Practical helpers for four different kinds of garden shed

In these fast-moving times, it is important to have a place of refuge, somewhere to rest and relax. All gardeners are well aware of the fact that the green oasis that is shrouded in white during wintertime offers the opportunity to rest and get away from everyday stress. There are many gardening enthusiasts who wish to design their own patch of green according to their own personal style and who have various different demands for its use in mind. The experts from GARDENA will reveal how these individual "kinds of garden" could look and the best way to look after them.

Family garden: a place to play and room for all - the whole year round

In winter the home garden is the ideal place for all keen gardeners to relax and for children, as it is also the case at other times through out the year, a popular place for playing undisturbed. While fruit trees, vegetable patches, herbal gardens and lawns recover from the hottest time of the year and occasionally disappear beneath a thick coating of snow, children can romp around boisterously. During this time of year it is hard for any gardening enthusiast to imagine that everything will start flowering and shooting up again come spring.

But particularly during this initial growth period following winter, plants and trees will need regular watering. A watering system can save you a lot of time and work here. It makes sense therefore to lay the water pipe underground, especially if you have children who romp around the garden a lot. The GARDENA Pipeline System, for instance, can already be planned during the colder part of the year and, after the thaw, laid either by yourself or with the aid of an expert. The system allows you to draw off water precisely where it is needed, just like the system of wall sockets in houses or apartments. The water socket, once laid, serves as an extraction point. That means that with a short GARDENA garden hose and, for example, a FlowerShower you can start watering in no time at all. For larger areas that gardening fans do not wish to water by hand, it is possible to use one of the many GARDENA sprinklers such as, for example, the Part and Full Circle Sprinkler Tango.

Anyone with a family and their own house will be familiar with the problem: when it gets dark early during the cold season, the path to your house can become a bit of a balancing act when you have your hands full and tired children in tow. Help is at hand in the form of the GARDENA Motion Indicator and Dusk Sensor that, together with a GARDENA Path Light Starter Set, will automatically switch on the lights for you and immerse the path to the house in a cosy and yet useful light.

Urban gardens for cosmopolites

An entirely different type of gardening enthusiast is the city dweller, who does not want to miss out on the diverse and occasionally rather chaotic city life, still wishes to have his own patch of green. He sees working in the garden as a way to compensate for the stress beyond his front door and likes to use the garden as a place to meet. Due to the lack of space in the inner cities, a small, easy-to-manage paradise with a hardy lawn, best of all with enough room for a hammock, is usually laid out instead of a large usable area for vegetables or flowers. The GARDENA watering helpers and tool systems offer you everything you need to make working in what is more likely to be a tiny patch of green in the city as quick and convenient as possible. Tub plants can, for example, be watered easily by using the Pulse Sprayer with Extension Lance whose long handle allows you to master any distances while taking it easy on your back. Green-fingered urbanites who travel a lot would be well advised to install a Micro-Drip-System for the lasting computer-controlled supply with cool water or a Holiday Watering Set whose water reservoir will guarantee that your plants remain lush even after your holiday.

The latest offer: whenever the urban gardener gets too hot himself, he can celebrate his very own rainy season with the aid of the GARDENA Garden Showers - even on the smallest patch of greenery.

Allotments: traditional gardening fun on the outskirts of town

Winter is not only a time of rest for the garden, but also for the passionate gardener. All beds are prepared for winter, the shrubs have been wrapped up and the garden gnomes have been moved into the tool shed. However, winter also means that the gardening enthusiast can start to dream about the coming spring and summer when the flowers will start to blossom again and the vegetable will start growing. To make sure that everything will thrive come spring, all plants will need to be watered regularly. The GARDENA Hose Trolley 30 roll-up (pre-assembled with hose) is ideal for this, as the hose unrolls itself automatically as you pull the trolley and rolls itself back up again as you push the trolley. Once you have finished watering, you will no longer have to get annoyed by the hose lying about the garden just waiting to trip you up. Thanks to its compact construction, this hose trolley is also perfect for smaller gardens with narrow paths or passageways.

The GARDENA Micro-Drip-System quenches all plants' thirst practically professionally, free of stress and above all economically when it comes to shrubs, newly planted beds or cold frames and greenhouses. Via Inline Drip Heads, Endline Drip Heads or Spray Nozzles you will be able to economically supply various different varieties of plants with essential water when and where they need it. Especially on hillside locations, this system saves a lot of time, which you can invest in the well-earned relaxation in the garden instead.

Practical helpers for all: system tools with profile

The combimax system and combisystem gardening tools are a blessing for all gardening enthusiasts. All individual tools can quickly and safely be connected to their handles that are made either of high-quality wood or aluminium. Regardless of whether a Hoe, Rake, Grubber, Spade or Fork: suitable storage racks are available for both tool systems, enabling tidy and space-saving storage off tools in your garden shed, garage, broom cupboard or cellar.

About The Author:

Mark Harris is a successful author and regular contributor to http://www.garden-n-storage-sheds.com. Build yourself a gazebo, tool shed, potting shed, greenhouse, bridge, or outdoor garden & storage shed using free building plans found online.