{"id":2061,"date":"2019-01-10T13:22:25","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T13:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/?p=2061"},"modified":"2025-07-29T13:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:07:07","slug":"2018-top-garden-blogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Year in Review: Our favourite gardening blogs of 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a new year is upon us, it is worth looking back over the successes of the last year.\u00a0 The team at Sloane and Sons Garden Benches<\/a> are avid followers of gardening blogs.\u00a0 We thought it would be a great idea to collect together our favourite 20 blogs and blog posts from 2018, as a celebration of all the talent out there.\u00a0 We know that our benches are only there to complement a beautiful garden.\u00a0 It is somewhere where you sit and admire your work.\u00a0 So, we are going to dwell on what is important: the best ideas for the use of your outdoor space.<\/p>\n

We present this list of 20 gardening blogs in no particular order.\u00a0 The best thing about gardening is that there is something for everyone \u2013 and the online world of gardening is the same.<\/p>\n

One: The Middle-Sized Garden<\/a><\/p>\n

As if to prove our point, the first of our twenty blogs focuses on middle-sized gardens.\u00a0 It offers fellow gardeners with a decent size but not too extravagant plot advice and guidance.\u00a0 The author of the blog is a published author and journalist, which makes the writing something of a treat too.\u00a0 The main thrust of the blog is the crafty ideas suggested by Alexandra Campbell, which she has used with success in her garden.\u00a0 There are some brilliant solutions for ordinary gardeners, which is why we love it so much.<\/p>\n

However, this goes beyond just gardening and delves a little into life too.\u00a0 Our favourite entry of 2018 came in November when the writer explored how a garden helped her to heal.\u00a0 The focus o mental health, stress and trauma and the use of a garden to offer some respire was wonderfully explored \u2013 and an important topic.\u00a0 My escape from fear to a healing garden<\/a><\/em> we believe is well worth a read.<\/p>\n

Two: The Frustrated Gardener<\/a><\/p>\n

Dan Cooper is the man behind this blog, and our love comes from the theme of the blog: the gardener who doesn’t have the space to fulfil all those wonderful ideas that bubble up.\u00a0 There is something organic and real about the writing in this blog, as Dan was inspired to garden by his grandparents and this passion seeps through his entries.<\/p>\n

What is unique about this blog is the reviews of the many gardens that this man loves.\u00a0 Our favourite was the visit to Disneyland Paris<\/a> and the review of the landscapes there.\u00a0 It comes as a reminder to all of us that there is a garden close by most of the time, highly sculptured and cared-for in the case of those in Disneyland.\u00a0 We like the unusual perspective here \u2013 a holiday blog but continuing the gardening obsession.\u00a0 It reminded us to look at the planting when we travelled, to seek inspiration in new lands.<\/p>\n

\"red<\/p>\n

Three: The Patient Gardener<\/a><\/p>\n

We couldn\u2019t help it.\u00a0 We had to move from one frustrated gardener to another who declares himself patient.\u00a0 It reminds us all that gardening is an emotional experience \u2013 and we all bring a distinct character to our landscape!\u00a0 Helen Johnstone takes a similar approach to blogging to her frustrated counterpart. She travels around blogging about the latest gardens she has seen, which is complemented by the incredible photography.\u00a0 This is basically a photography blog with a gardening theme, but we couldn’t resist including this because of the images. Stunning.<\/p>\n

If you want to be persuaded by the beauty of the images, then check out the entry from September called Garden Bloggers Bloom Day<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0 <\/em>This is a post where the words are second to the pictures of the flowers, beautifully composed, with outstanding use of focus.\u00a0 Look at the Kirengeshome Palmata if you need persuading. Wow.<\/p>\n

Four: The Blackberry Garden<\/a><\/p>\n

We like this blog for photography too.\u00a0 Alison Levey has a wonderful eye.\u00a0 However, this blog got nominated into our list by staff because of the Irritating Plant of the Month feature.\u00a0 This is the naming and shaming of the plant that causes most trouble to the readers \u2013 and is a lovely moment of humility for all gardeners who get into mini-wars with our gardens and those rebels in the borders. It is too easy to believe that everyone else has a perfect set of green fingers and a space that can be included in Homes and Gardens.<\/p>\n

Our favourite posting came just recently \u2013 with the Poinsettia<\/a> named as the evil villain of the plant world.\u00a0 It is worth a read for the chuckle, if not the gardening tips!<\/p>\n

Five: Vertical Veg<\/a><\/p>\n

We have a fond spot for vertical gardening, as it forms a beautiful backdrop to our garden benches.\u00a0 However, this blog makes it to our list of blogs for 2018 because of the practical advice offered for small spaces with a desire for big yields.\u00a0 There is a focus on growing fresh, unprocessed food \u2013 which we believe is an essential message for all of us starting our new year diets.\u00a0 The enthusiasm in this blog is infectious and matches Mark Ridsdill Smith\u2019s desire to get everyone growing their produce for themselves!<\/p>\n

One of our favourite posts came early in the year, with a post on Wellbeing and Changing the City with Containers<\/a> because it gave hope to all of us hoping to cultivate fruit and veg.\u00a0 The focus is not only on the wellbeing of the gardener but also of the city environment. The use of pots in a vertical garden is promoted as a means of breaking through the concrete and brick and bringing some life back.<\/p>\n

Six: Two Thirsty Gardeners<\/a><\/p>\n

This a highly lauded blog.\u00a0 You will find it on the list of favourite blogs for gardeners over the last few years.\u00a0 We were tempted to try to look for something different, but to be honest, Rich and Nick do produce an excellent blog.\u00a0 It tells of their love of growing after they paired up to make cider out of some pilfered apples.\u00a0 This continues to be the point of the blog \u2013 a crossover between the garden, the kitchen and your home bar.<\/p>\n

For this reason, we think it is entirely acceptable to promote our favourite blog of the year, which came as part of The Brewing Shed series.\u00a0 We loved playing the Ryder Cup Drinking Game<\/a>! Thanks, boys.<\/p>\n

Seven: Growing Family<\/a><\/p>\n

You will find there is a theme amongst our chosen blogs.\u00a0 There should be a focus on gardening \u2013 of course \u2013 but there needs to be an added element that speaks to another part of our lives.\u00a0 Growing Family is a blog written by Catherine Hughes and focuses on how she tries to get her whole family involved in the gardening experience.\u00a0 She reviews items you might want for your garden, but she mostly offers lessons for getting the family together in the garden.<\/p>\n

How to Make Leaf Mould<\/a> is one of our favourite posts from November.\u00a0 It offered practical tips, and we agree that there is nothing more fun than collecting leaves with little people!\u00a0 Also, our favourite suggestion, when that pile of leaves is huge remember to jump around, stomp and finally lie down amongst the pile of debris.\u00a0 This beats snow angels any day!<\/p>\n

Eight: Veg Plotting<\/a><\/p>\n

Michelle Chapman has been featured in The Telegraph and The Guardian, as well as the Reader\u2019s Digest.\u00a0 We are not getting in there first with this suggestion \u2013 but her accolades suggest she deserves to be in our list of favourite blogs for the year.\u00a0 She shares tales from her allotment and her garden, offering hints and tips that are genuinely helpful.<\/p>\n

We like the added element of the family and the stories from home.\u00a0 However, our favourite type of blog on this site are the seasonal recipes that support the veg growing.\u00a0 We tried this Version of Tzatziki<\/a> for ourselves and loved it!\u00a0 This is definitely what you do if you have a glut of cucumber.<\/p>\n

\"vegetables\"<\/p>\n

Nine: Alternative Eden<\/a><\/p>\n

So, two gardeners \u2013 Mark and Gaz \u2013 had a plan to turn an ordinary space into something a little more exotic.\u00a0 They decided they needed a koi fish pond and then set about sorting out the garden to surround it.\u00a0 Then, they write about the trials and the journeys they are taking to bring it about.\u00a0 What we like about this is that it isn\u2019t really about this garden so much, as the gardens they visit in the rest of the world.\u00a0 Yes, it is a travel blog \u2013 but one focused on gardens \u2013 so we love it!\u00a0 In Beautiful Bruge<\/a> was our favourite post \u2013 but that is because a) we love the city and b) we love the film by the same name!<\/p>\n

Ten: The Garden Smallholder<\/a><\/p>\n

We have done middle-sized, so it is fitting we do small too.\u00a0 This is the story of two people who looked to create an escape from the city in their allotment.\u00a0 If you are old enough to remember The Good Life, then you can sort of gather the feeling of this blog and the intentions behind it.\u00a0 There is advice and the odd tip \u2013 including how to catch your chickens if they escape.\u00a0 Really, we love this for the story and for the photography \u2013 but there are some excellent hints and tips too.<\/p>\n

We find the simple tips blogs the most useful for our own garden.\u00a0 We particularly liked the tips on starting tomatoes<\/a> \u2013 something we always struggle with.<\/p>\n

Eleven: The Anxious Gardener<\/a><\/p>\n

Another emotional gardener! This describes itself as \u201cA Gardening Blog. Mostly\u201d and has won its fair share of awards over the time.\u00a0 This is about a man\u2019s relationship with the outside.\u00a0 We like it because we like the writer.\u00a0 If you want to be persuaded, then visit our favourite blog post this year \u2013 written in November \u2013 this is about An Otter in Stroud<\/a>.\u00a0 There are some beautiful photographs too.<\/p>\n

David Marsden is a professional gardener who is caretaker of two large multi-acre gardens.\u00a0 He offers some of his triumphs and his failures \u2013 but it is honesty that is so wonderful here.<\/p>\n

Twelve: Growing with Plants<\/a><\/p>\n

This is a blog produced by Matt Mattus, who is a horti-culturalist of some renown, but his day job is actually as a top designer for Hasbro.\u00a0 He has exhibited across America, and he has a passion for botanic gardens.\u00a0 He has just this year published the first gardening book that he believes contains all the information you need that is usually missing when you need it.<\/p>\n

This is the theme of this blog, really.\u00a0 All those titbits of advice you gather if you are a regular gardener. The main focus in veg \u2013 and our favourite is a sort of rant against kale<\/a> and a celebration of cabbage.<\/p>\n

Thirteen: The Urban Veg Patch<\/a><\/p>\n

Another favourite also focuses on vegetable growing.\u00a0 It is lovely to know that you can still have your veg patch if you live in a built-up area, and this is the point well-explored in this blog.\u00a0 Caro, the blogger, is also a writer and photographer \u2013 and has won a fair few awards for her writing. \u00a0The site started with a specific focus on one project but has since evolved into a place where Caro shares her outdoor journeys.<\/p>\n

The combination of writing and photography comes together best in the blog about autumn garden self-seeders<\/a>.\u00a0 The focus on a garden as an inspiration for the artist is unusual.\u00a0 There are some wonderful hints for your plate too.<\/p>\n

Fourteen: Rusty Duck<\/a><\/p>\n

When you get to the home page of this blog it will ask you the question: Can I tell you a story? This is what we love about the site \u2013 just this \u2013 it is an intriguing telling of a story of a person and the environment.\u00a0 It is mostly about renovating houses and gardens \u2013 but also focuses on the travel of the author \u2013 who is the wife of Mike \u2013 Jessica.<\/p>\n

We love most of the entries on this blog.\u00a0 Genuinely hard to choose a favourite \u2013 but if we have to, we would choose One Man Went to Mow<\/a>.\u00a0 This is a mixture of excellent writing and humour \u2013 and a great story.<\/p>\n

Fifteen: The Compost Bin<\/a><\/p>\n

This blog is less slick than some of the others on this list \u2013 but it is a genuine practitioner trying out good ideas.\u00a0 Written by a master composter \u2013 this blog reports on the trials of a compost-woman and her family \u2013 living an organic life.\u00a0 There is a lot to be learned from this site, written by someone who used to be a research scientist \u2013 but now turns her hand to something more simple or homely.\u00a0 It is primarily about self-sufficient living.<\/p>\n

The mix of family story and gardening is best shown from August when we hear about the injured knee and the Green Gathering.<\/a>\u00a0 It just makes us smile.<\/p>\n

Sixteen: Rosie\u2019s Back Garden<\/a><\/p>\n

We really like Rosie.\u00a0 She just comes across as a really lovely person who is trying her hardest to produce a garden from a clay base in a tiny area.\u00a0 She is a self-confessed lover of flowers and scents and the best blossoms.\u00a0 If you are trying to learn about all the A-Z of flowers, then this is the site for you.<\/p>\n

There have only been a few blogs in 2018, but the victory blog in August was why we wanted this in our list.\u00a0 Read with the same sense of triumph as Rosie at her scented garden \u2013 at last!<\/a><\/p>\n

Seventeen: Ellen Mary Gardening<\/a><\/p>\n

We have hit another theme in our flurry around the blogs.\u00a0 Some people write blogs who have a lot of passion for gardening.\u00a0 She was sucked into gardening by her family like many of our bloggers \u2013 but it is the strong influence of organic gardening methods that really influence our love of this blog.\u00a0 This is a slick blog \u2013 Ellen Mary is also a gardening broadcaster!<\/p>\n

Continuing our love of gardens from around the world, our favourite Ellen Mary blog is the one about her travels to Singapore<\/a>.\u00a0 You really get a feel for the enthusiastic tone and the learning you can do on the site.\u00a0 You will find blogs by other writers too \u2013 but we prefer the original ourselves.<\/p>\n

Eighteen: Grow like Grandad<\/a><\/p>\n

This is a blog by Matt who attempts to grow his garden like his grandad, Jack Cook \u2013 who was the Head Gardener at the Broadfield Estate in Crawley.\u00a0 Who wouldn’t love a site inspired by someone’s grandad?\u00a0 As is the common theme, Matt is influenced by his relative and believes that gardening is in his blood.\u00a0 However, what tops the blog for us is that Matt is honest about his battles with anxiety and he reflects on the help that working his patch gives him.<\/p>\n

When you are always looking for something different to learn, it is refreshing when a blog post pops up to help.\u00a0 Matt has a whole medieval vegetable section.\u00a0 Our favourite is De Fungo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nineteen: A Coastal Plot<\/a><\/p>\n

This is a blog about gardening by the sea.\u00a0 The title kind of gives that away, but it is also about family life on the coast.\u00a0 As with all good blogs, this does something to tell the story of the people with the garden, as well as provide some interesting tips and hints about the garden.\u00a0 We particularly love the photographs on this site \u2013 so vibrant and a sense of the place.<\/p>\n

If you want to see what we mean about the photographs, check out the blog about the vase on a Monday<\/a>.\u00a0 This is what you get for living in Cornwall with all that amazing light!<\/p>\n

Twenty: Honey and Eggs<\/a><\/p>\n

Last, but equally as enjoyable as the first, Honey and Eggs is a genuinely wonderful mix tip, advice and reviews.\u00a0 Our favourite blog is the garden review in June<\/a> which is a standard update of the progress in the garden, but there is a funny, honest tone of voice that we love.\u00a0 This has some excellent advice on how to propagate houseplants \u2013 giving some updates on previous endeavours and giving hope to all gardeners.\u00a0 We like the adage “only through experience can I learn” that gets mentioned every so often in the blog \u2013 just the attitude, we think.<\/p>\n

In short<\/h2>\n

It has been a fantastic year for the gardening blog.\u00a0 Things may be crazy elsewhere, but thankfully the seasons and cycles of the garden are as stable as ever.\u00a0 If you scan through these bloggers, you will see that the general trend is that gardeners are good people who love to share.\u00a0 At least that will always be the same as we enter 2019!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a new year is upon us, it is worth looking back over the successes of the last year.\u00a0 The team at Sloane and Sons Garden Benches are avid followers of gardening blogs.\u00a0 We thought it would be a great idea to collect together our favourite 20 blogs and blog posts from 2018, as a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","ub_ctt_via":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pile-of-rocks-min.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Anna Sharples","author_link":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/author\/anna\/"},"yoast_head":"\nOur Favourite Gardening Blogs of 2018 Reviewed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the top garden blogs of 2018 that inspire outdoor creativity, gardening tips, and stunning design ideas for your garden and green spaces.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Our Favourite Gardening Blogs of 2018 Reviewed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover the top garden blogs of 2018 that inspire outdoor creativity, gardening tips, and stunning design ideas for your garden and green spaces.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Garden Benches Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GardenBenchesCom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-10T13:22:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-29T12:07:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pile-of-rocks-min.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"434\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anna Sharples\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Garden__Benches\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Garden__Benches\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Anna Sharples\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"13 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Anna Sharples\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/95d23ea56892f649f8a026971a018a57\"},\"headline\":\"Year in Review: Our favourite gardening blogs of 2018\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-10T13:22:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-29T12:07:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/\"},\"wordCount\":2759,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pile-of-rocks-min.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Lifestyle\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/\",\"name\":\"Our Favourite Gardening Blogs of 2018 Reviewed\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pile-of-rocks-min.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-10T13:22:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-29T12:07:07+00:00\",\"description\":\"Discover the top garden blogs of 2018 that inspire outdoor creativity, gardening tips, and stunning design ideas for your garden and green spaces.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pile-of-rocks-min.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pile-of-rocks-min.jpg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":434,\"caption\":\"pile of rocks\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lifestyle\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/category\/lifestyle\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Year in Review: Our favourite gardening blogs of 2018\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Garden Benches Blog\",\"description\":\"Garden lifestyle & Garden Tips\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Sloane & Sons Garden Benches\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/garden-benches.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/garden-benches.jpg\",\"width\":280,\"height\":280,\"caption\":\"Sloane & Sons Garden Benches\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GardenBenchesCom\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Garden__Benches\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.co.uk\/gardenbenche\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/95d23ea56892f649f8a026971a018a57\",\"name\":\"Anna Sharples\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4060147dd9812d71d5b386e9a7d61f6a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4060147dd9812d71d5b386e9a7d61f6a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Anna Sharples\"},\"description\":\"Anna is the marketing and office manager for Garden Benches - a premium supplier of high-quality wooden benches and other outdoor furniture.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/author\/anna\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Our Favourite Gardening Blogs of 2018 Reviewed","description":"Discover the top garden blogs of 2018 that inspire outdoor creativity, gardening tips, and stunning design ideas for your garden and green spaces.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Our Favourite Gardening Blogs of 2018 Reviewed","og_description":"Discover the top garden blogs of 2018 that inspire outdoor creativity, gardening tips, and stunning design ideas for your garden and green spaces.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/","og_site_name":"Garden Benches Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GardenBenchesCom","article_published_time":"2019-01-10T13:22:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-29T12:07:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":434,"url":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pile-of-rocks-min.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Anna Sharples","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Garden__Benches","twitter_site":"@Garden__Benches","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Anna Sharples","Estimated reading time":"13 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/"},"author":{"name":"Anna Sharples","@id":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/95d23ea56892f649f8a026971a018a57"},"headline":"Year in Review: Our favourite gardening blogs of 2018","datePublished":"2019-01-10T13:22:25+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-29T12:07:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/"},"wordCount":2759,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pile-of-rocks-min.jpg","articleSection":["Lifestyle"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/","name":"Our Favourite Gardening Blogs of 2018 Reviewed","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pile-of-rocks-min.jpg","datePublished":"2019-01-10T13:22:25+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-29T12:07:07+00:00","description":"Discover the top garden blogs of 2018 that inspire outdoor creativity, gardening tips, and stunning design ideas for your garden and green spaces.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pile-of-rocks-min.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/pile-of-rocks-min.jpg","width":960,"height":434,"caption":"pile of rocks"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/2018-top-garden-blogs\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lifestyle","item":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/category\/lifestyle\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Year in Review: Our favourite gardening blogs of 2018"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/","name":"Garden Benches Blog","description":"Garden lifestyle & Garden Tips","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Sloane & Sons Garden Benches","url":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/garden-benches.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/garden-benches.jpg","width":280,"height":280,"caption":"Sloane & Sons Garden Benches"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GardenBenchesCom","https:\/\/x.com\/Garden__Benches","https:\/\/www.pinterest.co.uk\/gardenbenche\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/95d23ea56892f649f8a026971a018a57","name":"Anna Sharples","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4060147dd9812d71d5b386e9a7d61f6a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4060147dd9812d71d5b386e9a7d61f6a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Anna Sharples"},"description":"Anna is the marketing and office manager for Garden Benches - a premium supplier of high-quality wooden benches and other outdoor furniture.","url":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/author\/anna\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2061"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2364,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2061\/revisions\/2364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenbenches.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}