When examining the reasons for Springbridge's success, the family who founded this business over 25 years ago can identify three reasons that they believe have helped them turn Springbridge into one of the leading suppliers of gardening and landscaping materials in the UK. It all comes down to their focus on the needs of their customers, the quality of their products and the competitive prices ...

With autumn comes the inevitable falling leaves and other garden debris cluttering up the garden. We also have the winter on the horizon with the harsh weather it brings, so there is plenty to prepare for during this time. Here are five things to do in a garden in October. 1. Autumn Cleaning Blitz October is the best time for giving everything in and around the garden a good clean-up. ...

Autumn is the best time to create a compost heap, so read on for some of the most useful composting tips for this time of year. Leaves are fairly low in nutrients but they are carbon-rich and thus an excellent addition to any compost pile. However, make sure only to use leaves from deciduous trees, as leaves from evergreens such as holly or conifers do not make good compost materials. Try to wait...

Choosing the right materials to create a driveway or pathway is important as once you have laid it down, it is a big job and unnecessarily expensive to change it. So it is a good idea to read up on the different materials and make sure you know which one will best suit your purposes....

The autumn is beautiful, but it means that winter is also on its way. The days are getting shorter, and the temperatures are dropping, and soon enough we will be spending hardly any time in our gardens at all. We will have the next spring to look forward to though, and that means now is the best time to start preparing the garden for the coming winter and the next growing season. Lawns especial...

Concrete is created using a variety of ingredients mixed into the cement, and the amounts of each ingredient used will determine the properties of the final concrete product. One of the primary ingredients is ballast, such as that available through ballast suppliers Springbridge. Ballast is added to the cement to bind the other aggregates together. The amount and type of ballast used will affec...