Father's Day

For one day every year we celebrate Father's Day, a day where our focus is on our Dad's. We buy gifts, prepare meals and spend quality time with them to show our appreciation. I must admit I do occasionally forget all about it until the last minute as I’m sure a lot of other people do too, this is partly why I am writing this blog :) So what do we all buy our fathers on this special date then? The last few years I have given my Dad clothes, shoes, slippers, gadgets and other various pointless gifts that my Dad still has in boxes or with labels on them lying around the cupboard. I have since realised that these gifts were pointless and there was no real feeling or thought put into them, although I am not saying not to purchase gifts like this but make sure they are accompanied along with at least one gift that you have personally chosen for your Dad this Father’s Day.



Image by Simon Howden

Here’s what I’ve planned: This year as I know my Dad is a keen gardener I have decided to purchase a few gardening items that he can use around the garden. On Father’s Day (weather permitting) I’m planning to visit and help him to transform his garden, this way I have still given him a gift but we are spending quality time together doing what he enjoys most.

To do this we are first going to tidy and clear to make sure there are no signs of weeds and that the lawn edging is neat as this will make a big difference to the finished look. To kill the weeds we are going to need a weed killer along with some garden equipment for pulling out weeds. You can get some twinpacks by Joseph Bentley which are nice gifts and useful for getting those tough weeds out.

Our second task is to hide some of the 6ft fencing that is indeed still intact and sturdy enough but has been up for around 20 years meaning it isn’t as attractive as it used to be. My initial thought was to take it down but my Dad came up with the great idea that we could buy some screening which would look great and create a tranquil environment.

After lots of debate as me and my Dad often do, we chose some colourful plants to be added to the border. We purchased some Climbing Fuchsia Lady Boothby and Honeysuckle as well as a couple of trees for the centre part of the garden.

My Dad already has some garden furniture that he got last Christmas, he has a lovely bench which is made of wood with a lovely metal design and on his patio area he has a modern black 4 person Tuscany set.

It will be a lot of work but I think it will all be worth it in the end, actually writing this is making me think this is going to take a lot longer than a day but then again a Dad is for life and not just for Father’s day :)