Garden Safety Tips & Advice from Experts…
Composting: Safety Guidelines
Composting is gaining favour as waste management increasingly becomes an issue. As financial and ecological considerations take hold in the UK we are rediscovering ways of embracing the cycle of life. Composting and safety It's not hard to see the [...]
A Bizarre Secateurs Accident
A horrifying gardening accident made the news in the summer of 2011 when an American gardener slipped and pushed a pair of secateurs through his eye socket and into his skull. Remarkably, surgeons were able to extract the gardening tool [...]
Electricity and Garden Safety
Electricity has become such a necessity in our everyday lives that we sometimes forget how dangerous it can be. Data collated by the Electrical Safety Council from the World Health Organisation (WHO), local government in the UK and the Health [...]
Sun Safety: Choosing Hats and Sunglasses
We are all more and more aware of the dangers posed by over-exposure to the sun. Hats and sunglasses can protect you from the major problems, damage to the eyes and heatstroke from literally over-heating. Sunhat Choices If you're really [...]
Garden Planting for People With Failing Sight
There are two aspects to planting in gardens for people with failing sight. The first is using tools and aids to make potting of seeds, bulbs and seedlings easier, in their early stages. The second stage is planting out in [...]
Sail Shades for Contemporary Sun Protection
Protection from the sun makes a garden more accommodating in the height of summer as well as being safer. Over exposure to the sun is responsible for well-documented problems with skin cancer, not to mention the not-so-flattering leathery skin look. [...]
Garden Safety in the Snow
A snow covered garden looks enchanting but that blanket of white can hide a multitude of dangers below. In recent years we’ve had a number of cold snaps that have seen parts of the UK reduced to a standstill for [...]
Protecting Ponds and Water Features from Freezing Weather
Ponds and fountains can be attractive and relaxing elements of your garden design, but the long winter months can present problems for water feature owners. A little time spent preparing for bad weather will keep your garden safe and ready [...]
Cleaning Decking Safely
Decking needs cleaning regularly throughout the year to prevent moss and algae building up and making it slippery. The secondary aspect of cleaning decking is the safety of the cleaning products you use, both for you and the environment. Some [...]
How to Strip a Lawn in One Easy Lesson: Case Study
This case study warns of a few perils that we haven't actually covered in articles on this site yet, probably because they are so bizarre. Safety Second, or Even Third! Who would have thought that removing a tree stump could [...]
Care With Toys in the Garden
Children love to play in the garden, when the British weather gives them the option, and safety is of paramount importance. But how can you go about removing real risks while not getting in the way of their sense of [...]
Retractable Shades and Canopies
Although the sun is a source of energy the dangers of over-exposure are well documented. In another article in this section we talked about these dangers and how to enjoy your garden but keep in the shade, with various lightweight [...]
Grass Fire in Oxfordshire: Case Study
At the risk of making it seem that he is a relentless pyromaniac this case study about the dangers of fire in the garden tells a true tale that happened to Brian Shaw*. He already appears in these pages in [...]
Safe Decking
Decking has taken the country by storm over the last decade or so. It's a low maintenance alternative to lawns and plants and looks good in the right situations. But it can be a tricky surface for those who are [...]
Don’t Underestimate Bonfires: Case Study
Time and time again you hear the warnings about bonfires and how dangerous they can be, particularly around bonfire night. But this isn’t a story about Guy Fawkes Night. No, it's a story about a common or garden bonfire that [...]
Portable Shade for Protection from the Sun
Britons are finally waking up to the dangers of excessive sunbathing but still many more people die of skin cancer in this country than in hotter countries, Australia for example. This is possibly because awareness of skin cancer is higher [...]