Help with Garden Design
pjohnson9
7 years ago
Help with garden design.
The garden is very square with a slight slope, looking from the house there is a hedge on the right hand side and a stone retaining wall to the left, you will notice from the pictures the neighbours house sits higher then ours and their fence has 4ft panels and 6ft posts, not very attractive.
The stone wall does need rebuilding. There is also a small patio at the side of the extension that's mostly in the shade. We would love the garden to look longer keeping a patio and shed at the bottom different paving/shape with perhaps raised boarders by the wall and plants with colours all year round, small water feature if possible and lighting. Any ideas would be gratefully received thanks
The garden is very square with a slight slope, looking from the house there is a hedge on the right hand side and a stone retaining wall to the left, you will notice from the pictures the neighbours house sits higher then ours and their fence has 4ft panels and 6ft posts, not very attractive.
The stone wall does need rebuilding. There is also a small patio at the side of the extension that's mostly in the shade. We would love the garden to look longer keeping a patio and shed at the bottom different paving/shape with perhaps raised boarders by the wall and plants with colours all year round, small water feature if possible and lighting. Any ideas would be gratefully received thanks
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Angie
7 years agoWould your neighbours allow you to put a trellis on top of the fence to improve the appearance with the posts?
I agree a circular lawn would look good. We had our garden done this summer and have a circular lawn and it makes the whole space feel wider and bigger. With a bit of luck I can give you a before and after picture!
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Thanks Angie I thought about a trellis, unfortunately the gentleman who owes the property does not care about the appearance of his house or who he puts in them, his property is not insured and he does not get references for the people he rents to, so far we have had a cannibis factory, a couple with dogs that never took them for a walk or cleaned up after them, so you can imagine the smell and flys that bad we couldn't open our windows, when we asked the said neighbour politely if they could clean up after their dogs we were given a mouthful of abusive and the landlord didn't want to know in his words not his problem, everything is done for cheapness hence the small fence. We did think of having a new wall built to the height off the post, but as it is a retaining wall just for the materials is was going to cost in excess of £4,000 with labour on top as the builder said with little to show for it, so we were thinking of plants to hid it without taking over the garden as like you we are not gardens we don't know what would be suitable down the side of the house is also very shady.
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