The navigation throughout the website has been updated to include a ‘Home’ button so you can return to the homepage from any page within the site.

We’ve renamed some of our pages, updated the sliders and some of the graphics on the homepage to make it clear what products you’ll find in each section.

We have also added new helpful landing pages which fit better with our brands current offering, and provide you with useful information on; Practical Recycling, Sustainable Living, Garden & Wildlife, Garden Gifts and our Council Food Waste Schemes.

Due to the large amount of pet, birdcare and wildlife products we have added to the website over the past year, we decided it was time they had their own place in the website and have added the Pet & Wildlife category. There you will be able to find nesting boxes, bird feeders, pet products, insect houses, wasp traps, our brand new Pet Memorials range and any other pet or wildlife related products.

Over the past few months we have also added a large amount of ornamental animal figures to the website; which ranges from realistic hens and rabbits, to quirky meerkats to crazy owls.

Our animal figures have been really popular with our customers and as our range expanded we felt it was time they also had their own place within the website; you can now find all of our ornamental animal figures on the Ornamental Animal Gifts page.

We would like to thank The Marketing People for their assistance in the planning, organisation and for carrying out the changes and helping us to build a much more user friendly website.

While you’re looking around our new and improved website, don’t forget to take a look at our Eggcellent Easter Offers, which run from the 18^th March until the 6^th May.

Our fantastic offers make food waste recycling even more cost-effective, can help you to surprise a loved one with a gift and will encourage you and your family to spend some time in the garden over the Easter Bank Holiday or during the school holidays.

Extra 20% on Caddy Liners

Our 100% compostable and biodegradable caddy liners are still the strongest, highest quality and best value for money liners available. Quite simply, if you can buy them for less, they won’t be as strong as our liners.

With that in mind, we’re encouraging you to continue or begin food waste recycling by offering you 20% extra liners on all orders of 7 and 10 litre biodegradable and compostable caddy and bin liners.

Free Captain Meerkat

There’s no denying how popular meerkats have become over the past couple of years. We all know someone who loves the furry little creatures and has a house or garden full of meerkats in different outfits.

As part of our cracking Easter Offers, when you spend more than £20 on Ornamental Animal Gifts you will receive a free Captain Meerkat, which we’re sure will put a smile on the face of any meerkat lover, or maybe you could start your own collection!

We have a comprehensive range of Ornamental Animal Gifts, from our Crazy Garden Pals Hen to Ceramic Mice to our ultra realistic rabbits and chickens.

Whether you’re looking for a gift or something to brighten up your home, we’re sure you’ll be able to find exactly what you’re looking for.

Free Folding Pocket Secateurs

As we head into Spring and the weather starts to improve (Hopefully!) we’ll all be heading outdoors to tidy up our garden or perhaps to begin growing our own fruit and vegetables.

When you spend £30 or more in our Practical Gifts or Growing Accessories sections we’ll give you a free pair of Folding Pocket Secateurs, which would make a great gift or could be a useful addition to your gardening kit!

Visit our Offers page to find out more and don’t forget to take a look around our new and improved website (especially our brand new Pet & Wildlife section), which is now easier than ever to use.

Thank you,

The Gardening Delights Team.

We are currently involved in over 60 council food waste schemes up and down the country, supplying the liners and food waste bins to local retailers and selling them online to make it easier for people to take part in the scheme.

Recycling and sustainable living has been well adopted in the UK over the past few years and it’s hoped that the UK will become a zero-waste economy in the near future.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) found that approximately 43% of all household waste was recycled in 2011/12, up by more than 30% in comparison to 2000/01 when only 11% of all household waste was recycled.

Tips to help you live a more sustainable lifestyle

Not only is recycling and living a sustainable lifestyle a good thing to do for the environment, but it can also help you to save money, which is always nice.

Take a look at our tips to help you produce less household waste and live a more sustainable lifestyle.

Food Waste Schemes

Visit your council website to find out if they are running a food waste scheme in your area. If they are, find out what size liners and food waste bins you need and visit one of our local retailers in your area or visit our website for the best quality and best value for money Compostable and Biodegradable liners.

Composting

Begin composting some of your food and household waste and create a nice base fertiliser for your garden.

To get started, visit the Compost Bins section of our website to choose a compost bin. The best part is that our compost bins are environmentally friendly and are made from 100% recycled material.

Water Butts

While we may have seen plenty of rain over the winter, we may not later in the year and hosepipe bans may be enforced in certain parts of the country.

Whether your area is affected by hosepipe bans or not, you can save yourself some money by collecting rain water in a water butt and using that on your garden to keep your plants and vegetables looking beautiful.

Buy sustainable gifts and household items

Where you can buy sustainable gifts and household items, and better yet try to buy products which have recyclable packaging.

We know at certain points during the year it’s difficult to avoid excess packaging, such as Birthdays and Christmas.

Remember that not all councils will recycle wrapping paper, so make sure you check with them first.

There are also a number of household items you can buy which are recycled themselves, for example we sell a range of recycled glassware.

Visit our website to find out if we are working together with your council to help support your local food waste scheme and find out which liners and caddies you need to take part in the scheme.

If you’ve ever asked your Mum what she wants, you’ll know by now her response is usually ‘I don’t want anything’, so trying to choose a gift for her can often be difficult.

If you’re a Mum yourself, you could always point someone in the right direction to help them choose something you will cherish. Just tell them to visit gardeningdelights.com, read this blog post, browse through the great practical and personal gifts and have them delivered all in good time.

Here at Gardening Delights we’ve put together a selection of practical Mother’s Day gifts your Mum will love and can use throughout the year.

Practical Gifts & Accessories

If your Mum loves to garden, The Pink Garden Kit will ‘kit’ her out with everything she needs to enjoy an afternoon in the garden, including; a soft kneeling mat, fork and trowel, twine, a seed dibber, plant labels, shears and a set of gloves.

Perhaps she’s already got a basic gardening tool box, if so our Ladies Secateurs Gift Set will make an excellent addition to her kit. The pink secateurs have a garden knife and a mini saw stored in the handles, and also come with three pink plant markers.

After a long afternoon in the garden, help your Mum relax and unwind with our Roses are Pink gift set which includes rose scented soap, bath oil, lip and hand balm and four rose bath melts.

If your Mum likes to cook, our Indoor Allotment Kit can help her grow her own herbs for cooking with. The indoor allotment kit will sit nicely on a windowsill and comes with three packets of seeds to get her started with; basil, coriander and oregano.

Recycled Vases

If you’ve already got a beautiful bouquet of flowers on order for your Mum, we have a range of recycled vases which will look lovely on any table and will really show off her flowers.

Spice Storage Chests

Our delightful wooden and ceramic spice storage chests come in a range of sizes, from two drawers all the way up to 16 drawers. They can be used for their original purpose, storing spice, or for storing small knick-knacks or small pieces of jewellery.

For more great and practical gift ideas for your Mother this Mother’s Day, visit our Practical Gifts & Accessories, Ornamental Gifts and Recycled Glassware & Vases pages.

Our customers constantly tell us that our biodegradable and compostable liners are the strongest and best quality liners they have used. Quite simply, we offer the best value and best quality for money; no one can produce liners for less and maintain the same high level of quality.

Council Food Waste Schemes

Over the past six years we’ve taken part in and supplied liners and caddies for over 70 council food waste schemes up and down the country.

In most food waste schemes we have found that our 7 and 10 litre liners are used for indoor food waste bins and caddies, and our 20 or 25 litre liners and caddies are used for collection by refuse crews.

If your council are running a food waste scheme, be sure to visit our website to get your compostable liners and food waste caddies.

We have found that our 7 litre compostable and biodegradable liner is by far the most popular, however we also sell larger liners including; 50 litre garden waste sacks and 140 and 240 litre compostable wheelie bin liners.

Composting

Even if your council aren’t running a food waste scheme you can use our biodegradable and compostable liners in your home compost bin.

You can use household waste such as cardboard and newspaper as well as food waste in your compost bin to create a base fertiliser. Not only will this save you money but it will also reduce the amount of food and household waste you are putting in your bin.

It’s important to remember that if you’re putting your food waste in your compost bin you must not put cooked food in your compost bin.

Got dogs?

If you’ve got dogs, why not do your part for the environment when you take your furry friends for a walk with our compostable and biodegradable dog waste bags.

Like our liners, our dog waste bags are made from corn starch and meaning they are 100% biodegradable and compostable.

Visit our website for the best value for money 100% compostable and biodegradable food waste bin liners and dog waste bags.  

Gifts and Stocking Fillers

We understand how difficult it can be to find the right gift, so we’ve put together a list of gifts to help you find the perfect gift for your favourite gardener, or just an unusual gift for a loved one which won’t break the bank.

• Scrooge Meerkat – A Christmas themed meerkat! Great for any meerkat lover, would look great out in the garden or indoors on the fireplace.
• Gift In a Tin: Kids Gardening Set – The perfect way to encourage the kids or grandkids to help you out in the garden next year.
• Gardeners Rescue Kit – Gift Set of Soap, Bath Oil & Balms – Help your favourite gardener relax and keep their skin nice and soft after a long day out In their garden.
• Frosted Fish Tumblers – Recycled clear and green glass wine bottles frosted with a pretty swimming fish motif. Perhaps the ultimate practical and eco-friendly gift?
• Apple Ceramic Bird Feeder – Encourage birds into someone’s garden with this pretty and unusual green apple shaped ceramic bird feeder.
• Large Guinea Pig – We’ve got a range of large resin Guinea Pigs in three different colours. Very cute and will be quite happy sat on a windowsill, a shelf or guarding your room.

Thought about your New Years resolution yet?

If you’re stuck for a News Years resolution, why not aim to be more eco-friendly and use more sustainable products?

An easy and cheap way to do this is to start using Compostable and Biodegradable liners which can be used for food waste, your general waste or for home composting.

Many councils run food waste schemes and our liners are suitable for most of these, so it may be worth finding out if your council is one of them.

Get your resolution off to a good start by ordering your liners now so they’re sat there ready and waiting for the 1^st of January.

If you can’t wait until New Year, why not start early? We know what Christmas is like; you have parties and family come to visit and when it’s all over, you’re left with a houseful of wrapping paper, packaging and left over food, so you’ll certainly get some use out of them.

Take advantage of our special Christmas offer and buy a roll of 7 litre or 10 litre liners and get 20% extra free!

For many, that means preparing for Christmas, but don’t forget about the wild birds which visit your garden, who will suffer through the cold winter months.

Winter is a difficult time for wildlife, who may struggle to find food or water in freezing conditions, which is why it’s so important to give them a helping hand.

A news article from the BBC lists a garden bird survival plan from the RSPB, which looks at ways you can help wild birds through the winter.

“Garden Bird Survival Plan:

• Put out feed regularly, especially in severe weather. Set up a bird table and use high-calorie seed mixes. This can also be used to put out kitchen scraps such as animal fats, grated cheese and porridge oats.
• Put out hanging feeders for black sunflower seeds, sunflower hearts, sunflower-rich mixes or unsalted peanuts.
• Ensure a supply of fresh water every day. If it is very cold use tepid water, but do not use any antifreeze products.
• Put out fruit such as apples and pears for blackbirds, song thrushes and other members of the thrush family.
• Food bars or fat hung up or rubbed into the bark of trees is great for treecreepers, goldcrests and many other species.
• Put up nest boxes to provide roost sites for smaller birds. They will then be used for breeding later in the year.”

Source: BBC Norfolk: How to look after garden birds during the winter

Here at Gardening Delights we have an extensive range of birdcare products, such as bird feeders, bird dishes and nesting boxes.

Bird Feeders

We have a large selection of hanging bird feeders, which all come with a chain allowing you to securely attach it to something sturdy such as a tree, fence or a wall.

For the more creative amongst you, we also have a Build Your Own Bird Feeder Gift in a Tin, which would make a great gift for someone this Christmas.

Simply attach your bird feeder to something sturdy and fill it with food and then sit back and watch as birds flock to your garden.

Bird Boxes

We have a range of pretty and unusual bird boxes and bird houses which will not only provide somewhere snug for birds to nest, but brighten up your garden.

If you want to take care of feeding birds and providing them with a cosy home at the same time, we have an all in one Nesting Box and Bird Feeder, which features a nesting box in the upper part and a bird feeder in the lower part.

Helpful tips for bird box and bird feeder placement

As we mentioned in a blog post about bird boxes, feeders and bird houses earlier in the year, there are some things you need to take into consideration when placing your bird box or bird house.

• Ensure they’re securely attached to a tree, wall or fence at least 1.5M off the ground, which will help to keep them safe from predators.
• Make sure there’s nothing they could hit during high wind which may damage the feeder or house.
• Clean bird feeders out regularly to keep your feathered friends safe from any harmful microbes or parasites.
• Bird boxes and houses should be cleaned out at the end of each season, again to keep birds safe from microbes or parasites.

Visit our birdcare section to look at our selection of bird feeders, dishes and houses and start helping wild birds get through the winter.

Gifts

Whether you’re looking for a garden related gift or something unusual, take a look at our gift range, where you’ll find everything from bird houses and bird feeders, to practical gardening gifts and the unusual.

To give you some inspiration, we’ve put together a list of our favourite Christmas gifts, which we think will put a smile on someone’s face:

• Pink Pig Money Box
• Garden Gift Tin for Him and Her.
• Folding Pocket Secateurs
• Gardeners Balms – Soap and Balm Gift Set
• The Pink Garden Kit
• Who could forget Captain Meerkat? Perfect for any meerkat lover.

Grow Your Own

If you’re looking for a practical gardening gift or something for your own garden, there are plenty of offers to be found in our Grow Your Own section.

The winter months may be quiet in your garden, so begin preparing for spring by taking advantage of our huge savings on compost bins, water butts, compo beds and raised bed kits.

Outdoor Living

Don’t let the cold weather keep you out of your garden this winter and take advantage of the huge savings on all of our chimineas, meaning you can keep warm and cook in your garden all year round!

During the winter your garden might look bland, so why not introduce some colour and brighten it up with some outdoor lighting, wall art and garden furniture? As well as livening up your garden, it’ll provide a lovely place for you to sit, relax and enjoy your hard work.

Another way to begin preparation for the spring is to take advantage of some of our savings on pots and planters for next year.

Liners and Free Gifts

Perhaps you’ve been organised this year and bought all of your gifts already? If so, take a look at our great offer on Biodegradable & Compostable liners. With every roll of 7 or 10 litre liners purchased, you will receive 20% extra for free! Exactly what you’ll need to collect all of that wrapping paper lying around and clearing up on Christmas day!

If your order is over £30 you will receive free delivery and for any gift orders over £30 you will also receive a free Apple Core Bird Feeder.

Visit our Offers page and take advantage of our great savings while they last!    

“Early autumn

• Bring in tender plants under cover before the first frosts.
• Plant or move evergreens and conifers, while the soil is still warm.
• Plant spring bedding, such as wallflowers and polyanthus.
• Plant spring bulbs

Mid autumn

• Tidy perennials, removing dead stems but leaving seed-heads for birds to eat.
• Plant deciduous trees, shrubs and climbers.
• Lay new lawns, so long as soil is not too wet.
• Batten down the hatches, ensuring nothing can blow about and cause damage on windy nights.

Late autumn

• Plant shrubs, roses and hedging plants sold with bare roots.
• Clear up fallen leaves and compost them.
• Plant tulips and hyacinths.
• Move deciduous trees and shrubs once they have lost their leaves.
• Take hardwood cuttings from shrubs and roses. “

Source: Key Jobs for Autumn – BBC

Following these points should ensure that your garden escapes unscathed from the winter and means it will look beautiful during the spring.

Composting

Instead of simply composting fallen leaves, you might also consider using leaf sacks to turn them into leaf mould.

Simply stuff a hessian leaf sack with fallen leaves and leave the sack in a dry and dark corner of your garden.

When you return in spring, you should be greeted by a nice pile of leaf mulch which you can use as base compost and fertiliser.

After you’ve tidied your plants up, you’ll no doubt have some garden waste, so instead of putting it in the bin, why not compost it? Composting is a brilliant way of being more resourceful, as you can put food waste, garden waste and cardboard in your compost bin and receive a lovely nutritional base fertiliser at the end of it.

We’ve currently got a special offer on two of our smallest compost bins, so why not begin composting today?

Prevent damage in your garden

Perhaps one of the most important points is to ensure that nothing can blow around and cause damage to your garden and undo all your hard work. This might mean moving any garden furniture, such as tables, chairs, barbeques or chimineas into the garage or shed.

If you notice any damaged fence panels, replace them now before they are blown over in high wind and cause damage either yours or your neighbour’s gardens.

As well as securing things which could damage your plants, you might need to tie back some of your plants which could get damaged or blown over in high wind, one way of doing this is by using twine.

Brighten up your garden and feed the birds

It’s important not to forget about wild birds during the cold autumn and winter months when their natural food supplies may be low.

Simply placing a bird feeder or a bird dish in your garden, and keeping it well stocked and clean, can really help wild birds through the winter and get them in tip top condition for spring.

Visit our website to view our ranges of bird feeders, compost bins and gardening accessories to help you tidy up your garden this autumn.

While Christmas is still a couple of Months away, beat the last minute Christmas rush and take a look our seasonal selection, which contains great gifts for gardeners or lovers of unusual gifts. 

Composting

Autumn provides fantastic material for composting, such as grass cuttings and leaves, so you’ll be happy to know you can do something useful with the blanket of leaves covering your garden.

You could choose to use them in your compost bin, however since leaves will take longer to compost than the rest of the contents of your compost bin, it’s much easier to use hessian leaf sacks.

Simply fill the sacks up and leave them in a shady corner of your garden, when you come back in spring you should be met by a pile of nutritional leaf mould which will make a great base compost or fertiliser.

After you’ve trimmed and removed any dead flowers from your plants put your garden waste to good use and put them in your compost bin.

Compost bins are brilliant and are a must for all gardens, they help you cut down on the amount of waste you throw away, encourage you to recycle and save you money.

As well as putting garden waste in your compost bin, you can use food waste such as vegetable peelings and some household waste, for example, newspaper and cardboard.

Harvesting

If you’ve been growing any apples, pears or berries, October is the latest you can really leave it to pick them.

If you have a large amount of fruit to pick, or will struggle to reach the fruit, make it easier for yourself and use an apple picker, which is ideal for picking apples, pears and plums.

October is also the time to harvest elderberries and raspberries, which again can be made much faster and easier with a berry picker.

Chimineas

Now that you’ve tidied your garden up for winter, harvested your fruit and turned it into pies, jams or sauces, why not invite your friends and family round to enjoy your garden?

While the autumn makes gardens look beautiful, the chill in the air can put you off venturing into the garden, so why not invest in a chiminea?

Chimineas provide will provide your patio with heat, light and you can cook on them, what more could you need?

Bird Feeders

It’s lovely to sit and look out into your garden in the winter and see bird visiting your garden. Help them through the winter by hanging a bird feeder and providing them with a constant source of food throughout the colder months.

Visit our website to find a selection of products which will help you to tidy up your garden and prepare it for winter, and there are some great gifts and seasonal products too!