20th AUGUST 2013
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HOZELOCK HELPS EASE THE STRESS THIS SUMMER
You’re off on your summer holidays, but will the garden cope without you?
Every year you experience the same problem; the garden reaches its peak with borders bursting to bloom, patio plants beginning their dazzling displays and fruits swelling in the vegetable garden – and then you go on holiday for two weeks...!
Well no need to worry thanks to the UK’s leading garden supplier, Hozelock’s and Celebrity Gardener, David Domoney’s ‘Gardening For Life Campaign’. They have joined forces to help make your holiday preparation stress free. Hozelock supplies a number of products to ensure having a break doesn’t mean deserting your garden.
TV gardener David Domoney, who understands the stresspeople go through when preparing the garden before taking that break, said: “We all want to keep plants happy when on holiday. A few simple watering tricks and watering solutions will ensure you can have a great, stress free holiday without the worry that you’ll return to find a sea of dead plants.
“To keep your garden going in your absence, a little planning is called for.”
David Domoney has three top tips to keep your garden in tip top shape whilst you’re away:
- Invest in watering solutions that can keep your buds and borders moist whilst you’re away.
- A day or so before you leave; weed your beds (weeds compete for water).
- Cut the grass and pile the clippings near the beds. This kills two birds with one stone. Not only will the lawn be neater when you return, but you now have a mulch.
Lisa Jordan, Marketing Manager of Hozelock explains: “Hozelock productsare designed to help make garden life stress free. Our latest Gardening For Life Campaign shows it’s definitely good to be outdoors and it’s good to get your hands dirty, but when holiday getaways are needed, Hozelock can look after the garden for you.“
Hozelock’s watering solutions will help the plants to survive and encourage the buds to bloom without the need for the friendly neighbour or nearby family.
If you haven’t invested in one already, Hozelock’s Automatic Holiday Watering Irrigation Systemwill automatically water your patio, garden pots and hanging baskets, freeing you up to enjoy your holiday.
Equally, just when you thought growbag growing couldn’t get easier – it does! Hozelock’s Growbag Waterer is a simple solution that is easy to set up and fully reusable and does the job by keeping the plants watered for up to 14 days!
Alternatively, cover the soil surface with Hozelock’s water-absorbing gel, watering it so that it swells and absorbs water. The gel provides a protective barrier to stop water evaporating from the compost and also gives the compost some moisture.
David Domoney concludes: “If you the cut the grass, trim the edges and use water saving products such as Hozelock’s, your garden will survive happily without you and you can relax and enjoy your holiday.”
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Notes to editors
For more information on Hozelock’s ‘Gardening For Life’ campaign including images and interviews please contact Louise Bucknall on 01676 526 885/ 07816 516 516 or Sheridan Okey at Cogent Elliott on 01676 526 568 or email /.
About Hozelock
Hozelock was founded in 1959 and is a leading European manufacturer of gardening products. Its annual turnover is £100m and it has 500 employees. With over half a century of horticultural expertise, Hozelock understands the rewards of gardening and continue to manufacture leading product ranges from the UK. Designed by gardeners for gardeners, Hozelock’s innovative products are developed following on-going research and feedback from consumers every step of the way.
Hozelock manufactures a comprehensive range of gardening products that cover: garden watering, garden pressure sprayers, pond equipment and high pressure cleaners. It sells in 40 countries and is the market leader in the UK, Scandinavia, the Baltic countries, Belgium and Russia, while it is also the number one for hoses and hose systems across the rest of Europe.
About David Domoney
Currently David co presents with Alan Titchmarsh the biggest viewing Garden Television show in Britain today. ITV1’s Love Your Garden which peaked this year with 4.6 Million viewers and has re commissioned for a new series for 2013.
He has also has been the resident gardener on ITV’s This Morning, 60 Minute Makeover & Channel 5’s Garden ER series and is Garden columnist for the Sunday People Newspaper.
Winner of 27 RHS Medals and 2 Best in Show category trophies, he is a Fellow of the Institute of Horticulture & non exec Director for the RHS commercial board. David pioneered the London launched Ideal Home Show “Young Gardeners of the Year Annual Competition” through his association with the HRH Prince of Wales & the Princes Foundation for the Built Environment at Earls Court.
Outside gardening David is a motorcyclist with on his V800 Vulcan motorbike. He is a PADI Qualified ‘Master Scuba Diver’ and has a farmhouse and working olive grove in Italy.
He is also listed in Wikipedia