The Easter weekend tends to be a time when a lot of people start to think about their garden. If the weather is nice, every garden centre across the land will be jammed packed with people frantically purchasing plants for their garden.

The serious folks are lining up at 9am on Good Friday and are probably back on the Saturday for yet more plants. And by Monday the ‘Day-trippers’ are out in force, milling about being seduced by impulse buys.

Which One Are You?

The serious shopper determined to get your garden finished by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend or the impulse buyer? It doesn’t actually matter which category you fall into, either one is equally valid. What matters is what you spend your hard earned cash on. You might have a list of things you think you need and still buy the wrong things. And equally, you may be seduced by an impulse buy and strike lucky with a great purchase. Who knows!

A Game of Chance

When you consider what cautious folks most of us are in day to day life, it’s amazing how all that caution goes out the window when it comes to our gardens. Without really knowing what we are doing, we rush off to the nearest garden centre, spend a big chunk of cash on plants, statues and anything else that catches out eye, come home, strategically scatter out new purchases around and then expect the magic of nature to do the rest…. sound familiar? Come on, we’ve all done it at one point or another.

Trouble is, that method doesn’t work particularly well. It is a game of chance doing it that way. If you’ve loads of surplus cash lying around, taking a gamble can be fun. If you haven’t, nothing is more disappointing than spending time, money and effort and not achieving the results you really want.

If Only You Knew!

Most people don’t fully understand garden design. They have a rough idea of what is involved but not really. People assume I arrange plants for a living. In part that is true, but it is only a small part of the job. A truly great garden is so much more than the plants it contains.

Want to Stack the Odds In Your Favour?

To make life easier for you, I’ve written a FREE guide on how best to go about landscaping your garden. The 7 Steps To A Great Garden is a step-by-step road map that explains everything you need to know from how to do the garden yourself or how to pick the best landscape professional to work with. See info at the end on how to download your FREE copy.

I Have a Challenge For You

One of my biggest passions is show people how they can improve their outside spaces. Creating a great garden is something that is achievable with a bit of time and thought put in. So I’m challenging you to make the best of your garden this year. I don’t expect you to go it alone, so to help you out, I’ve set up a forum where you can talk to landscape professionals and other people that are transforming their gardens. Yes they’ll even be prizes for best 3 transformations.

This Is New

Brand new, just out the box in fact. The Great Garden Challenge officially starts in September this year but before its big launch, I want a group of people to test it and mould how it functions. Basically you sign up and tell me what help you need and I’ll find the right people and information. As a thank you for your input into making the Great Garden Challenge work successfully, you’ll get all the info for free. When it officially launches in September, it will be a paid monthly subscription to take part. But not for you testers – you’ll have free access. This offer is open to a limited number of people that signs up before the end of April.

So if you want to make sure you make your garden great this Easter, get your FREE road map, The 7 Steps To A Great Garden visit The Great Garden Challenge website.  At the bottom of the Great Garden Challenge Home page you can sign up to take part in the Great Garden Challenge. I kook forward to seeing you there.

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