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Take your garden project to the next level

© Shutterstock / Juice FlairA mother and daughter in the garden

It’s summer and you finally have the weather to turn your wee patch of earth into your dream garden.

If you’re feeling stumped, have no fear – we’re bringing you some of Scotland’s best outdoor businesses to help upgrade your garden.

Lets jump into how you can make your garden a proper place for leisure and fun this year.

Homegrown Garden Centre

Hanging a plant © Supplied by Clients
Homegrown Garden Centre is more than just a garden centre.

Homegrown is more than just a garden centre.

Set in nature, just minutes drive from Glasgow, this new destination brings together gardening, homeware and dining, all in one location.

This design led store boasts a carefully curated selection of homewares alongside a range of locally grown plants, pots, furniture and decorative accessories, offering customers everything they need to create a beautiful and sustainable outdoor indoor space.

Homegrown Garden Centre stocks a range of leading outdoor and indoor brands including Haddostone, Elho, Capri, Broste Copenhagen, Umbra, Ivyline and Freckleface.

Customers planning a special gardening project or looking for help with a particular challenge can even book a free advice session at the in store Genius Bar ahead of their visit, receiving expert tips and guidance to help keep their outdoor space thriving all year round.

Looking to make a day of it? Homegrown offers the perfect blend of coffee and nature. Visitors can take a break from shopping and relax in the coffee house and eatery where they serve up the finest selection of seasonal and locally sourced food and drinks, providing a range of hot and cold meals along with a large selection of teas, coffees and cakes.

Discover something new at Homegrown Garden Centre.

Caledonia Play

Children playing on a garden slide. © Supplied by Client
A garden is just as much for play as it is for relaxing.

Summer is upon us and it’s the perfect time to get everyone outside. But even when the sunshine disappears Caledonia Play equipment will encourage the whole family into the garden.

Every garden is different and Caledonia Play can offer a personal and tailored service based on the knowledge gleaned from working closely for over 20 years with customers.

The only independent manufacturer of quality wooden play equipment in Scotland, with a wide range of products that offers something for everyone what ever your garden size or budget. All play equipment is constructed from the highest quality materials, using timbers from sustainably managed sources, making it robust, safe and long lasting. And it looks good too.

Caledonia Play’s range includes swings, slides, climbing frames and towers, all of which are freestanding. With outdoor gyms for the active family to use and picnic tables for when you just want to relax. And if space is limited the popular sandpit with its closing lid is the perfect solution.

Get in touch and make the most of your garden at Caledonia Play.

Gardens Galore

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Gardens Galore.

Gardens Galore is an award-winning family business with over 26 years’ experience, based in Perthshire. Specialising in all aspects of garden landscaping including artificial lawns, decking, driveways, fencing, gravelling, paving, ponds, raised beds, resin bound gravel, terracing, walls and water features. With work on every hard landscaping project being guaranteed for five years.

Whether it is a child-friendly space, an entertaining area for friends and family, a low maintenance garden, a space to grow plants or any combination of these, Gardens Galore have the expertise to help you enjoy your outside space to the fullest and for longer periods of the year.

When you choose Gardens Galore for your landscaping project you can expect a quality service in everything they do; whether it is in communication, customer service, project management, workmanship or materials.

From the initial contact with the office to the final tidy-up at the end of a project, Gardens Galore always aim to exceed expectations.

Covering the whole of Central Scotland and offering expert landscaping services in Perth, Dundee, Edinburgh, Stirling, St Andrews, Perthshire, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Angus, Falkirk, Mid Lothian and West Lothian.

Click here to see more from Gardens Galore. 

Mackie Garden Rooms

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A shed from Mackie Garden Rooms.

Mackie Garden Rooms is a family-run business that designs, builds and installs stunning and eco- friendly garden rooms. The company was created after earning experience from over 20 years of property renovation, development and design.

Having built and installed numerous garden rooms across many properties, Mackie Garden Rooms has built on this experience, expanded services with support from other skilled trades, and have created a complete offering with an experienced team that can design, build, and install any style of garden room and garden building to a high quality finish.

Creating environments that are responsive, adaptive, inviting and exciting. With modern and traditional values of aesthetics. Mackie Garden Rooms believe that outdoor spaces and environments are deeply connected, and that each one has an influence and effect upon the other.

Each member of the team comes with a unique set of skills and together, create buildings that stand out from the rest while fitting in harmoniously and beautifully. The team want you to love your garden room as much as they loved making it.

Learn more about Mackie Garden Rooms here.