Small garden - where should patio go?
Frances
6 years ago
Hi all,
We have a small, narrow garden = 18 metres wide and 7 metres deep.
We have 6 metres of bi fold in our kitchen/ diner over looking the garden.
We're having cedar fencing put in - I can't bare to look at an ugly fence seeing as it's so close to the windows.
Here's the dilemma.
The middle of the garden gets the sun. The right side of the garden gets no sun due to the trees blocking the rays.
Where should we put our sandstone paving.
Obviously we're going to have to put paving outside the bi folds but where?
If we put paving in the middle (where we get the sun) we divide our grass in half. (See option 1)
If we put it on the right, we will only get sun on the seating area in the morning - which seems pointless. (See option 2) HELP!
Or is there another option?
It doesn't make sense to have paving outside the living room window!
Excuse the crudely drawn picture. I tried to take photos but the gardens so small, it's hard to photograph!
We have a small, narrow garden = 18 metres wide and 7 metres deep.
We have 6 metres of bi fold in our kitchen/ diner over looking the garden.
We're having cedar fencing put in - I can't bare to look at an ugly fence seeing as it's so close to the windows.
Here's the dilemma.
The middle of the garden gets the sun. The right side of the garden gets no sun due to the trees blocking the rays.
Where should we put our sandstone paving.
Obviously we're going to have to put paving outside the bi folds but where?
If we put paving in the middle (where we get the sun) we divide our grass in half. (See option 1)
If we put it on the right, we will only get sun on the seating area in the morning - which seems pointless. (See option 2) HELP!
Or is there another option?
It doesn't make sense to have paving outside the living room window!
Excuse the crudely drawn picture. I tried to take photos but the gardens so small, it's hard to photograph!
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Carolina
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoFrances
6 years agoHi!
We're probably going to have a few raised beds - we're not big gardeners.
Here are a few pictures from inside. The two from outside were taken before we removed the back door/ porch and added 6 metres of bi folds...
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