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Green Gardener’s Guild Chat With: Charlotte Keates

Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s time for another edition of our fortnightly catch-up with one of our wonderful Green Gardeners. This week, we were absolutely delighted to be able to talk to Charlotte Keates, the owner of Instagram account @smalltropicalgarden_uk. As you can tell by her account’s title, she has been growing a beautiful garden filled with tropical plants…

Green Gardeners’ Guild Chat With: Ronnie and Veronika Hruba

Reading Time: 4 minutes Green Gardeners’ Guild Chat With: Ronnie and Veronika Hruba Introducing gardeners to coir as the fantastic peat-free alternative that it is will always be one of our favourite moments. Making the switch from peat can be a challenge, but we find that once the change has been made, it’s hard to go back to peat.…

Green Gardeners’ Guild Chat With: @FromOurGardenToYours

Reading Time: 4 minutes Welcome to the first of our features on our wonderful Green Gardeners! We know that everyone loves inspiration – and where better to find it than in conversation with other budding gardeners from around the country? Meet Andrew & Sadie @fromourgardentoyours This week, we caught up with Andrew and Sadie from @fromourgardentoyours to find out…

Plastic-Free Summer Gardening with Kids

Reading Time: 5 minutes Low-cost ideas for summer gardening for kids Gardening involves all the senses, so it’s no surprise that we can have such strong childhood memories of messing about with plants and getting our hands muddy in the dirt (we’re guilty of making a few ‘potions’ and mud pies back in the day – and coco coir…

The Benefits of Urban Gardening

Reading Time: 4 minutes Urban gardening: a green revolution? During the pandemic, many people discovered the joys of tending and nurturing a plant – or three! With so many Insta-gardeners proving you don’t need a massive garden to enjoy nature, more and more urbanites are taking up gardening and discovering a wonderful new hobby! What is urban gardening? Put…

Compostable plant pots – Let’s go plastic free

Reading Time: 4 minutes Winning at life with compostable plant pots Compostable plant pots can be a gamechanger for gardeners. If you’re looking for a solution that is better for your seedlings, your wallet and the planet, they can be the answer! There are a range of options available including our new coir plant pots, but also many other…

Inspirational gardening trends for the New Year

Reading Time: 4 minutes With the winter solstice now behind us and the days gradually getting longer, thoughts are starting to turn towards the rejuvenating essence of Spring. While the new year has only just begun, it’s never too early to start planning your garden for the rest of the year. 2022 will see an array of styles and…

Gardening: The Benefits to Your Health and Wellbeing

Reading Time: 3 minutes At Coco & Coir, we truly believe that a healthy garden is a happy garden – and the same can be said about ourselves! In fact, what some people don’t realise is that both a garden’s health and our own go hand in hand.

Gardening Is Good For You

Reading Time: 4 minutes Coco & Coir’s Coco Boost has all the benefits of Coco Grow, and with all the added nutrients plants need to get off to the best possible start.