Resources
Guides for keeping a UK garden alive.
Everything we know about watering restrictions, seasonal planting and low-water irrigation — written plainly, updated as the rules change.
Guides & articles
Seasonal planting
What to plant now
A month-by-month UK planting calendar with flowering and harvest windows for the plants worth sowing this season.
Water restrictions
UK hosepipe ban guide
What temporary use bans usually cover, what stays allowed, and how to keep beds alive through a drought order.
Compliance
Is drip irrigation allowed during a hosepipe ban?
The short answer, the reasoning behind it, and how to check the wording of your own supplier's notice.
How-to
Installing your dripline
Six tool-free steps from unboxing to first watering — pipe arrives pre-cut, so nothing needs trimming.
The process
How Bloomline works
From tap flow reading and rough measurements to a bespoke, laminated layout map for your beds.
Hosepipe bans by water company
- Yorkshire Water hosepipe ban guideYorkshire
- Thames Water hosepipe ban guideLondon & the Thames Valley
- Southern Water hosepipe ban guideKent, Sussex, Hampshire & the Isle of Wight
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