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HOME BARGAINS is selling a handy £9 gizmo which is sure to give your garden a taste of the Med as temperatures start to climb.

You can add a “chic” touch to your outdoor area with this budget decor buy.

Tomato plants growing inside a Jardin tomato greenhouse.

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Home Bargains’ Jardin Tomato Greenhouse is scanning for just £9.99Credit: Home Bargains

The Jardin Tomato Greenhouse is scanning for a paltry £9.99 and is guaranteed to protect your home-grown produce during the balmy spring and summer months.

“It can be so rewarding when you eat fresh juicy tomatoes that you have grown in your own garden,” the item’s description reads.

“With this garden Tomato Greenhouse you can do just that; while protecting your plants from the unpredictable, sometimes severe, British weather.

“Enabling earlier planting in the year, the temporary structure is also ideal for propagating seeds and improving growth during growing season.

“Featuring a roll-up zip door that allows easy access and provides ventilation, the greenhouse is ideal for gardens with limited space and is easy to assemble with no tools required!”

It comes complete with a roll-up zip door allowing for easy access and ventilation as well as a temporary structure for use during the growing season.

This comes as shoppers went wild for a “really good quality” Home Bargains garden buy that adds a touch of glam for less than £20.

The discount retailer has shoppers yet again racing to stores, this time for a gorgeous rattan planter.

The large black and beige mixed rattan planter costs just £19.99 and is designed to withstand the unpredictable UK weather.

Made from sturdy plastic instead of wood, it can withstand rain as well.

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Fans also adored a “lush” Home Bargains solar light that will give gardens a glow up – and it’s only £2.99.

Bosses at the discount retail chain promise the ombre rock solar stake light will bring “elegance and charm” to your garden.

They say: “Enhance your garden with the Firefly Ombre Rock Solar Stake Light! This stylish light automatically turns on at dusk, casting a cool LED white glow for a refreshing atmosphere.

“The easy-to-install design makes setup a breeze, and the rechargeable battery is included, so you’re all set to enjoy its soft, energy-efficient lighting.

“Add a touch of elegance and charm to your outdoor space with this beautiful solar stake light!”

The colourful garden decoration is priced at just £2.99 for an individual rock – with your colour picked at random.

Alternatively, you can snap up the pack of three for £7.99, which could save you 98p.

Top gardening trends of 2025

Gardening experts at Barnsdale Gardens has shared the top gardening trends of 2025.

Matrix planting

It seems that a top planting trend for this year is going to be Matrix Planting.

In essence, planting in groups or blocks to give an effect of being wild whilst actually being carefully managed.

Selection of the plants is essential, to give year-round interest either with flowers, seed heads or frosted/snowy spent flower heads. Some recommend using plants that seed around, but this could make managing your matrix planting harder to keep under control.

Chrysanthemum comeback

I hope that the humble Chrysanthemum makes as much of a comeback this year as Dahlias have over recent years, because the simple single flowered types, such as ‘Innocence’ and ‘Cottage Apricot’ would be spectacular within a matrix scheme.

The hardy varieties are so easy to grow in a sunny spot and give such a valuable burst of late summer and autumn colour that would lift any dull- looking border.

Blended borders

For some time now we have been promoting the growing of veg within ornamental borders and I think this could really take off this year.

The choice of ornamental-looking varieties available in seed catalogues is phenomenal and, if managed correctly, visitors to your garden will not even realise that you have veg growing!

Must-have tool

My secret is out. I discovered the Hori Hori a couple of years ago and now it seems so is everyone else.

It is such a well-made, adaptable tool that can be used as a trowel or weeding tool in the garden that and everyone I speak to who have used it absolutely would not now be without it. Enough said!

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