New Kid friendly garden help please
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Please advice for my new garden design and why to plant as well !!!!!
Comments (8)Hi again, A few ideas to cover the brick wall between patio doors: The English Ivy I mentioned in a previous post is species of ivy that is green during winter. Ivy in general is fast-growing and requires minimal care, once you plant it and ensure it has gripped to a wall the weather will take care of the rest for you. English Ivy is very fast-growing so needs to be cut back fairly regularly. Boston Ivy is less invasive than English Ivy, though unlike English Ivy it is not evergreen. If you have pets, be careful with ivy - some species are toxic to cats, dogs and other household animals. The Virginia Creeper is climbing plant that is similar in appearance to many ivies, but its leaves redden in autumn (a look I quite like but is not to everyone's taste) and fall altogether winter months, which would leave the wall looking a bit bare again during winter. I love Passiflora, it's an evergreen, climbing plant that produces fruit and beautiful flowers in Spring-Summer. It is also really hardy and low maintenance - once I was able to revitalise a Passiflora plant that appeared to be dead. Wisteria takes slightly longer to grow and therefore to see the results of, but in my opinion is well worth the wait - its blossom is absolutely beautiful. However, it does lose its leaves completely in winter. Additionally, it would be a shame to keep Wisteria confined to the back garden - I think it is at its best on the front/road-facing exterior of a house, so that everyone can enjoy it. Any of these climbers (Wisteria, any subspecies of ivy, Virginia Creeper and Passiflora) would look great. All you need is to fix a trellis to the wall and you're ready to go!...See MoreNew Garden Needed - Please Help!
Comments (17)Looks like a project! You need to schedule your work and a few starting points are: Sketch out a layout Trim back hedges & replace rotting fences Remove concrete under existing shed (some could be used as hardcore under new shed depending on design) Put in base for new shed & build other landscaping Plant up beds Put in grass (artificial is a good suggestion with all those trees!) The layout will need to introduce movement, hide some areas of the garden, and put planting in the corners to blur the boundaries. Think about setting it on 45 degrees? Use evergreens such as Choisya and Osmanthus to hide areas, and possibly an evergreen Clematis armandii trained along neighbour's extension - depending on light levels. Try the sunken fire pit with raised seating made from sleepers. When planning the news, leave an 80cm wide path around the sides and back - kids love playing chase and hide and seek along these, and they also help make maintenance easier. Good luck!...See MoreKids garden, 6 and 8. Creative options
Comments (4)Hi there I think you've been given some good ideas already. Definitely replace the retaining wall this will have a massive effect on the overall look and feel of your garden. Search retaining wall photos on here and there are literally hundreds of ideas! Something as a nice focal point with steps going down to the lower level. And definitely some planting on the mid level whether grasses, shrubs or just perennial flowers would soften the look. Definitely lose the fence in the middle, and I would paint all other fences (if in good condition) dark grey to make them "fade from view". Beautiful stone retaining wall although personally I quite like sleepers too! Planting between levels Dark fences If your kids use the trampoline that needs to be thought about where to position, as it is a large feature! Where you have the small shed at the right hand side I would build a large shed / summer house right across the width of that lower level, to maximise storage... Maybe one side could be storage, the other a play house? Or something like this that could double for both and still look pretty. I would definitely try to incorporate the different levels with a play area built over both, here are a couple of ideas. Kids love to climb, and you have a good space to create something they will love. If you are handy its amazing what you can create without spending heaps. And one other thing, for me gravel in a garden where there's kids is an absolute no no! They ruin it! and it goes in all the areas of the garden where you didn't want gravel! So if it was me, I would make a nice deck or patio at the back of the house for relaxing & bbq, then take up the whole of that middle bit where you currently have furniture and gravel areas, and turf the whole lot, with a path going down to the new retaining wall feature! :) You don't mention budget much or what your ideal style would be, but thinking about similar things ourselves at the minute thought I'd share with you some ideas! Hope it helps!...See MoreKitchen plan for better garden flow? Help please!
Comments (13)Keiblum's suggestion saves an extension and could be built on. if the play space is no longer needed then that means the room uses can return to living, kitchen and dining. my thoughts run to keeping the doors to the patio bbq area, run the kitchen down that wall (and honestly I don't know how long or how many cabinets that could be), use your Ikea island and see if any you could make use of the under stair area for utility area (something like a European laundry) or maybe the fridge ? The fridge might be better in the cabinet run though. Add another set of doors where the kitchen sink once overlooked the garden and use this area as your dining. You might even find yiu have space for more informal seating. In doing this you will be able to connect your bbq area to the kitchen and find yourself using this area as an outdoor dining room, giving rise to possibilities of further development of this space to use rather than it be a walk through. Another thought is if the layout was swapped as described you might be able to explore gaining more outlook by adding a full length window into the wall between the two sets of doors, or even removing the wall completely and glazing it to become full glass right across the rear wall, but without changing the footprint? Putting in another set of french doors might be the more reasonable option if the kitchen is swapped, but Kieblem's suggestion makes great use of the available materials ....See Morenasmijati
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