Make Use Of Online Gardening Catalogs
the listings are complete and updated
Online Gardening Catalogs have worked well for me
Here's Why Internet Gardening is Useful:
- In my experience the plants are of higher quality as they come direct from
specialist growers (garden centres seem to rely on rapid
turnover but that doesn't always happen)
- You get a wider choice than
garden centres offer - large online listings, sourced from a range of
highly selected nurseries,
- Printed catalogs are a
showcase - but they don't
contain complete listings. They
don't tell you when plants are
sold out. Yet the online
listings are continually updated.
- No
waiting in telephone queues - this year I
simply couldn't get through by phone to one
top garden supplier,
- Some top gardening catalogs never deal
through retail outlets,
- You save time,
- Offers and freebies are
frequently available,
For
seeds,
plants, gardening tools, compost, fertilizers, seed trays and gardening
accessories check out my
classified online gardening catalogs for
American
Gardeners or for
U.K.
and European Gardeners on these links.
Mail Order saves your fuel miles and reduces your nations CO
2 emissions. Individual trips are saved by loading the stuff onto lorries
that make round trips instead of many individual
trips - not to mention the convenience to you.
Squeezing a heavy load of compost or a
delicate load of plants plus the kids into a gleaming, getting cramped vehicle is no joy. Convenience and habit make us ignore the cost.
But with
some online garden
catalogs delivery is free!
With others you can
combine your gardening order with other items to distribute postage
charge instead of paying on each time. You
can even qualify for
free delivery based on order value.
Amazon is ideal
for this.
* For
gardening tools, U.K. garden
centres are often short of space and you only see a
limited range. They may for example stock one (perhaps two) brands of
lawn mower. Frankly it's not worth their space as bigger garden centres
seem to diversify into bedroom furniture, double glazing... you name
it. Of course you may get a cup of coffee and a sandwich. That's nice.
America garden tools up to my last review don't
seem to have developed consistency in design. I guess that sales are more than likely focused on smaller local markets due to the cost of reach.
But checking out bigger markets gives you access to tried and tested tool designs. They've made it. Having regularly worked with garden tools and studied their practicalities I'm
particularly keen to recommend some of the best - those that a gardener finds really comfortable, useful and effective.
Of course
online
shopping can provide you with all-in-important
savings as producers
get direct access to customers and make volume
sales. These savings can be passed onto to you - check out
Direct Gardening
as an example.
Products
in the catalog's are often spread over several web pages - Dont forget
to click page 1,2,3…
>>> or Next links.
My top
American
Gardening Calalogs are
catagorised and briefly reviewed below:
Some gardening catalogs specialise in products for organic
gardeners this link for example -
$20 FREE off
your first order at Gardens Alive!
My
top U.K.
& European
Gardening Calalogs are
catagorised and briefly reviewed below. You'll find some
outstanding unmissable offers and products.
Page coming soon - my
experience and advice
on ordering and receiving plant orders.
