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APRIL is National Lawn & Garden Month! Check out our tips and suggested products to help you get the most out of your garden this April... Contents: Lawn Maintenance The Vegetable Guide Amazing Beds & Borders Showers & Sunshine We'd also love to hear what you'll be up to in the garden this month, comment below! Lawn Maintenance Topdressing April is the perfect time to topdress an existing lawn. Use our Dandy's Topdressing Sand and Soil mix to add light material to the surface of the lawn before re-seeding and feeding. Brush over your grass at a depth of 1-2mm ready for re-seeding and feeding. Topdressing has a number of benefits including controlling thatch, drainage, and smoothing the lawn surface...

Get your garden ready for Summer with our gardening tips and suggested landscaping products. Keep the kids busy... Have hours of safe, clean (ish!) fun with our Tested Play Sand - check out these fab sand pit ideas! Go all out with a seaside themed area of your garden - simply add some gravel or pebbles around an up-cycled old rowing boat and finish off by filling up with our tested Play Sand. We love this creative idea! Add a gravel section along side your play sand area and create a mini construction site! Feed the borders... As soon as the weather heats up your borders and planters will soon start to dry out (if you're not constantly watering them)....

If you're planning a garden party for The Queen's Platinum Jubilee then check out these amazing ideas, and be the envy of your neighbours! Union Jack Get patriotic with Dandy's Gravel Chippings and create your very own Union Jack Flag out of granite, slate and marble chippings! Mow Dandy's Turf to create a lawn fit for a Queen. Red, White and Blue Bring some Royal colour to your borders with Oxeye Daisies, Field Poppies and Cornflowers... all part of Dandy's Wild Flower Seed Mix . Create statement handing baskets for instant results - our Multi Purpose Peat Free Compost is perfect to plant into! Regal Recycling Turn our 'nearly new' wooden Euro pallets into cost effective, stylish garden furniture -...

Topsoil or Top Soil is what is referred to as the top 5 to 10 inches of the outer most layer of soil.