Improving your garden’s design doesn’t need to cost the Earth or take up weeks of your time. If you pay attention to a few small details, you can create an overall look for your garden that’s far more impressive than the sum of its parts.
Here, we examine 10 of these little details, which, both individually and collectively, can have a much bigger impact on your garden’s aesthetic appeal than you might previously have thought…
1. Garden Arches: Forest Sleeper Garden Arch Set 5'3 x 0'4 (3PK)
Wooden arches can be used for a multitude of purposes, such as to add structure to a garden or draw attention to a specific area. They also provide a suitable framework for training climbing plants, allowing you to create a completely unique garden feature.
With a fashionable minimalistic design, this set of 3 garden arches is the epitome of understated elegance and will enhance absolutely any style of outdoor area. They can be used independently of each other or positioned together – there aren’t any rules, the choice is yours.
And don’t go presuming that because these wooden arches are so attractive, they’re delicate too, because nothing could be further from the truth. Built from premium timber, pressure treated and supplied with a 15-year guarantee, they’re as strong as they are stylish.
2. Solar Garden Lighting: Solartech Premium Garden Building Solar Lighting & Charging Kit 1
Whether positioned on a fence, garden building or other structure, solar lights will completely transform the look of your garden, especially when the sun goes down.
Simple to install, this particular plug and play solar lighting kit provides an attractive, reliable, economical source of light for an arbour, gazebo or summerhouse.
The kit includes 1 x 5w solar panel, 1 x panel bracket, 1 x 2Ah battery hub, 1 x 5m hub/ LED cable, 1 x ceiling bulb holder, 1 x 3.5w vintage bulb, 1 x fixing pack, and an instruction manual – in short, everything you need to enjoy the many benefits of solar-powered garden lights.
And as they’re powered by the sun, of course, once you’ve bought them, they’re completely free to run.
3. Wooden Sleepers: Forest Slatted Edging 1.2m (3 Pack)
Garden sleepers add an attractive finishing touch to pathways, lawns, flowerbeds and more, so they’re a wonderfully versatile feature to use in your garden design.
Sold as a pack of 3, these wooden sleepers are pressure treated to prevent rot and backed by a 15-year guarantee, so they’ll remain a much-loved feature of your garden for decades to come, with zero maintenance required.
The wood used to build them is FSC® certified, which is exclusively sourced from sustainable, well-managed forests. Rounded off with a beautiful smooth-planed finish, this set of slatted edging is a great example of wooden garden sleepers at their finest.
4. Fencing Accessories: Forest 6' x 6" Lightweight Concrete Gravel Board (1.83m x 0.15m)
On the subject of borders, nothing transforms the look of a garden more than its fence run. This is because, just like a painting, a suitably chosen frame gives you a proper visual appreciation of the object(s) it surrounds.
Improving the aesthetic appeal of a fence run doesn’t have to involve buying new fence panels, either. Sometimes, adding far cheaper fencing accessories will do the trick just as well.
These concrete gravel boards are a great example. When paired with concrete fence posts and any style of wooden fencing, they really do add a genuine touch of class to your fencing - just like a smart pair of shoes brings out the best in a suit.
And when one considers that gravel boards provide an effective layer of protection against rot for the fence panels too – well, they’ve got to be considered one of the most useful fencing accessories around.
5. Garden Planters: 5'11 Forest Slatted Tall Wall Planter - 2 Shelves (0.6m x 0.18m)
There needs to be a place for plants and their flowers in all garden design, but if you haven’t got the room for borders or a conventional wooden planter, we have the answer.
This tall wall planter uses the principles of vertical gardening to provide ample space for a wide range of potted plants, even on the smallest of patios.
Featuring a contemporary slatted design, premium pressure-treated timber and 2 removable shelves, this wooden planter is incredibly versatile, built to last and oozes style.
6. Door Canopies: Palram Canopia Neo 1180 Grey Twinwall Door Canopy
Have you ever considered buying a door canopy? Well, if you’re serious about garden design, you should do.
Over door canopies might be small, cheap objects, but they can make a hugely positive impact to a home’s façade and increase its kerb appeal. If you’re in any doubt about this, take a look at this one.
Expertly made from twin-wall polycarbonate panels, with rust-resistant aluminium edges and high-impact polymer brackets, this high-spec porch canopy doesn’t just look smart and attractive, it provides supreme weatherproof protection for your front door too.
Available in a range of sizes, there’s sure to be one of these front door canopies that perfectly complements your home.
7. Fire Pits: Cook King Haiti Steel Fire Bowl - 80cm
While a fire pit/ bowl’s main use is to warm up your garden get-togethers, it unquestionably adds a little something extra to your garden design.
After all, a fire pit bowl shows visitors to your home that you’re someone who likes spending time in your garden, in the company of friends, and feels at one with the outdoors. And when said fire bowl boasts an attractive Haitian design, visitors know that you take your garden design extremely seriously.
This particular model is handcrafted in Europe, from premium steel. With an 80cm diameter, it features high sides and a sturdy structure. It also comes with handles, so you can easily manoeuvre it around the garden to wherever the mood takes you.
8. Small Garden Storage: 3' x 2' Suncast 189L Resin Deck Box - Peppercorn (0.94m x 0.52m)
There’s no point spending time and money on fashionable outdoor features if your garden looks a mess, which is why you need small outdoor storage to keep your patio tidy.
Made in the USA and supplied with a 5-year guarantee, this stylish deck box is perfectly sized to house garden cushions, kids’ toys and more, while sitting unobtrusively in a corner of your patio.
Made from durable, UV-protected resin, it offers all stored items outstanding weatherproof protection and will neither fade nor discolour in the sun. And as this garden storage box is easy to assemble and maintenance free, it’ll keep your patio tidy with zero hassle.
9. Wheelie Bin Storage: Globel 6' x 3' Metal Double Bin Store (1.7m x 0.9m)
The presence of wheelie bins is arguably the biggest obstacle to achieving good garden design, so it’s vitally important to keep them hidden from view. And if you can hide them within an attractive structure, you know you’ve got your garden design down to a tee.
Perfectly sized for 2 wheelie bins, this metal bin shed is supplied with a 15-year warranty. It is constructed from hot-dipped galvanised steel, with a stunning anthracite-grey finish, making for a tough, imposing, yet incredibly stylish bin store.
Thanks to wide double doors and a pneumatic lid, you can quickly and discreetly deposit your rubbish and access your bins. And should anyone try to discover what’s inside your stylish new garden store, they can’t – the doors are safely secured by pad bolt.
10. Garden Arbours: Forest Parisienne Garden Arbour Seat 5' x 2'
A well-positioned wooden arbour adds a touch of glamour and sophistication to your garden design. What’s more, it’s a wonderful place to relax on a warm, sunny day, when you want to admire the rest of your outdoor space.
This arbour seat is beautifully handcrafted from slow-grown, ethically-sourced timber. Pressure treated to prevent rot and backed by a fantastic 15-year anti-rot guarantee, it will become a much-loved feature of your garden for decades to come.
The arbour’s diamond-trellis side panels are perfectly designed to train climbing plants, allowing you to add your own unique stamp to this wonderful example of tasteful garden design.
Perfect Your Garden Design with Shedstore
Here at Shedstore, we look for garden products that provide 3 key things:
Firstly, they’ve got to be well made and built to last.
Secondly, they must be competitively priced.
And thirdly, they simply have to look good.
This is why people who take their garden design seriously, but don’t want to pay fancy-Dan prices, shop with us.