Homeowner wins the right to keep his elevated garden after neighbours accused him of trying to ‘peer into their gardens’ with landscaping Matthew Williams raised bottom of garden by 20 inches in Llanelli, south Wales Neighbours complained their privacy was threatened because he could ‘peer in’ Retrospective planning permission was requested to keep the raised … Read more
Nicola Daniels has spent — as many of us have during lockdown — a lot of time in her garden. The 32-year-old NHS physiotherapist has two sons, Zac, aged seven and Finn, three. ‘We were enjoying the outdoor space, but the state of our lawn was driving me insane,’ she says. Nicola’s lawn, laid by … Read more
Turf war! Man is left in stitches after his neighbour cuts his own part of their shared front lawn and leaves a single strip of long grass outside of his door Matty, from Liverpool, revealed on Twitter how neighbour mowed shared lawn Neighbour trimmed outside his house but left random strip next to Matty’s door … Read more
A water company has warned customers not to spray their lawns and take four-minute showers rather than baths as the driest May on record raises fears of hosepipe bans. Yorkshire Water has seen a spike in demand amid lockdown as it is set to become the driest May in 124 years, having only seen an … Read more
Mowing your lawn just once a month could attract 10 times as many bees by boosting flowers like daisies and white clover, according to new research. Simple changes in mowing habits can increase the available nectar for bees and other pollinators tenfold, findings from conservation charity Plantlife reveal. The charity’s annual citizen science project found … Read more
She recently admitted that she is finding lockdown ‘pretty claustrophobic’. Yet Gemma Collins appeared to be making the most of quarantine on Thursday as she shared an Instagram video of herself mowing the lawn. The TOWIE star, 39, cut a glamorous figure in a Versace-inspired kimono, oversized black sunglasses and a red baseball cap. ‘GC gardening … Read more