Gardening not a strong point for the author, green fingered he is not, however, Marina seems able to grow just about anything. 

Some years ago the small Garden Centre up by the Railway Bridge off Ambleside closed down, it was a handy amenity meaning you didn’t have to drive into that strange green stuff ( I think its called countryside) in order to buy a bag of peat, or fight through the thronged masses on a B&Q Saturday to buy a strip of Pansies.  We thought therefore that without the support your local sheriff ethos being in place a review of some of the better online resources may be in order.  So below is a few of the places that do stuff for your little piece of heaven, but online, many do a full range of everything you could want and plenty more you wouldn’t, all delivered to your door, each has a link to them just click the pictures.

Green fingers, they don't sell plants but do sell a whole host of paraphernalia to make your garden bloom, water features tools and even furniture all delivered to your door, if you click through from here you also get free delivery on orders over £ 45.  There pricing seems ok, certainly not the cheapest but, from reading online reviews they seem well regarded and that is perhaps worth its weight in fertiliser.

Crocus are about the only plant specialist website around they do other stuff but plants are their thing, they are endorsed by Alan Titchmarsh and Charlie (the body) Dimnock, not sure if that's a good thing or not, but the reviews are all good, when problems do arise they have good customer service and they know their Onions.  They seem to offer better value than the B&Q type establishment and are comparable or better than most garden centres.  They also send you reminders regarding pruning and care etc and have great resources for dealing with queries all in all top class.  They even recommend plants for seaside gardens etc.

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