Sue from A Smaller and Simpler Life, mentioned recently that she is looking at houses with gardens a similar size to ours so I thought I might as well post a few photos to show what we have achieved so far with an awkward shaped, claggy soil garden.
Step out of the French doors onto the patio which G extended both outwards and sideways to give us a bigger seating area.....
Taking you in a clockwise direction: to the left is the unfinished 3 raised beds. They have had to be staggered because the garden slopes down quite dramatically and G has had to level the beds. They have had some decent top soil added and ,ultimately, they will have some manure dug in and then be planted up with flowers....
Further down on the left we intend to have another flower/shrub bed with a Hydrangea in the corner as that is the bit which gets soggiest in Winter. The multi-stemmed silver birch will, hopefully screen us from the one semi behind us and we want to strategically plant a red berried Rowan to screen us from the other semi and to attract the birds. The silver birch is sunk into the ground in it's pot to make sure it's in the right spot.....
Bottom right, the shed which will have 2 ordinary slabs in front of the entrance to save our feet getting muddy.....
Further right, the mini greenhouse which will just have to go.....
To the right of that more stuff in pots and tubs which will need to be re-jigged......
Top right, nearest the house is a storage box containing, amongst other things, the green bin. The recycling stuff is by the back gate....
There is still a lot of work to be done but it's the pleasant stuff: buying flowering plants and shrubs.
G has begun setting the stepping stones into place. They are all different, impressed with flowers or animals and birds.....
And a lovely quote......
I forgot to say that the garden is South facing and gets very hot...phew....
Thank you for your patience. I hope you liked the tour :)
Stay safe everyone, wherever in the world you happen to be x
Hello,very beautiful garden,congratulations,It is well - designed,it is important,greetings from ann
ReplyDeleteThank you Ann, your comment is much appreciated 😊
DeleteLovely tour, you have some great plants and plans, it should look brilliant next summer when finished.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Poppy, we hope so
DeleteIts quite incredible what can be achieved in a small space. I love the raised beds I always include them in a garden they make strimming the edges so quick and easy.
ReplyDeleteThanks Marlene, I'm sure you will get a garden again in the future then you can show your flair in filling it once again x
ReplyDeleteThey should save us a lot of effort Tania. We need quick and easy these days 😂
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely garden.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for the tour, once everything has had time to fill out it will be glorious, it is all looking lovely.
ReplyDeleteThank you Pam 😊
DeleteYou are doing some great planning, and I just love the imprints on the stepping stomes.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Thank you Jackie x
DeleteIt looks lovely. I like your fence. I need to pray for patience right now.
ReplyDeleteOh dear...these are trying times, Stephenie, thank you for your lovely comment.
DeleteThank you for the tour! It’s lovely to see what people do with their gardens. Your stepping stones are very pretty :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ann, I know I love to see garden photos myself x
DeleteThank you for doing that, you have set it out very logically and the idea of adding a Rowan is a good one both for the privacy and for the birds. I like that you try things out in position but still in their pots before planting them.
ReplyDeleteThose stepping stones are lovely :-)
Thank you, Sue, we really don't want to make any big mistakes and have to re-do things :)
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