Gardening

Gardening at Charlies Direct

Help your garden blossom with Charlies; you don’t have to have green fingers if you have the right equipment and advice. Using our years of experience we have selected the best around so that you can create the garden you deserve.  Choose a good pair of gloves and you’ll be ready to take the garden in hand!

Carefully choose the right greenhouse or growhouse, cover and accessories to suit your space and protect your seedlings whilst they are tender and need the extra care.  As they grow you may need our practical and stylish plant supports, cloches and tunnels for the colder weather, heated and unheated propagators, netting and cultivation for crop protection and of course seed trays and pots and the perfect accessories; everything that you need to give your plants the best start.

To prepare the ground perfectly we recommend getting good hand tools; spades or shovels, forks and trowels. Stainless steel is a great choice as it is mould and moisture resistant.  Ensure that your growing plants, bushes, crops, hedges and trees are kept trim with the right cutting and pruning equipment. To dispose of the cuttings get a great garden tidy, trug or bin.  If you have room for composting we have some gorgeous compost bins to enhance your garden rather than make an eyesore. If space is limited we have all of the garden and waste bags so that you can easily dispose of your garden waste in an environmentally responsible way.

Feed the beautiful wild birds (and keep them away from your precious seeds!) with well-placed bird tables, nesting boxes, bird baths and feeders. We have a great range of wild bird food designed to help keep a variety of birds healthy, even food specifically for swans, ducks and geese perfect for trips to the pond. If you love nature like we do, you will love our range of wildlife care looking after hedgehogs, squirrels, bees and bugs.

Keep your garden lush and well-watered with well-chosen garden watering and accessories. Water butts are perfect to collect rainwater throughout the year and reduce your use of mains water.  Our range of pumps can be used for watering plants and lawns or for ponds. Hosepipes, attachments and irrigation systems and products are ideal to reach the furthest parts of the garden, in connection with our practical indoor or outdoor watering cans.

 A garden shed can be a beautiful feature, a great storage solution, or simply a haven from the outside world!  We have a gorgeous range of log cabins, playhouses and summer houses to make beautiful use of larger spaces, whilst our arbours, pergolas and log stores make great use of any space.

Make sure that the grass is greener on your side with our great garden weed, feed and lawn care, weed control, scarifiers, spreaders and rollers! We have a range of pest control options ranging from traps and insecticides to passive repellants. With your garden healthy and defended from parasites set the scene beautifully for it with some hard landscaping; Fencing, Trellis & Screening, Edging & Borders and Obelisks & Arches.  Add some beautiful Planters & Pots, Hanging Baskets & Wall Troughs, Raised Beds and decking and create a beautiful area for you to enjoy throughout the year.

For the bigger jobs treat yourself to bigger toys! We have thoughtfully chosen Garden Power Tools to make the job quicker and more efficient. Our great range of Lawnmowers go from small electric mowers for the smallest space, to top of the range ride-on lawn tractors that will cover large areas with ease.  Removing troublesome moss, thatch and flat growing weeds is made so easy with a Scarifier. As with all of our power tools our strimmers, brushcutters and hedge trimmers are chosen to do a great job with ease.  If you progress onto larger jobs we still have the perfect tools for you, our range of Shredders, Leaf Blowers & Vacs, Log Splitters & Sawhorses, Chainsaws, Pressure Washers and Rotavators are tried and teste.  We know they will do a great job for you.

For the finishing touch make your garden pond a beautiful feature with our garden pond care products.  From pumps and filters to treatments and fish food, make it a healthy and happy environment to enjoy.