PLANTING, TIDYING AND WATERING

So you now have a clearer idea of what space is available for new plants, features and furniture. Here’s the tech you need for getting your garden shipshape and bursting with colour

Mercia Combi Shed and Greenhouse

Shocked by the cost of organic salad veggies? Grow your own instead. The Mercia Combi, combining a shiplap 8x4 Pent shed plus a tongue and groove 8x4 lean greenhouse, is a convenient space to house garden tools and grow tomatoes, peppers, beans and exotic fruit. Keep the space secure by locking it with a Bluetooth security device, such as the MasterLock Smart Padlock (£59.99, safe.co.uk), a tough, weather-resistant lock providing keyless entry via your smartphone, or manually via the built-in directional keypad. £1,335, merciagardenproducts.co.uk

Pedigree Stainless Steel Transplanting Trowel

While we love smart gardening gear, sometimes you can’t beat a classic. The trowel is perhaps one of the most important tools in a gardener’s arsenal, useful for planting in the ground or in containers. This Pedigree trowel is made by Bulldog, a purveyor of topnotch garden tools, so it’s built to last many a season and year. On the surface you’ll find a graduated measurement gauge, there to help you decide how deep a plant or bulb should sit in soil. £10.80, pedigreegarden.co.uk

Parrot Flower Power

With its soil-dwelling wireless sensor, Parrot has stepped in to save garden (and indoor) plants from an untimely death. Stick the sensor in the pot with your plant where it can measure the soil moisture, fertiliser level, ambient temperature and sunlight reaching the plant. The Flower Power will ping you, via the Parrot app, real-time alerts of your plant’s needs, so you’ll always know when to water it. With over 6,000 plants on the app’s database, your clematis will be in safe hands. £49.99, amazon.co.uk