insideKENT Magazine Issue 37 - April 2015 | Page 131

OUTDOORLIVING ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE Jacksons Fencing NEWS, TOPICAL TREATS AND MORE... IT’S APRIL; HAS SPRING SPRUNG AT LAST? Mediterranean Memories show garden at Jacksons HQ in Kent – a source of inspiration for customers. April means Easter is here, and all things springy leap to mind. It’s a time for not only spring cleaning the inside of your home, but getting out and tidying up in the garden too. There’s nothing I like better than pruning the old growth back and making way for the fresh greenery, as bulbs send up shoots and the cheerful yellow of the daffs remind us of the bright sunshine of spring. couple of winning designs to be built at Jacksons Fencing's head office. We currently host seven show gardens from previous winners. If you would like some hints and tips about what to do in the garden to aid your ‘spring clean’, do go to your dedicated Jacksons Fencing web page to find a link to our website blog posts. The displays have proved very popular with visitors and are, in fact, a useful source of inspiration for customers looking for fresh ideas for their own projects. Here, as an example, are photos of one of last year’s winners: Mediterranean Memoires by Sally Perigo. Numerous customers have since told me that they have incorporated the Jakwall used in the raised beds into their own gardens, after having seen it here. I find this time of the year is usually synonymous with being ultra busy for me, especially as over the last five years, we’ve been running the Jacksons Show Gardens Design competition, where out of many competition entries, we pick a Win tickets to RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show! However, this year is a different story show-gardens wise; instead of running the competition with the end result being a couple of lovely new show gardens in our head office display area, the prize is a show garden at the prestigious RHS To celebrate our presence at RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, we are holding a free prize draw to win pairs of tickets to the show. The competition will run from the beginning of April until 15th June 2015. Winners will get a pair of tickets and will receive a goody bag when they drop by the Jacksons Fencing's show garden when visiting the show. For full details on how to enter, visit your dedicated webpage: www.jacksons-fencing.co.uk/ashfordlocal. Hampton Court Flower Show, which is the stuff that many garden designers' dreams are made of. As you can imagine, it has been hectic! We have had over 200 designers register their interest in the competition, and we are just at the judging stage as I write this. By the time this is printed, whoever has won will have been announced on our website and in the press, and we will have moved on to the planning stage. The winning garden 131 will feature at RHS Hampton Court Palace from 30th June to 5th July. So if you are planning to visit the show, please do come along, have a look at our show garden, and say hello. Visit www.jacksonsfencing.co.uk/ashfordlocal or call 0800 408 4754 to talk to your local Jacksons Fencing Centre. [email protected]