{"id":119,"date":"2021-08-01T06:21:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T06:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decorativegardenproducts.co.uk\/?p=119"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:51:17","slug":"tips-for-beginner-gardeners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decorativegardenproducts.co.uk\/?p=119","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Beginner Gardeners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you are looking to get into gardening, here are a couple of tips to get you started.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You don\u2019t need a lot of space when it comes to gardening.&nbsp; It\u2019s better to start with a small plot or some pots while you see if it\u2019s for you. Think about how much space a fully grown plant will take up, versus a small seedling. Think about your plants \u2013 do you want to save money and grow plants from seeds, which is cheaper, but takes longer and requires either a greenhouse or lots of window sill space, or do you want to buy small plants from the garden centre?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set a budget. Whether you\u2019re on a tight budget or not, it\u2019s a good idea to know how much you can comfortably afford. Do some planning and don\u2019t get enthusiastic and buy lots of seeds and plants from the garden centre and bung them anywhere when you get home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are looking to get into gardening, here are a couple of tips to get you started.\u00a0 You don\u2019t need a lot of space when it comes to gardening.&nbsp; It\u2019s better to start with a small plot or some pots while you see if it\u2019s for you. Think about how much space a fully &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buying-guides","category-garden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decorativegardenproducts.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decorativegardenproducts.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decorativegardenproducts.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decorativegardenproducts.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decorativegardenproducts.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.decorativegardenproducts.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":425,"href":"https:\/\/www.decorativegardenproducts.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions\/425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decorativegardenproducts.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decorativegardenproducts.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decorativegardenproducts.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}