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  • The Complete Guide to Choosing Rattan Garden Furniture - Choice Stores

    The Complete Guide to Choosing Rattan Garden Furniture

    Finding the right rattan garden furniture in Ireland requires a little bit of research so you know the various available options, whether it's a bistro set, patio furniture, seater sofas, garden dining sets, they all invariably come in a rattan option.
  • Tips To Prepare Your Garden For Winter

    Useful Tips To Prepare Your Garden For Winter

    The leaves have started falling and our gardens are being covered in a brown cover of seasonal foliage. Autumn is here and Winter is looming. So, to prepare your garden for Winter, we have prepared some useful tips to help you along the way.
  • How to Prolong Your Gardens Flowers & Plants This Summer

    How to Prolong Your Gardens Flowers & Plants This Summer

    It's mid-summer and this should represent one of our gardens best shows all year round, so how do we prolong our flowers and plants before the season ends?
  • Tips to Prepare Your Garden for Spring

    Tips to Prepare Your Garden for Spring

    Let's hope the cold winter weather is behind us, now we think it's time to focus on how best to get your garden all set for the Spring, its green finger season once again.

  • Simple Suggestions for your Garden in May

    Simple Suggestions for your Garden in May

    May is here at last and hopefully the beginning of a nice warm summer. So what should you be doing in your garden while this hot weather spell lasts?
  • 10 Top Summer Gardening Tips

    10 Top Summer Gardening Tips

    Now that the Irish summer is here, not exactly the best start, but we still live in hope, it’s a crucial time for your garden. This is when your plants and flowers can truly flourish; once you know what you are doing.
  • Gardening Tips for February

    Gardening Tips for February

    Spring is nearly upon us and we are eager to see the end of the cold winter spells we have had. So how best can you prepare your garden now for the busy season ahead? Here are some of our best gardening tips for you for February.
  • Caring for your lawn this Summer

    Caring for your Lawn this Summer

    There is nothing quite like the look of a well-maintained lawn in Summer. We believe nice healthy grass should be a rich green colour, be able to withstand wear and tear, look attractive & have a dense texture throughout.
  • July Gardening Tips

    July Gardening Tips

    Make sure you're ready for July in the garden, with our round-up of gardening tips and advice below. We all want to enjoy our gardens and the limited possibility of alfresco dining with any sunny weather that we get.
  • Gardening for Beginners

    Gardening for Beginners

    Our gardening for beginners infographic outlines all you need to know about starting your initial foray into gardening. It covers such topics as the necessary but basic terminology and also the essential tools you might require.
  • Garden Maintenance Tips for February

    Revamp Your Winter Garden: Essential Maintenance Tips!

    Glorious Spring is nearly here and planting set to start. Our gardening team have compiled some really useful garden maintenance tips and preparation suggestions for February.
  • Essential Gardening Tips for May

    Essential Gardening Tips for May

    What should you be doing in your garden this May? Well, normally it's a month for nice weather , so here are some simple suggestions from our gardening team on what you need to do to ensure your garden is being maintained before summer.
  • summer gardening tips

    Summer Gardening Tips

    These gardening tips will help your plants survive the summer months, any time you’re facing a drought or a long spell of hot weather. Like our other vegan garden tips, they are simple, straightforward, and easy to put into practice.
  • essential spring gardening tasks

    Essential Spring Gardening Tasks

    Our evenings are getting brighter, days longer and weather warmer, so let's get active in your garden this Spring. It's time to get outdoors and prepare our garden beds, tidy the surrounds, prune and move & start this growing season off the right way.
  • gardening tips for april

    Gardening Tips for April

    Now we are getting our garden Set for Spring, let's hope the cold, dreary Irish winter is behind us and it's time to get out in the garden and prepare for a new growing season. Here are some of our Gardening Tips for April to help prepare your garden this Spring.
  • Tips to Manage your Garden this Summer

    Tips to Manage your Garden this Summer

    We love Summer in the garden, it’s such an exciting time when you see everything that is in season, but with temperatures rising, more sun, and the annoyance of those pesky pests, it is important that we give our gardens more care at this time. 
  • tips to maintain your outdoor garden furniture

    6 Tips to Maintain Your Outdoor Garden Furniture

    With our unpredictable Irish weather, a mix of the bad and the good, rain, wind, snow, sun, it is imperative that we know how to properly care for and maintain our outdoor garden furniture during all the seasons.
  • How to look after your garden during a heatwave

    How to Look After Your Garden During a Heatwave

    It's a scorcher this week with our heatwave here in Ireland, what's seldom is wonderful, but your garden will start to feel the effects if not looked after correctly. The threat of a hosepipe ban may be looming as we are now being urged to conserve water. Our horticultural team have put together a list of suggestions on how to look after your garden during this extremely dry spell

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  • Your Halloween Party Checklist

    Your Halloween Party Checklist

    Not long now until the spookiest night of the year. In our last blog we suggested some Fun Halloween Party Games For the kids, but if you are hosting a frightful party in your house, here's our definitive Halloween Party Checklist, sometimes it's hard to remember everything!
  • Simple Safety Tips for Halloween

    Simple Safety Tips for Halloween

    Halloween is one of those seasons that gets people excited, or on the other hand, truly petrified every year. So, whether you are just answering the door, driving around or chaperoning the eager trick or treaters, here are some simple safety tips to follow to ensure everyone, including our pets, stay unharmed this Halloween.
  • Fun Indoor Halloween Kids Party Games

    Fun Indoor Halloween Kids Party Games

    We all want Halloween to be as fun as possible this year for the kids with them missing out on the traditional Trick or Treating. So, we have compiled a list of fun Halloween party games could we organise and play with the family indoors to ensure it's a Halloween to remember for the right reasons.

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