Home & garden

DIY

The major UK DIY stores all feature design advice, how-to guides and online stores.

B&Q, Focus, Homebase

Gardening

Expert Gardener - online community putting you in touch with fellow gardening enthusiasts
Garden Advice - comprehensive site with help and advice on plants, colours, soils, seeds, flowers, shrubs, fruit and vegetables
The Garden Planner - huge resource for UK gardeners
Alan Titchmarsh - Official site with news about Alan, gardening tips and the free-to-join Alan Titchmarsh club
Garden Seeker - Help, advice and a gardening related business directory
Doctor Greenfingers - Gardening help and advice clinic

Interiors

Home improvement TV shows - catch up with the latest news, presenter profiles and pick up useful tips at these sites:

Better Homes, Changing rooms, DIY SOS, Grand Designs, Home Front

The major DIY stores (above) have plenty of hints and tips for interior design, as do the following sites:

Dulux - Visualise your ideas on screen with Dulux's MousePainter
Decorating Doctor - Kirk Clugston's online showcase
Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen - Official site
BBC - design inspiration from your favourite experts

Browse online product catalogues at Habitat, Ikea, John Lewis and MF