Garden and design help please!
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Sam Potter
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Help with Garden Design Please
Comments (5)Hi, I understand your frustration at your neighbours miss matching fence. Being the sunniest part of the garden it only accentuates the fault with a spot light. You could add some horizontal trellis to the upper part or if your budget can stretch do the whole fence. Painted soft wood can be a really economical solution and give a great effect.Your square patch of grass is only adding to the limitations of your garden. its drawing attention to the four corners and not creating an mystery. Having a curve to your grass will lead the eye away and create the illusion of more space.I would suggest building a curved seating area on your south side in the L shape by your shed. Railway sleepers positioned vertically with a chamfered top edge create a dramatic feature and are a really cost effect solution to screening. I would mask the end of your garden with these positioned across the whole width with an entrance to the right ( North side) The sleepers would then decrease in height as they curve round masking your shed and forming a built in seating area. They can also be stained adding to the dramatic effect. Black can look great if balanced well with bold planting. You are very fortunate to have a lovely hedge on your right, it could look fantastic. Good luck with your project!...See MoreGarden Design + Levelling / Sloping Garden Help
Comments (0)Hi, we've recently purchased a new build house and we're struggling a bit with how to configure the garden due to the way it slopes. It's essentially just a 10m x 10m square at the moment with a few squares of pavement, and a slope from the top left towards the house and to the right fence. (see pics) We're trying to work with the level as much as possible to reduce the cost of levelling, and we're thinking of a deck in the top right (sunspot), and a raised lawn in the top left, with some steps and sleeper beds / steps around the garden to support it. (see drawing) Does anyone with any garden experience have any thoughts on how feasible something like this would be and how much it would roughly cost? Or any alternative ideas for the garden? We have a dog so a lawn is essential, and a deck or patio in the top right is pretty much a given for us. Any ideas/design tips would really be appreciated! We're looking for something quite modern, ideally with levels to create interest and reduce the levelling costs (if this even achieves that?)...See MoreTime to start planning a garden design! Help and ideas please? ☺️
Comments (25)Oh my word! Dyson is adorable! so ickle!! Now I wanna find a Rune (his name - like rune stones.. not like Rooney 😂) sized box to put him in. Thanks for the 3rd design! I'm always impressed how you come up with such interesting designs (compared to my rectangle of grass with straight boarders I'd envisioned) I think we still prefer the 1st design in part because Chris want's to keep more of the grass. I'd be tempted though to put some sort of low fence to deter Rune from eating crops so maybe I could put some plants against it and growing up that to help disguise? I think the old paving slabs is the best way forward atm instead of the stones... I never truly appreciated how many stones there were just around the garden... just around on the grass.. close to the house and rubble left from the building work, random ones on the small remaining bit of patio that I think have been kicked in from the driveway... Ironically the pile of new ones all in one place are the easiest to keep him away from! (doing the driveway has also jumped up to a higher priority for the year! 🙈) Does Dyson like your Dyson? (assuming you have one) I managed to terrify him the other day when I tried to clear up some of the bits of grass we'd brought back in with us (despite having a treat at the time!)...See MoreRear garden design ideas, please!
Comments (6)Hi there, Eventhough you have lost a chunk of the garden to the extension, you still have a very good space in there. It is just not laid out in the best way possible. I think that using the concrete base of the area where you are going to remove part of your shed will result in a patio area that is too small and not fit for purpose. If you can reduce the shed size that is great, but I would creat a patio/seating area where the swing currently is. I will ensure it is nice and surrounded by planting and would pottentially add in a pergola to add some height. In this area, you will get a bit of the afternoon sun. I would do a small patio right outside of your patio doors with a small table or maybe just a bench in case you want to enjoy the late morning sun. I would also aim to bring the planting a bit more to the centre of the garden to create interest. Also, when choosing the planting,be mindful to match it to your garden environmental co ditio s so they thrive. If you are interested, I offer a range of garden design services that can be done onlineand would love to help you with this project! Now is the perfect time to plan it so you can enjoy it in the summer time. Please have a look a t my website and get in touch if interested! www.therootedconceptgardendesign.co.uk All the best, Deborah deborahbiasoli@gmail.com 07548105456...See Moreedwinajarrad
5 years agoEmily
5 years agoEmily
5 years agoI’ve got to go out but just quickly looked for some pics. Reading about what you wanted and with low maintenance in mind and ease of creating without waiting years to mature I have using bamboo repeatedly whether dried or living might look really good. Bamboo comes short or tall and as long as you make sure it’s clump not spreading I think it’s very useful in lots of situations plus you can hack it without worrying you’ll kill or mishape it. Think unifying with black plaint plus bamboo could look fab and be easy. I would be tempted to paint deck a light silvery white grey though.
minipie
5 years agoedwinajarrad
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Carolina
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoHi,
I agree with the dark fence panels. Works really well. I'd keep the deck and pergola as they are. You need to know which areas in your garden get full sun, part sun or full shade. That will make it easier to find plants that work well in those areas. 'Non-gardeners' usually think that borders with lots of plants bring lots of work, but actually, in a normal size garden and if you've planted things quite close together and let them fill up the borders, it'll be a bit of cleaning and clearing work and weeding in Spring and some pruning in Summer to get a second flowering from lots of plants, and that's about it. While lawns need cutting twice a week.
So... I would suggest wider borders, less grass ;-)
Look at this photo, notice how they've used plants with different heights and leaf shapes.
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Small multi stem trees are lovely, Alchemilla mollis, ornamental grasses, Geranium (the real one, not the pot variety which is actually a Pelargonium), Hydrangea, Lavender, Liriope are strong, easy plants.
edwinajarrad
5 years agoCarolina
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoI'm definitely an advocating of painting boundaries a dark colour to help them recede and make planting in front of them really pop out! In the same way you can do this with timber structures such as your pergola but i think in time your pergola will weather down to a silver grey colour and is a nice contemporary design so i think it just needs some climbers and lights on it to soften it and bed it in with the garden.
I'd opt for a backdrop of structural evergreen planting to the deck with some subtle flower colours suited to how much sun/shade they get and your soils, drainage etc. You could use Buxus for a low seperation hedge although Box Blight is on the increase and is effecting the species rapidly so Ilex crenata is a similar alternative or Eunoymus 'Green Rocket for a durable evergreen screen/barrier.
Below is a garden i designed with black stained bespoke rear fence, log store and pergola, hopefully it will provide some inspiration!
Best of luck !
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