The holiday season is upon us and if you can’t afford to get away there is plenty you can do in your garden to transport yourself to a foreign land. Mediterranean themes can be easily recreated in a garden with some clever planting, a few carefully placed objects such as rustic mirrors and garden furniture painted in bright warming colours from the Wood Protector and Royal ranges.

Exterior woodwork can also benefit from some foreign influenced paintwork to re-create themes from abroad. These colours are selected from the wood work found on the shutters and doors of old traditional town houses and farm houses in France.