Are your garden sheds in Ipswich and Suffolk need of weather-proofing, and is your wooden fencing in need of repair? Now the summer is over, it’s time to draw your attention away from your plants and maintaining a neat, manicured lawn, and instead look at what you can do to improve your garden for next […]
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Making the Most of a Small Garden
Just because you have a small garden, there is no need to be limited in your design ideas. Using fencing panels from Ipswich timber merchants Nelson Potter can help give you privacy, and create your own little haven where you can get away from the outside world. Nowadays, many new housing developments only include tiny […]
How to Create a Zen Garden
Zen gardens are an ancient Japanese tradition, but have become increasingly popular in the UK in recent years. Amid the stress of the 21st century, people are always looking for different ways to relax – so one attraction is that this type of garden has a famously serene atmosphere, as well as being easy to […]
Wooden Sleepers – Creating the Perfect Terraced Garden
Terraced gardens – including plant containers, decking, shrubs and attractive patio garden furniture – are a popular choice in urban areas and are easily created if you have an outdoor area with a steep slope. The beauty of this type of garden (which dates back to ancient Rome and was also popular in the Italian […]
Creating a Gorgeous Cottage Garden
Cottage gardens have been popular in the UK since Tudor times when they were introduced to grow fruit, vegetables, herbs and plants for healing. Even today, many gardeners, especially those based out in the country, still strive to create the idyllic cottage garden with colourful fragrant blooms and delicious home grown fruit and vegetables, to […]
Beautiful Garden Design Ideas – How to Create the Perfect Practical Outdoor Space
As the saying goes, an Englishman’s home is his castle – but the outdoor space surrounding that home is just as important. We sell everything from wooden garden trellis and fencing to decking, garden and patio furniture, wooden sheds, summer houses, arbours, log cabins and wooden garages. So you can create the perfect outdoor space […]
Spruce up Your Garden this Spring by Growing Climbing Plants Up Your Fencing Panels and Trellis Panels
With the onset of warmer weather and summer just around the corner, timber merchants see a rise in demand for new fencing and trellis panels in Suffolk and Essex. It’s all for a good cause, as newly installed fencing can instantly transform a garden from a tired, dull outdoor area, to a haven of tranquillity. […]
Raised Beds – Making the Most of Your Garden by Growing Fresh Vegetables
One way to make your garden economical is to create your very own vegetable patch – and you can beautify this space with raised beds and trellis. This means you not only get to enjoy the taste and textures of delicious, organic, home grown fruit and vegetables, but your garden will look fantastic all year […]
Log Cabin Kit Bury St Edmunds – Do I Build My Own or Bring in the Professionals?
With the current property market conditions, more people are deciding to extend their homes, rather than upsize and move to larger accommodation. Log cabins have become an attractive and cost effective way to create family rooms, children’s chill out areas, home offices or extra guest rooms. Log cabins are highly appealing and, once you receive […]
Best Uses for Wire Fencing
Wire fencing is often thought of as simply an agricultural boundary solution in a completely different category to your more domestic, wooden fencing. But, when it comes to its uses, as well as keeping chicken and other livestock in, and unwelcome visitors out, wire fencing has many functions and can cater for all sorts of […]