Thanks to the following suppliers for their help:
Gardening:
Primrose Pond liner and underlay
Moonlight Design Ltd provided Hunza and Konstsmide garden lighting
Squires Garden Centre Flowering plants and trees
Hedging Trees Direct Hedging trees
Tony Ward Furniture Handmade wooden bridges and garden furniture
Mobiline Living Ivy screens
Gould Stores Hibernating structures
Forest Garden Wooden Arbour
Water Gardening Direct Rigid Pond
Primrose Provided a range of gardening products
Spear and Jackson supplied garden tools
Internet Gardener Provided a range of gardening products
Darlac Supplied garden tools
Worm Supplied secateurs
Creative products Supplied economical watering products
Bulldog Tools Supplied secateurs
York Bonsai Supplied a Bonsai care tool kit
Allot in a box Supplied allotinabox
Selections Supplied a Rotating composter
Henchman Supplied a Rotating composter
Brother Supplied a garden labeller
Irrigatia Supplied a solar irrigation system
Hozelock Supplied irrigation systems
Agralan Supplied Grow Your Own Insect kits
Ikea supplied us with pots, planters and plant movers
Living Green Design supplied their products
Flowerbox supplied us with plant wall art
House of Plants supplied us with Lechuza self-watering pots
1st hydroponics supplied us with hydroponic kits
Primrose provided a range of gardening products
Ronseal provided fence treatments and paints
Cuprinol provided fence treatments and paints
Colourfence supplied the colour fence
Eco Plastic Wood supplied the eco plastic fence
Funky Fencing supplied the funky fence and flower box
Grange Fencing supplied the Perspex window fence
Rowgar supplied the metal arch
Seagrave nurseries supplied pleached privet trees
London Stone benches and planters
Black country metal works provided a metal tree seat
Greenfingers porvided a wood tree planter seat
Garden and Building provided a children’s potting shed
Golden Acres Group provided box plants
Safety Play supplied us with Neoscape Rubber Surface and Safeplay carpet
Craftplay supplied us with children’s gardening products
Plum Products supplied us with the Little Gardener’s Cottage
Bosch supplied gardening power tools
Stihl supplied gardening power tools
Makita supplied gardening power tools
Worxtools supplied gardening power tools
Viking mowers supplied gardening power tools
Screwfix supplied garden tools
Rowlinson Garden Products supplied us with wheelie bin and recycling box stores
Marshalls supplied Bioverse Paving Units
www.baskitgeni.co.uk supplied anti theft devices for hanging baskets
wheelie-bin-art.co.uk supplied us with wheelie bin art stickers
Breedon Special Aggregates supplied us with Breedon gravel
ADP Surface Solutions supplied us with recycled cellular paving system
Bradstone supplied Woburn Rumbled Infilta Paving
Garden Buildings supplied garden items
Hurdle - producers of natural, English willow products
Dorset Garden Centre West Parley
London Garden Centre Twickenham
Dorset Garden Centre Weymouth
Wood Corner Arbour
Mobilane supplied instant hedging and a living ivy screen
Vertical Veg gave advice
National Garden Scheme
Crocus supplied plants
Garden Bridge supplied us with a bridge
All Outdoor supplied us with outdoor chess set and garden games
Tesco Direct supplied birdcage lanterns
Gardman supplied fencing
Home2Garden supplied gardening items
Grange Fencing supplied pergola/garden structures
John Lewis supplied the garden gong
Folia supplied a quick hedge
Tesco supplied garden equipment
Top Topiary supplied topiary frames
Knight's Garden Centres supplied plants, tables and chairs
Burgon and Ball supplied topiary shears
Fiskars
Plantpod supplier of the PlantPod
Grobox Gardens supplier of the GroBox
Greanbase supplier the wheelbarrow booster
Belle Group supplied mechanised wheelbarrows
Mower Magic supplied mechanised wheelbarrows
Peta UK – supplier of long handled and ergonomic tools
Cobrahead supplied the Cobra Head
Dillon Murals handpainted murals
Timber Hare Driftwood Products
Palms & Bananas
Mexican Chiminea
Indian Garden Company supplied us with a hand-made Indian parasol
As Good as Grass supplied articifical grass
Goulds Garden Centre Dorset supply instant hedging
Green and Pleasant Lifestyle Ltd supplied wooden furntiture
Wood blocx supplied a raised wooden planting bed
Squires Garden Centre, Twickenham provided plants
Rolawn supplied garden turf
Greenkey Garden and Home Ltd supplied garden produc
Mountfield supplied lawnmowers
Love the Garden provided Evergreen and Miracle-Gro products
Robot Lawnmowers supplied robotic lawnmowers
West 6 Garden Centre supplied plants
Chelsea Gardener supplied artificial plants
Ackerman provided garden products
Blackmoor Nurseries provided fruit trees
The Palm Centre supplied exotic plants
Vertigro - a free-standing modular system that enables you to grow your own vegetables, plants, herbs and flowers where ground space is limited
Value House Stores Weymouth Ltd - Garden Centres in Dorset, Mandeville Road, Weymouth, DT4 9HW
Woodpecker Joinery supplied cedar greenhouse and coldframes
Access Garden products
English Garden Nurseries and Country Shop
Room for a View supplied water features and garden accessories
Boxtrees supplier of top quality box plants
Jardinique supplied antique garden items
Tor Stone supplier of quality garden stonework
Burgon & Ball supplier of gardening tools
Features:
Rowlinson Wood beehive style composter
RSPB Bird tables
The Nuttery Bird feeders with squirrel baffles
B&Q
Divine Chocolate provided chocolate
To download the Goodfella’s Guide to Eating go to Goodfellaspizzas.com
Robert Welch supplied kitchen knives
Love food, love life: www.ftlol.com
Bike Dock Solutions supplied us with a bike wall dock
Thelapacompany supplied a mobile outdoor kitchen
Dingley Dell supplied a wood fired pizza oven
Gloster supplied an outdoor teak table and benches
Worm supplied an outdoor teak table and benches
Jane and Marilyn supplied wedding dresses
Anna Mikhailova from The Sunday Times is our property expert
Paynes Bee Farm supplied bee hives and bee products
Omlet supplied a plastic bee hive
Simply Manuka – Supplied bee products
Beekeeping For Beginners - New dvd showing all you need to know about bee keeping
Sciolti Chocolates supplied artisan botanical chocolates
Canvas R Us supplied outdoor photo canvas
Ecosmartfire supplied outdoor heater and fireplace
Gloster supplied outdoor sofa and table
Premiere Home Cinema supplied weatherproof rock speakers
Proofvision supplied weatherproof TV
Delamere Dairy
National Lottery awards
Eco Smart supplied bioethanol fires
Steel beam suppliers of RSJ beams in London and Essex, steel beams, steel columns and other steel construction
All Cooped Up provided wooden goose and duck houses
Green Frog Designs provided a plastic duck house
Annie Sloan provided books on how to create artistic finishes and online ordering
Morrocan Bazaar supplied furnishings
In our Pick of the Pops item with Tony Blackburn, the Juke Box was supplied by www.jukeboxonenighthire.co.uk
GT Decorations - suppliers of silk and artificial flowers, as well as artificial greenery, foliage and trailing plants
Peony - supplier of faux flowers
Lakeland - supplied us with a juicer
Arklu supplied collectors edition royal wedding dolls
Interiors@tides provided us with home accessories and gifts inspired by the British coastline
Marchant's Nursery provided us with hardy nursery stock
Timber Hare supplied contemporary driftwood furniture
Ian Hutt Design provided their services
B&Q supplied DIY products
Omlet supllied chicken houses
Beanbag Bazaar supplied bean bags
Magimix supplied the food processor for the birthday cake feature
JG Pest Control suppliers of pest control services
Proctor Pest Stop suppliers of pest control services
The Sunday Times helped with the property feature
Chrisanne suppliers of ballroom wear
Spex Hair helped with the surgery feature
Boots supplied No.7 makeup range
Clarins supplied Clarins makeup range
Clinique supplied Clinique makeup range
Regaine supplied anti-hair-loss products
Alpecin supplied anti-hair-loss shampoo
Nanofibres supplied anti-hair-loss products
Slendertone supplied Slendertone products
George at Asda provided body shaping T-shirt
Hancocks provided jewellery
Wedding dresses courtesy of Littlewoods and Phillip Alepley
Flowers courtesy of Simon Lycett
Jewellery from www.qvcuk.com and www.garrard.com
Cakes supplied by www.peggyporschen.com and www.marksandspencer.com
Debenhams provided a duck down duvet
The Duvet Store provided a duck down pillow
Property experts
Knight Frank
Bidwells
Cresselly
Travel
Door2door
PO Cruises
Virgin Holiday Cruises
Princess
NCL
Saga
Holland America
Travel photos taken by:
Meredith B, Liliana Betetn Court, Mohamed Aly, Oscar Dahl, Zi Murg, Wiliam Picard, Joanna Vidad, Tiago Antunos, Vinish K Saini, Kate Glanford, Eva Schuster, Julio Sedano Acosta, Dave Dyet, Morten Hilde, Bjarte Kvinge Tvedt, tourist flanders, wiesbaden tourist board, Nina Skinlo, Jede Hoog
Gadgets suppliers
www.halfords.co.uk
www.iwantoneofthose.com
www.firebox.com
www.musucbag.com
www.jmldirect.co.uk
www.yaktrax.co.uk
www.mrsnowplough.co.uk
www.petsathome.co.uk
www.beardhead.co.uk
www.ellis-brigham.com
www.decathlon.co.uk
www.team-magnus.co.uk
Friends who helped with our wildlife and pets features:
Exo-terra supplied products for Turtles, Terrapins and Tortoises
The Tortoise Shop supplied products for Turtles, Terrapins and Tortoises
Angelfish Aquatics supplied a terrapin aquarium
Tropical Inc supplied Turtles, Terrapins and Tortoises
Green Frog Designs supplied a plastic pig arc
Peak Pig Products supplied a wooden pig arc and the roto trough
Contact Pig Paradise for information and courses on keeping pigs.
Also thanks to:
Environment Agency
The Vincent Wildlife Trust
Swift Ecology
The Mammal Society
Amphibian and Reptile Conversation
BH Group
Hawk Conservancy Trust
Shepreth Wildlife Park
The Mayhew Animal Home
Pets at Home
Dog Lost
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home
Retrieva collars
All Dogs Matter
Tropical Inc
Sussex Bat Group
Other featured charities and communities:
Cherry Tree Nursery is a charity based on horticulture providing meaningful occupation in a supportive environment, aiming to restore well-being to people with mental illness.
Garderners Click brings together a community of gardeners across the UK and also internationally, both online and offline.
JustTextGiving - Every penny raised through JustTextGiving goes straight to the fundraiser's chosen charity and the donation text is free to send.
Macmillan Cancer trust's Little Book of Treats provided out polenta biscuits recipe.
Tickets for BBC Children in Need POP Goes the Musical 2011 are available here.