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4 Smart Tips on Buying Garden Sheds

4 Smart Tips on Buying Garden Sheds

Gardening season is an enjoyable time to get outdoors and plant the flowers, plants, or trees that make your lawn beautiful. But eventually the season does end, and when it does you need a place to store not only your gardening equipment, but leftover planting materials, bulbs you couldn’t use, and leftover protective encasements for your plants as the seasons change.

These items can be kept within the garage, but if you don’t have a garage or own a smaller carport without adequate space for all the equipment, a garden shed will provide you with a safe space to store your equipment during the off season. Before shopping around, consider these four smart tips on buying garden sheds, to get the most out of your investment.

Considerations when Buying a Garden Shed
Storage sheds come in a variety of styles and colours, and may be built from a variety of materials.

  • Garden Size – If you’re an avid gardener with a large space that you care for, it may be wise to add a pathway and foundation under the shed, for both security and convenience. You don’t want to have to step over your plants whenever you’re getting into the shed, and a central location with a path will allow you to push and pull larger equipment in and out of the area with ease.
  • Simple Storage – If you just have a small area of plants and not a lot of equipment, a smaller style shed will be fine, as long as you can place inside it all your tools, lawnmower, and any other equipment you may have. Metal sheds may be good for this purpose over larger more expensive wooden models.
  • Seasonal Changes – Some sheds, especially larger ones, come with showpiece options that can be customised to the season. Summerhouses may not only be useful for hosting parties, but can be used for storage when it becomes too cold outside to inhabit them. These buildings also come with numerous customisable options you may change and modify to suit your needs.
  • Material – Depending on how much you plan to keep inside your shed, and what you plan to store, consider the material type. Wooden garden sheds are more secure against drastic changes in temperature, but you will then need to weatherproof both the inside and the outside with paint and other protectants. Metal sheds offer cheaper options, but are not as sturdy or large as wooden ones. Consider what you need for storage area and let that be your guide.

    • Keep in mind overall costs and what you’ll be storing. If you’ll have leftover bulbs or will be storing perennial plants until the next season, you’ll want something inside the shed that will protect the delicate plants from the elements.These four smart tips on buying garden sheds should help you get started on your shopping adventure, and soon you’ll have a brand new place, both to store all your equipment and to embellish with beautiful plants to add aesthetic appeal to your home and garden.

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    We pride ourselves on supplying a quality product at an affordable price. More than that though, when you deal with Sheds Galore, you are not dealing with some faceless salesman, you will be dealing with the owners. And as the owners we pride ourselves on extending to you old fashioned service, the way it was, and still should be.

    With 21 Manufacturing plants Australia wide, in every Australian state & Territory, we can deliver your shed virtually anywhere. And because your new shed will be manufactured locally, you won’t be paying huge delivery fees. You will also be supporting local jobs & business.

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