TIPS & ADVICE

Reading Time: 4 minutes Toasty tips on keeping warm when gardening In the colder days of autumn and winter, it’s important to keep on top of your gardening jobs. But chilly weather can make for miserable conditions. Make sure to follow our tips on keeping warm when gardening so you’re as happy as your plants! Insulating clothes for gardening…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Smart ways to make the most of your porch It can be such a bonus having a space between your front door and hallway in which to store items. An enclosed porch also helps with insulation, blocking out draughts from the front door. But a porch can easily turn into a ‘dumping ground’ rather than…

Reading Time: 5 minutes Welcome to your next edition of our Green Gardener’s Guild Chats – this time with a fantastic allotment owner, Ana from @myjourneyintogardening. We wanted to catch up with Ana and see just how she has been growing her allotment. As a beginner to her allotment, there is work to be done – and we are…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Sustainable ways to revamp your hallway which won’t break the bank Opening your front door and walking into a welcoming entrance space is such a pleasure. But often the importance of that first impression is overlooked in favour of renovating other rooms. Plus applying eco-friendly principles can be daunting. Check out some sustainable ways to…

Reading Time: 3 minutes How to keep dirt out of your home Cleaning your home can seem to be a never-ending battle. Do you sometimes feel like you spend hours getting things spick and span, but back at square one after only a couple of days? Don’t despair! We’ve lots of tips on how to keep dirt out of…

Reading Time: 5 minutes One of the reasons that Coco&Coir created our compressed coir bricks was to save space for homeowners and gardeners who simply don’t have the space to store bulky gardening wares. Our easy-to-store coir is a perfect fit for those who are gardening in smaller spaces and containers – just like this week’s featured gardener we…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Protecting our environment for current and future generations is something that we at Coco&Coir have always been passionate about – but we also know that there should be no generation that cannot enjoy and thrive in the clean, eco-conscious future we want to see the world have. That is why we have partnered with CRY…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Coir for greenhouse plants Want to take your gardening up a notch? Then get a greenhouse. You can use them to protect tender plants over the winter, speed up seedling growth and enjoy exotic fruit and flowers. (Jealous much? Us? Never!) As it’s down to you to control a greenhouse’s micro climate, you need to…

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…