The official blog of Shed of the year (now in it's 20th year)
June is National Camping Month, and it has been observed each June since the 1970s as a way to encourage more people to get outdoors and enjoy camping in all its forms. What began...
The Cake Shed: How to Store and Sell Your Bakes From the Garden So you’ve been baking up a storm, the kitchen worktops are groaning under the weight of Victoria sponges and lemon drizzles,...
Energy bills are a touchy subject for most of us at the moment. With price caps shifting and grid reliance feeling less stable by the day, the dream of true energy independence is more...
Garden steam rooms have grown in popularity as an accessible home wellness project, offering moist heat at temperatures between 40°C and 50°C in a dedicated outdoor structure. Unlike indoor installations, a garden building separates...
World Environment Day arrives on 5 June, giving us the perfect excuse to look at our favourite garden structures with fresh eyes. As sheddies, we spend hours tweaking, organising, and enjoying our outbuildings. But...
If you think plug-in solar is the limit for backyard green energy, it is time to think bigger. A brilliant new video by YouTuber MIKEBOLT showcases a massive upgrade to standard garden setups: a...
The unprecedented May heatwave has caught the country completely off guard. With provisional records completely smashed as Kew Gardens hit 35.1°C, the British public has taken to Google to figure out how to survive....
Over the past twenty years of Shed of the Year, Sheddies have stretched the definition of “shed” in just about every direction imaginable. But there’s one particular breed of entry that keeps drifting back...
For amateur astronomers across the United Kingdom, there is a familiar, recurring nightmare. You wait weeks for a clear, crisp, and cloudless night. When it finally arrives, you spend a freezing hour dragging heavy...
We’ve noticed a trend in our search traffic lately—a lot of our readers from the USA have been landing on our sister site while searching for “catios,” perhaps thinking our classic British garden sheds...
