The official blog of Shed of the year (now in it's 20th year)
If you spend enough time online, you’ve probably noticed a brilliantly vibrant, purple ingredient taking over your social media feeds. Search interest in purple yam, or “ube” (pronounced oo-beh), is currently at an all-time...
We’ve seen our fair share of incredible garden shed transformations. Over the years, we’ve featured bespoke pub sheds complete with draught taps, cosy home offices, fully soundproofed music studios, and even miniature cinemas. The...
As many of you regular Sheddies know, Penarth isn’t just a lovely seaside town in the Vale of Glamorgan. It’s the spiritual home of the Shed of the Year competition and, of course, yours...
Looking back at 20 years of Shed of the year, I would be mad not have mentioned the “hit” song IN ME SHED, from Punks Not Dad, who were Official Punk band of Shed...
When you think “star of a BBC sitcom”, you don’t usually picture a slightly ramshackle garden shed (. Maybe 1930’s once a garage now defiantly a shed) . Yet in Small Prophets, the new...
In 2026, UK employers are turning their rooftops into buzzing beehive gardens – not just as an ecological statement, but as a deliberate wellbeing initiative designed to help people reconnect with nature, temper stress,...
While we in the UK are mostly used to the satisfying clack of a letterbox flap in the front door or the dog attacking the metal cage to alert us that we have mail....
A few interesting items that any sheddie would love to have on sale this week, some until the end of the month, These are affiliate links. Are you looking for a reliable way to...
