin to move out of winter, the months of February and March are key times for getting some of the groundwork done to ensure that your garden will look at its best come the summer. Nelson Potter, who supply high-quality garden buildings and timber products to customers in Ipswich and throughout Suffolk, look […]

Just because the main growing season is over, that doesn’t mean that gardeners can afford to rest on their laurels. In fact, November and December are key months when you can do a lot of the groundwork to ensure your garden looks at its best when spring arrives. Nelson Potter specialise in supplying high-quality garden […]

Although mid-August is usually a time for putting your feet up in your garden – preferably with a nice cold drink – there are still some jobs which you need to keep on top of, no matter how sunny it is. Here Nelson Potter, who supply timber sheds and a range of high-quality garden furniture […]

Summer is now almost upon us – and that’s official. Meteorologists think it begins on June 1, because it is more convenient to split the year up into four different seasons of three months each. Astronomers, on the other hand, think summer begins on June 20, due to the nature of the earth’s axis around […]

With spring just around the corner and the end of winter officially in sight, it is time to start planning your garden projects ready for the season ahead. Spring is a very joyous time of year for many garden lovers and enthusiasts, saying goodbye to the cold winter weather, and hello to the blossoming of […]

The best way to look after your garden tools over the winter months is to keep any gardening paraphernalia stored in garden sheds. These are useful for storing tools, bikes and summer garden equipment like picnic blankets and tents. As winter fast approaches, now is the time to act and prepare your garden building for […]

You’ve spent a lovely warm summer in your garden using your wooden furniture. But as the long summer now draws to a close, we look ahead to the colder months to see a wet and freezing winter on the horizon. Even though most durable wooden furniture is designed to be left outside over the winter, […]