Home and Garden Centre Blog

We all know that winter can be hard on our bodies and appearance, but we shouldn’t forget that our homes go through the worst brunt of the weather. Therefore you should make sure your home is ready for the onslaught.
Don’t worry if you’re not though, because here at the Home and Garden Centre, we have a [...]

New for 2012, HGC introduce a range of Electric Bikes - With the power to get you there and back !
Off to a quick start
The fun of riding an electric bike starts about 1 second after you switch on and move off. As you pedal away, the powerful 250 watt electric motor on the back [...]

With rising fuel costs, high rental costs, congestion charges, general traffic chaos and the ever longer working day, both large and small businesses are looking at Home Offices not just as a strategic business move but as a way of staff reclaiming their lives.

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Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has hired an architect to design a new garden shed.
The footballer is demolishing his existing garden store and erecting a new one three times the size, requiring planning permission to do so.

Following Mr Rooney’s lead is easy with HGC. We offer bespoke design as well as a large, exciting range [...]

This pictoral guide shows you how easy it is to fix a plasterboard ceiling with the ingenious Cleverclips system.

With a system comprising of a set of disposable plastic ‘H’ shaped clips and a high quality painted steel hand grip, the way you fix plasterboard is altered forever. Continue Reading

The orange, reds and browns of autumns leaves scatter the ground and fleck the skyline this month. Gardeners may find less romance when faced with a strewn lawn and clogged pond though, not to mention the relative dangers of a mulchy, slippery path. If there's one job to be done an Autumn day, it's raking.
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March is a busy time for Gardeners getting ready for the new summer. Here are the recommend gardening jobs you need to doing this month: Continue Reading

When growing vegetables it is a good idea to practice crop rotation. it is one of the best ways to achieve high yields and avoid vegetable pests and diseases.
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Bean bags are not new but the exciting ECO friendly BIG HUG range are.

Filled with the highest possible quality polystyrene beads (which have been manufactured without the use of CFC gases) and with an outer covering made of synthetic fabric (consisting of recycled PET bottles) they offer some unique alternatives to the run of the mill and are kind to the planet. Continue Reading

Available now through HGC are the Cedar Timber range of greenhouses and coldframes from Growhouse.

Wooden greenhouses are often the preferred choice for:

• country gardens
• cottage gardens and
• traditional settings. Continue Reading