You decide you need to sort out the garden, so call in a designer. You tell them what you want, what you like and they (if they’re good) help you discover possibilities you never knew existed. You get excited (if not, get another designer!) and you proceed with transforming your outdoors into something amazing. You stand on your new terrace, next to your new pond, looking out over your immaculate new lawn, feel the soft feathery leaf of the newly planted Mexican Feather Grass and sniff deeply the perfume of the roses from your new rose garden. Apples, plums and …

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In several categories – see which one you think he would like the most and get it delivered by the weekend! All are ‘dad gift cliches’ until the end… then we give you a few (we hope) quirky bits to buy… 1) BBQ 2) Bathroom shizzle (you know, grooming and what not…) 3) Tools and Practical Bits 4) Software and gadgets (Good deal on this one at time of posting!) 5) Quirky (we hope… if you can think of something better, please send us an email and we’ll stick it up here!) (Okay, that one isn’t for Dad… unless he’s had a drink …

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Why are you running about trying to get your father a present for this Sunday? Don’t work so hard! Get him a ticket to Boys Toys at Hylands Park instead… Though lower down this post we offer a few other ideas… tools. BBQ stuff. World Cup bunting to decorate your garden… all the cliches. Having said that, some tools are great, like this one Okatsune 217 Hedge Shears Boys Toys 2014 at Hylands Park in Chelmsford might not seem like Modern Mint’s normal modus operandi – we normally eschew extreme stunts, helicopter flights and monster truck rides for a gentler way of …

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