Maintaining your garden and wooden garden furniture needn’t be a chore with just a few simple tools on hand for those quick touch-ups.
The humble bucket is a fantastic tool in the garden; required for, amongst a thousand other things, moving compost, mixing potting soil, transporting plants and cleaning your teak garden furniture set. A simple plastic bucket will do just fine.
Watering cans are great for, obviously watering, but also for steady distribution of fertilisers and so on. The internet is a great place to find unique but functional watering cans. Garden stakes can be created from almost anything, and don’t’ have to be of great expense. Provide weak plants with support, or even create a full trellis for light creepers.
For a large garden a wheelbarrow provides a convenient, handy little energy-saving tool. Smaller gardens may need only a sheet of tarp. Tarp is great for keeping soil off your nice lawn, patio or garden accessories, and can easily be used to cleanly transport small trees or bushes. It seems rather confusing that amongst the plethora of strange-looking tools required for your garden’s upkeep, that most essential tool when maintaining teak garden furniture should be an old rag. Keep a few soft rags handy to gently wipe away stains or apply special wood cleaner to your wooden garden furniture. Teak oil is great to rejuvenate your teak garden furniture easily. Apply with a rag or conventional paintbrush every so often to liven up your garden set. Pop your essential tools in our teak gardeners trug for easy access.
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Essential Garden Maintenance Tools
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010Accessories That Make Your Garden
Sunday, August 8th, 2010Those little thoughtful additions to your much loved garden can make all the difference. When you were a child, the garden was a jungle, a castle, battleground, racetrack, anything you could imagine. Now, as an adult, why stop imagining? Your garden is your refuge – a tranquil glade in sunny France, or afternoon tea in the palace grounds perhaps? Our range of garden accessories covers those key pieces that are both functional and elegant, affording you a little suspension of reality now and then.
Lunching on the Algarve today? You’ll need an elegant teak garden furniture set from our collection. Choose from our timelessly elegant range, with sizes and sets to compliment any garden size. Flattering accessories include our teak wine rack, and perhaps a garden parasol to keep the sun off?
Reading on the veranda as your gardeners (partner and kids) diligently work away? Relax in a teak lounger chair, and don’t forget that garden parasol to shield yourself from the midday sun. A teak butlers table is a handy addition to every garden, and a great way of efficiently using space in smaller gardens where a full-size coffee table may look outlandish.
Perhaps you want to get away from it all with a little nap by the river? You’ll need one of our hammock seats or lounger chairs … and possibly earplugs if it’s time for the schools to let out. Our range of garden furniture cushions adds that little comfortable flourish of style to all your garden furniture.
Wooden Planters and Your Contemporary Garden
Thursday, August 5th, 2010Of course, Britain’s finest modern gardens contain wooden garden furniture and gorgeous garden accessories. After all, there’s no point manicuring a garden you can’t idle away the hours in enjoying. Some of the most popular styles of wooden garden furniture are tables and chairs, loungers and benches – peruse our website for some super ideas.
So what are the essential questions when defining the lines and boundaries of your garden? Do you want to stick to a colour scheme regarding plants? What about sculptures and water features? Will your garden furniture area be grass or hard-standing? The internet is a great place to start compiling ideas. For example, our Victoria round dining table with Richmond curved benches and seat cushions makes a striking impression.
One of our top tips when designing any modern garden is to employ the use of wooden planters. Teak is a great material for your planters. Easily maintained and durable, teak planters are an incredibly versatile garden accessory, befitting of the most classic English garden or adding a contemporary twist to your modern styling.
Here are some of the top uses for planters in your contemporary garden.
1. Frame a doorway or hedge opening using a wooden planter either side.
2. Line a path or terrace using closely planted, matching planters for added contemporary impact.
3. Define/divide large open areas of hard-standing using rows/patterns of planters.
Planters will afford you the freedom to create temporary, easily maintained, robust characterisation to your garden. The key is to experiment – move them, mix and match, let your imagination do the planting.
Traditional Setting
Monday, August 2nd, 2010The fairytale image of the English Country Garden is recognised and sought after the world over (it’s particularly popular in Japan). So why not take advantage of actually living here by styling your own traditional English country garden using these top tips.
1. Pop down to your local garden centre for inspiration and advice on plants that will work best in your garden all year round. Consider shrubs, perennials and climbing plants to brighten up the colder months – no traditional English garden is complete without a stunning rose trellis.
2. Garden accessories make a traditional garden. Jot down some ideas – our garden furniture sets are an elegant and maintainable mainstay for your garden. Think about what style of garden furniture set you want. What will be its primary function – coffee breaks? Dinner parties? Do you want wicker or teak garden furniture? Make a cup of tea and settle down with our website or free brochure for a few hours of gentle inspiration.
3. The juxtaposition between dense, almost wild, planting and open grassy areas arguably defines a traditional English garden. Don’t be afraid of mixing flower types, heights etc. A colourful, thoughtfully planted garden will attract the best of British nature.
4. Plan a haven area for your garden furniture set. After all, what use is a garden without the facilities for you to relax and enjoy your hard work. Again, take a peek at our website for ideas. Take time to observe your garden to identify suntraps, as these will usually make the best sites for garden furniture sets.
The Importance of Having a Well-Styled Garden
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010These days, looks are everything. People always want to impress friends, neighbours and acquaintances. One of the best ways to do this is to have a home that’s perfectly styled. Your garden is an incredibly important part of that. As well as keeping it neat and tidy, garden furniture sets and accessories should always be invested in.
Achieving the right look shouldn’t be too difficult either. There are plenty of garden accessories that are sure to add something to your outside space, and keeping everything congruent and stylish will guarantee that you create the right effect. Get different pieces of furniture in the same wood, and if you use soft furnishings (such as garden cushions) then keep the colours in the same palette, as this will draw the whole garden together for a stunning look.
Having teak garden furniture sets is also a sure-fire way to impress. Teak is an incredibly attractive wood, oozing quality and style, and you’re bound to get some admiring glances from anyone that sees such stunning furniture in your garden. You’ll need the table and chairs, but don’t forget the umbrella and any other seating areas as well – keep everything teak and you can’t go wrong.
Having a well-styled garden really is important in this day and age, as people place an awful lot of emphasis on looks and image. If you want to upgrade yours, make sure to invest in some stunning garden furniture sets and related accessories, ideally by coming to us here at Chic Teak, and get ready to be admired.
