With only 40 days to go until Christmas Day,  why not start your Christmas shopping now and make it stress free and be organised well ahead of the big day ..read more

  Now the autumn is here, hedgehogs will be looking for a safe place to hibernate for the winter.  They usually hibernate from October/November through to March/April.   View our range of hedgehog habitats here ..read more

Swimming lessons for these ducklings are slightly unusual in this swimming pool. The mother duck flew by and decided this was a lovely situation to hatch her brood in the flower borders. They are being well cared for in their current home but will soon be moved to the local duck pond where a floating duck house is waiting for them. Shall we name them ..read more

5 plants you can grow from food scraps   No room to compost your food scraps? Hold on to them anyway!    Since I was tiny there had always been a compost bin in my life, awkwardly constructed out of old wooden pallets and tucked away behind my dads’ wonky garden shed. I can remember playing in the sun, scraping off the top layers and hunting for slow worms as they wriggled around in the warmth of the rotting food scraps. Now that I have grown up I’ve found myself face to face with the sad reality that we’re not always lucky enough to have a garden large enough for such luxuries; and as ..read more

5 brilliant seeds for attracting birds into your garden   I have always enjoyed spending time lounging outside in the garden and I’ve found that as I’ve got older, I often waste entire days watching as the wild birds come and go, jumping and fluttering from branch to branch and singing their gorgeous songs.  My favourite has always been the cheeky blue tit. Watching these agile little birds can provide hours of entertainment if you’re lucky enough to tempt them into your yard. Even as I child, I can remember sitting with my parents being quizzed on all the different breeds as they came in ..read more

5 simple ways to help the bees in your garden   With the warm summer days upon us, now is the perfect time to start thinking about how to give our bees a friendly helping hand. In the last two decades the number of bees in our countryside has been in severe decline. Around 13 of the UK’s bee species are now extinct and 35 others are under heavy threat of extinction. Experts believe that there are a number of factors behind the quick decline of our bee populations, and some of those include pollution, use of pesticides, parasites and of course, climate change. However it’s not all doom an ..read more

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Keeping Ducks Ducks make wonderful pets and they lay delicious eggs.  They will control the insects in your garden, act as handy lawnmowers and bring you endless entertainment with their antics.  There are many breeds of duck that don't need a pond, simply a bowl of water can be enough water supply but they must have enough water to clean their eyes.  A toddler’s rigid plastic paddling pool makes an ideal splashing pool if you don’t have a pond.  They can live happily with other poultry and are easy to feed and keep.  Some breeds of duck like the Indian Runner ducks or Campbell ducks c ..read more

Awesome benefits to having a water butt in your garden! Quench your plants thirst with the water nature truly intended for them. It may seem silly at first to take up so much precious garden space with something as bulky and as awkward as a water butt, but did you know that they’re actually hugely beneficial? From saving you money on water bills to nourishing your flowers, here are a small handful of awesome benefits to collecting rain water in your garden. A water butt will give you a steady supply of water when you need it the most. Even during the heat of the summer when hosepipe bans a ..read more

New arrivals in stock! Browse our range of Glendale Leisure Gazebos, garden chairs and sun loungers.  Also, in our range we have included replacement curtains and canopies for the gazebos. Choose from the best selling Vintage grey gazebo or the Seville Gazebo with optional curtains. A gazebo is the perfect enhancement to your patio, bringing a stylish shade from the sun or a rain shower during the summer days ahead. Browse our range here:- https://www.buttercupfarm.co.uk/shop-by-brand/glendale.html ..read more