Wabi-sabi – The Relaxed Approach to Gardening
Maintaining a garden can be overwhelming – the pressure to have a perfect lawn, immaculate borders and not a weed…
Biological Control with Nematodes
April is a good time to check your boundary hedges and border plants for any signs of pest activity and…
Easter Opening Times
An early Easter is almost upon us so if you’re planning an Easter Tree to place your Easter eggs under,…
Effects of the Beast from the East on Leyland and the North West
What is being described as a “shock weather front” seems to have sent the rest of the country into complete…
On trend gifts for Mother’s Day – Sunday 11 March
You know you can rely on Anita in our Plantarea to come up with something flowery and fashionable for your…
Perfect Day to make your Patio Perfect
You know there are just some spells of decent weather that are perfectly timed with your day off – and…
Metaldehyde is still available – just
The dry spring/summer of 2017 may have seen off the attack of slugs and snails temporarily but the wet weather…
Radio One DJ Greg James is stopping off at Avant
Radio One DJ Greg James will be making an appearance at Avant Garden Centre on Tuesday 27 February at around…
Where do butterflies go in Winter and what can we do to help their survival?
Where do butterflies go in Winter and what can we do to help their survival? Despite their delicate nature, butterflies…
How to be More Pollinator Friendly
Did you know that there are over 1500 species of pollinating insects, including hoverflies, honeybees, bumblebees as well as butterflies…
How Will We Beat the Armada of Giant Spanish Slugs?
It’s been a strange season so far for pest control in our gardens. Another relatively mild winter brought the promise…
Help Fledgelings Survive
If you have been watching BBC’s SpringWatch, you will know that it’s a perilous moment when a chick finally leaves…