Time to get your garden into shape! Who can help you?!

The trees are blossoming and the Frisbees are creeping their

way out of the cupboards to welcome the great weather we are experiencing this

week. First thing’s first though – is the garden in shape and ready for the

sunny days ahead?

In Chichester we are blessed with a number of resources to

help us prepare our gardens. The following is some (hopefully helpful!) info

about just a few of them of them but click here for a far more extensive list

of all that Chichester has to offer you and your garden this year.

If you’re in need of a good old garden centre that will

provide just about everything your garden could ever need, then Russells Garden Centre is a great place to start. Russells sells everything from organic

gardening products to indoor furniture and one of their greatest features is

their incredible award-winning restaurant! Even if you don’t necessarily need

anything for your garden, Russells is a great place to wander round for a while

to see some their great range and you can end (or begin) your wander with a

lunch at the restaurant which holds such honours as being runners up in the

Chichester Observer Restaurant of the year award in 2009 among other such

accolades.

If your garden is getting cluttered up with rubbish and a

shed is the next thing your garden needs then Elfords Sheds is the place for

you! Elfords is a local, family-run business that will deliver and erect

buildings to Chichester residents absolutely FREE! Don’t fall into the trap of

thinking that Elfords only sell standard garden sheds though – they also

provide a fantastic range of garages, heavy duty workshops, summerhouses and

playhouses for the kids!

Maybe you would like a new look to your garden and you feel

like some expertise could be of service? If so, then Millstone Landscapes will provide that service. Millstone Landscapes can help you with any project

of any size and they will help you see it through from its inception right

through to its completion.

One thing that any garden-owner could do with updating every

year is their plant selection and Blue Ribbon Plants is a great place for just

that. Blue Ribbon is another family business with a great deal of experience in

the field (pardon the pun). While the company does grow many of its plants

primarily for trade businesses, they do provide service for individuals as

well. Some of the best things about Blue Ribbon are their ‘Pick Your Own’

fields where all the family can enjoy picking all your favourite fruits such as

Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackcurrants, Gooseberries and Rhubarb.

Another great provider of plants is Shopwhyke Nurseries.

Shopwhyke Nurseries provide an excellent range of plants including a large

stock of trees, shrubs, roses, perennials, herbs and 1000’s of varieties of

seasonal bedding plants. On top of all this, they also sell composts, seeds to

grow your own and some landscaping products. All this from Shopwhyke Nurseries should

just about cover most of what you need to get your garden looking great for

this summer.

If, finally, you want something a bit more specific and are

looking for some roses for your garden, then Apuldram Roses is bursting with

beautiful roses waiting to be bought. Apuldram have a mind-boggling wide range

(around 350 varieties!) of roses to offer and all at some very respectable

prices. All their roses are grown locally on farmland near Chichester Harbour

and all their stock is from the British Isles. The staff will also go as far as

they can to help you plant your roses in the right places in order to give you

years of pleasure.

Evidently then, Chichester really does offer all that you

need to get your garden into shape this year so you can welcome the wonderful

weather appropriately. As I mentioned, this is an incredibly small list of what

Chichester offers your garden but hopefully it can help you as you get your

gardening gloves on!