Garden Safety Tips & Advice from Experts...
Gardening is a fruitful and relaxing pastime enjoyed by millions of people in the UK. But over half a million accidents occur outdoors at home each year. Without inducing panic or hysteria, SafeGardening's team of experts goes through the different areas that can cause concern and offers practical advice to keep everyone safe.
February's Most Popular Articles...
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Growing Your Own Fruit: Growing your own fruit is one of the most rewarding aspects of working in your garden. Home grown fruit cultivated in your own garden tastes much better than… [538 views in Feb]
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Safety of Garden Ornaments and Statues: Fountains, statues, garden gnomes, bird baths... most of us have some kind of ornament or feature in our garden to add that finishing touch.… [408 views in Feb]
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Poisonous Berries: Many of the beautiful plants we choose for our gardens produce berries. A large percentage of these berry-producing plants are responsible for deaths every year. A… [340 views in Feb]
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Bonfire Safety: When we usually think of ‘bonfires’ we more often than not think of Guy Fawkes Night on November 5th and the accompanying firework displays in commemoration of that… [270 views in Feb]
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Which Plants are Pet-Safe?: The taste and scent of any flower can be deceiving to a dog and cat when the flower tastes good. Naturally, the pet will continue to eat the flower despite… [210 views in Feb]
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Water Recycling: With water shortages becoming more common and a greater concern being shown for our natural resources many people are now looking at ways to use water more wisely,… [156 views in Feb]
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Gardening for Pensioners: Tools to Help Sow Seeds, Why to Keep a Lawn &...
Personal Protection: Is Your Garden Legally Safe?, Bee/Wasp Stings...
Pets and Children: Building a Kid's Tree House Safely, Care With Toys in the Garden,...
Plants and Planting: Felling Trees Safely, Pruning Trees and Shrubs,...
Poisons and Toxins: Dangerous Plants To Pets, Poisonous Berries, Poisonous Shrubs,...
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Latest Comments
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SafeGardening
Re: Can Neighbour Spray Weedkiller Into My Garden?
@imat. This is criminal damage and you can take court action. As always, try talking first.
27 February 2015 -
imat
Re: Can Neighbour Spray Weedkiller Into My Garden?
My neighbour sprayed poison onto my plants,I happens to be outside when he pushed the pole on the sprayer…
25 February 2015 -
SafeGardening
Re: Poisonous Berries
@vinny. That's really sad, thank you for alerting our readers to this.
18 February 2015 -
vinny
Re: Poisonous Berries
My 6 month puppy as eaten poison ivy or the berrys result of that was I at to put him to sleep he ended up with breathing problems and stomach…
16 February 2015 -
SafeGardening
Re: Raised Flower Bed Gardening
@edislaw. That's correct and useful extra information to point out. Thanks
20 October 2014 -
Edislaw
Re: Raised Flower Bed Gardening
Make sure, however, that you don't build it against somebody else's property. If you do you may cause dampness in their wall and be…
18 October 2014 -
Bunty Hepplethwaite
Re: Poisonous Berries
@the-keeper. Yes but parents cannot expect schools to take on every responsibility in relation to young children. I would say this is a parent's…
14 October 2014 -
the-keeper
Re: Poisonous Berries
With all this information, and the suggestion that small and while they are young children, should be made aware of these dangers at home! Then…
13 October 2014 -
SafeGardening
Re: Poisonous Berries
@Shoshanna. Great idea...we will do some research and make some suggestions in the future.
30 September 2014 -
shoshanna
Re: Poisonous Berries
It would be really useful to indicate a possible safe alternative to the poisonous plants listed. For example, my plan of covering a long metal…
28 September 2014
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