Pruning is an important part of the gardening cycle, promoting healthy new growth and removing dead branches or stems. But where should you start? Different plants can be pruned at different times of year, so be sure you’ve checked […]
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It’s National Gardening Week, organised by the RHS – this huge celebration of gardening is something we wholeheartedly support. Gardening brings so many benefits and there are a lot of reasons to love it, whatever your space. Here are […]
National Gardening Week: 5 Reasons we love gardening
With the weather warming up and restrictions starting to lift, many of us will be thinking of summer staycations. Camping and caravan holidays are an appealing option and have surged in popularity recently. Campervan and motorhome sharing community Camplify even predicts […]
Towing essentials for safe successful staycations
The last 12 months have certainly seen increased national interest in DIY and decorating. And, while it’s been a difficult year for everyone, we have loved seeing so many of our customers’ amazing projects come to life. Across social […]
5 Learnings on DIY & Decorating from the ...
For International Women’s Day we wanted to shine a light on CAE FIMI technical author and owner/operator of award-winning garage Avia Autos, Hayley Pells. Hayley Pells is a Fellow of the IMI, with engineering accreditation, who completed her Masters […]
International Women’s Day Q&A With Hayley Pells
Earlier this year we launched our 2020 tool advent calendar, featuring 24 doors of tools to open in the countdown to Christmas. With Christmas being the season of goodwill, Draper Tools has been donating £1 from the sale of […]
Draper Tools Advent Calendar raises £3,000 for NHS ...
BREAKING NEWS: Draper Tools is proud to announce it will once again be a primary sponsor for EXCELR8 Motorsport the 2021 British Touring Car Championship. Draper Tools has been an ever-present part of the EXCELR8 team since their introduction […]
Draper Tools announces 2021 BTCC partnership with EXCELR8
Do you have DIY jobs you’re afraid to take on yourself? The latest Draper Tools research has revealed that two thirds of adults have a DIY job they’re too SCARED to do – with wall-mounting a TV, putting up […]
Do-It-Yourself or call in an expert?
We are pleased to announce that Draper Tools is once again a proud sponsor of SANDS United FC Solent, a unique football team supporting dads who have directly been affected by the loss of a child through miscarriage, stillbirth or neo-natal […]
Draper Tools proud sponsors of SANDS United FC ...
Ever feel like you spend your life gardening or doing DIY? During a typical year, the nation’s homeowners will spend 165 hours in total on gardening and DIY jobs. Here’s a look at where those hours are spent according […]
Infographic: 165 hours spent on DIY
National Allotments Week is here (10th – 16th August)! This year the theme is Growing Food for Health and Wellbeing, in celebration of growing fruit and veg, cooking it and of course, eating it too. Seriously satisfying We couldn’t agree more with this fantastic theme, […]
Get Growing for National Allotments Week
There was a huge amount of excitement over the weekend as the first BTCC race of the year at Donington Park race commenced. Throughout the weekend we were on the edge of our seats watching the Excelr8 drivers work their magic on the track. In […]
What a weekend of racing!
The time has come! Finally, we can get back into the action and witness the 2020 BTCC Donington Park race commence. Racing in their new Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance, this season is going to be a good one. The effort which they’ve put in to the […]
BTCC IS BACK IN ACTION – EXCELR8
Are you packing up the car and planning to set off on a summer staycation? Now that the school holidays are officially here and holidays are possible, many of us will be thinking about day tips and road trips […]
Tips for safe summer road trips
Our latest research results are in! Here at Draper Tools we have looked into the health benefits and the calories you can burn doing home improvement and there are some fascinating findings to share. Feel the burn Homeowners burn […]
How home improvement can burn 80,000 calories a ...
The best and worst garden trends of all time have been revealed in our latest research – with bird feeders and vegetable patches among the good, and gnomes and fake grass among the bad. Best & worst trends Water […]
The best & worst garden trends revealed
Today is World Bee Day, created by the UN to raise awareness of the importance of bees, the threats they face and their contribution to sustainable development. Bees provide an amazing service by pollinating the plants we grow and […]
World Bee Day: Tips to keep bees happy
Today marks the start of National Gardening Week, a national celebration of gardening from the RHS. This year the RHS calling on gardeners up and down the country to go out into gardens or onto balconies as a way […]
Seriously satisfying garden jobs for National Gardening Week
According to the latest Draper Tools research, many people across Britain are finding DIY to be therapeutic right now, with several tasks cited as being ‘strangely satisfying’ in the current climate. DIY therapy Our study found that mowing the […]
The strangely satisfying DIY jobs bringing comfort to ...
As a family business, we’ve always taken seriously the health of our staff and customers. In these turbulent times, this has never been more important, and we are striving to do everything we can to protect us all. We […]