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Tell Homebase about your Garden Goals for the summer for a chance to win a £300 voucher NOW CLOSED

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EmmaGransnet (GNHQ) Mon 24-Apr-17 14:23:01

Whether you are a complete gardening novice or a green fingered goddess, now is the time of year to start thinking about getting the garden ready for summer. Homebase are kick starting their Garden Goals challenge to encourage those of all abilities to create their dream garden and would love to find out what your #GardenGoals are for this summer.

Here’s what Homebase has to say: “Join our 10-week Garden Goals Challenge and we’ll help you plan, create and enjoy your perfect garden this summer. Whether you’ve got an hour, a few hours, a day or more to spare we’ve got plenty of ideas and advice to help you get there from garden design ideas to handy gardening tips. Whether you want to add more colour to your garden, want the perfect space for entertaining, want to encourage wildlife into your garden or create a patio or edible garden, we’ll guide you towards a great garden this summer.”

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So what are your plans for your garden this summer? Will you be having family and friends round for BBQs? Or do you want to create a beautiful zen environment to relax in? However big or small your goals are for your garden this summer please share it below. Everyone who posts below will be entered into a prize draw where one gransnetter will win a £300 Homebase voucher.

Thanks and good luck!

GNHQ

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feefeegabor Tue 25-Apr-17 18:44:15

I am hoping to fill up my borders with shrubs so I can concentrate on growing veg and planting up some tubs.

jevive73 Tue 25-Apr-17 18:46:02

To minimise damage from squirrels..it is sooo demoralising!

rogart Tue 25-Apr-17 18:48:24

I've got such a large garden, just to keep it under control is fine with me.

dragon60 Tue 25-Apr-17 18:51:59

I'm just trying to add some more colour to my garden, but it won't be annuals. Trying to pick up some bargain plants from supermarkets - they may be small, but given time they will be beautiful.

janeyf Tue 25-Apr-17 18:52:07

My goal is to make it more colourful with attractive outdoor plants and a new seat to enjoy looking at the flowers and hopefully soak up the sunshine

kittylester Tue 25-Apr-17 19:41:18

My aim is for people to enjoy looking round our tiny garden when it is part of the village open gardens. Any proceeds are for our local children's hospice.

Micah68 Tue 25-Apr-17 19:44:03

I would like to create a herb garden. I have a tiny garden and a herb garden would allow me more culinary plants than I can fit in my containers. The garden is west facing and gets warmth and sun in the afternoons. I think herbs would thrive in these consitions.

cathwarbur Tue 25-Apr-17 19:44:31

I plan to grow some carrots in pots this year, I have been told that they won't be attacked by the carrot fly as they fly along the ground. Also I'm trying runner beans this year too!

s861421 Tue 25-Apr-17 19:52:29

we are hoping to expand the lawn by getting rid of some of the more unkempt flower beds. more low maintenance areas for the future

beeelaine Tue 25-Apr-17 19:55:25

big plans! I recently aquired an allotment and have been working very hard on it! I have managed to do all the digging and weeding so far, my plans this summer are obviously to grow lots! I already have potatoes, garlic, onions, broadbeans in and have sown peas, parsnips, carrots, beetroot, leeks etc - but also my plans include setting up a greenhouse, water collection and a wildlife corner, lots of bird boxes, insect houses and lots of hidey holes for the critters that keep the pests down. I am delighted to find I already have frogs using the pond. I also want to sort out a nice seating area for drinking my flask of coffee on my breaks!

Jalima1108 Tue 25-Apr-17 19:56:09

I am attempting to turn part of our lawn into a flower meadow to encourage more bees and butterflies and we'd like to attract more birds to the garden as many of them seem to have disappeared over the years.

We're awaiting some new garden furniture and hoping for the weather to enjoy it!

salvagebrav Tue 25-Apr-17 20:03:45

Last year we ripped up all our decking that had been there for 15 years, the goal this year is to replace this decked are with a beautiful resin patio in time for the summer. The are at present looks very dull and baron, therefore we will be bringing lots of flowers and shrubs into the area once the patio is completed.

anngwill Tue 25-Apr-17 20:09:41

We want to turn more of our garden over to Vegetables & this year try some different veggies. There is nothing like the taste of freshly grown veg & much healthier for us.

Humph Tue 25-Apr-17 20:11:38

To try and improve my lawn so that my grand daughter can play on it

renaplumridge Tue 25-Apr-17 20:44:22

My husband is laying a new patio and installing bi-folding patio doors, so he is really going to town to improve things.

Icklekatief Tue 25-Apr-17 20:44:33

Our garden is in real need of some TLC The LOs can't really go out and enjoy it at the moment so my goal is to sort some new decking as it was damaged, put turf down instead of the grass we have now and create somewhere where the LOs can hang their pretty bunting and thoroughly enjoy the summer.

angiemary Tue 25-Apr-17 20:51:22

I love gardening & always doing something in the garden at the moment I'm growing my own flowers for the beds as I will be having a big family & friends BBQ & I want to make the garden really colourful now I can just sit back & wait for all the colour to appear.

giddyypixie Tue 25-Apr-17 20:55:39

Hopefully we will be moving house in the next few months and the garden will be a bit of a blank canvas! On the long wishlist of things we want to do is create a brick bbq station, decking in one corner for some seating and a small flower bed along one wall. It's not a massive garden but we would love to make the most of the area we have!

emmmaaa26 Tue 25-Apr-17 21:08:40

To fill in the holes the dogs have dug.

freefan Tue 25-Apr-17 21:09:19

Now my Grandson is a toddler I am sectioning off the garden so I can still have beautiful flowers but I can also have a child friendly area for a trampoline and his bike with his own little bit for sunflowers

MSHGW Tue 25-Apr-17 21:41:59

This summer I plan to give the patio a deep clean, and plant more bee friendly plants.

Nora34 Tue 25-Apr-17 21:49:01

Just a small patio, so it's mainly baskets and small planters.

Daydre Tue 25-Apr-17 21:56:09

To improve the texture of the soil which is clay with loam soil and mature horse manure.

pennwood Tue 25-Apr-17 21:57:08

I want to plant some miniature fruit trees to provide pretty blossom then delicious fruit. Bee friendly plant area to ensure pollination, and save the bees of course too. Perenials will be providing lots of colour without a lot of effort, & more work is required on the Koi pool to complete the garden scene to my liking.

Char123 Tue 25-Apr-17 22:00:50

To paint the fences and shed.