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6 days ago

Hi all, I’d love to see a shot of your gardens, not so much close up of flowers, but more of a favourite part of the garden. This rain has really brought my garden to life after such a dry spring. This is most of my garden (it’s not big!) in the rain today. 🌸

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Jane Robertson
6 days ago
My wee summer house my favourite bit of my small terraced garden
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sksj1
6 days ago
An early summer picture when the garden looked it’s best. Current picture to follow when I’ve cut the lawn!
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Hi honeyry. I don’t think it would look weird having the lawn on the left as it would be more central to the patio. Hope you don’t mind but I took the liberty of doing a quick sketch as well. It still uses the full length of the garden so should keep your footie fan happy 😊. What I do think is that you need more definition to your borders so using a lawn edger to keep grass encroaching on plants/shrubs/trees (see pics). This will keep plants healthy in the long run as they won’t be competing for nutrients. Also added a patio and shed in the top right NW corner. This might be a nice little sitting area in for a morning cuppa, the shed and the addition of some trellis would give you some privacy from the neighbours. Something like this wouldn’t need doing straight away as I’ve kept the basic layout with the path relatively unchanged. Did add a little extra in the way of a little semi circle of hard landscaping in front of the seps. This is just a transition between borders, lawn and patio and could be anything...paving, tiles, cobbles and so on. There are a plenty of plants that are suitable for your garden. The RHS website is a valuable resource when researching. Two that spring to mind which are virtually indestructible (great for stray footballs) are red valerian and buddleia. Both need hacking back to near ground level in late autumn and will grow like the clappers come spring. Be aware that red valerian (also grows well north facing) can be considered invasive in some parts as it self seeds prolifically and usually where you don’t want it like in the walls or in between paving slabs but it’s easy enough to pull out. For improving the lawn I’m sure there are plenty of tips and tutorials online. I myself have a dog that makes a right mess of the grass. I’ve recently purchased this stuff https://www.envii.co.uk/shop/neuturine/ but I’ve yet to test it so can’t vouch for it and its a little expensive for what it is. Supposed to to change the Ph of the soil so that urine doesn’t burn it (or something scientific like that 🙂). Just hope it works! Here‘s my sketch and pics. Red valerian Buddleia example of curvy border
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Victoria
6 days ago
Garden is a mess, needs sorting but we can’t decide what to do, was cleared for building works. Did have a rainbow just now though 😊
pmasmith3
6 days ago
New greenhouse is my favourite but it’s not quite finished yet - needs glass!
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6 days ago
sksj I have wall envy! Beautiful garden 🌸

Victoria “Somewhere over the rainbow......” lovely 🎼🎼🎼

pmasmith exciting! Love the yellow Achilleas 🌸
delyth price
6 days ago
One of my favourite areas, a dry stone wall lovingly built by OH, just experimenting with suitable plants to grow between stones😀
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6 days ago
delyth that looks fab. More wall envy from me! 🌸
delyth price
6 days ago
Thank you Sonia 🌺
rachelmidlands
6 days ago
Meant to put this pic on your other garden thread Sonia. Been very busy just lately but managed to take some time out n rest the other day in the garden🙂. New shed/chalet thingy! Still work in progress, but painted in black barn paint because the shops had nout else! Worked out quite well I think. Black is the new grey isn’t it....?
I’ll post some flower pics on the other thread.

Lovely gardens everyone❤️
Sonia
Original Author
6 days ago
So lovely Rachel and nice to see some sun! Wondered where you were! Shed thingy looks amazing in black and very on trend. By the way my sister is getting quotes now for the garden landscaping using your plan(s), exciting! Once it’s all done I will share a picture for you. 😊
Mandy Ross
6 days ago
Still a work in progress but I’m getting there
Sonia
Original Author
6 days ago
Mandy that is just lovely. Seeing lots of arches here which really give a garden height and structure. Beautiful 🌸
KXD
6 days ago
Wow your gardens are all lovely! Love the lush looks...☺️
Mandy Ross
6 days ago
@Sonia the arch was a lockdown project, that and the raised bed on the left hand side, kept me occupied and out of mischief 😉
Sonia
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6 days ago
Yes Mandy, our arch was a lockdown project. It came in so many pieces it took us all day to assemble it! We are both pretty rubbish at DIY. I planted a climbing rose to got up mine. It’s still tiny but will, I think, look fab once it gets going!
tamp75
6 days ago
Sorry to be greedy but I have two favourites! The first is the view of our garden from our breakfast / morning coffee spot - a calm & peaceful way to start the day. The second is a veg patch we created during lockdown at our daughter’s request. 3rd picture shows the weed- infested waste ground it was. Pretty much everything was created using materials we already had, inc an old butler sink as a pond in the background, & was a joint family effort. The gravel was added after lockdown eased.
Patrina
5 days ago
Wow some really stunning gardens in this thread. I was hoping to start planting some big leafed tropical plants and palms this year but with 2020 being what it is, there is a 30 week wait for the greenhouse that I need in order to over them so I am postponing my plans for the moment. (definitely have some greenhouse envy)
Sonia
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5 days ago
Tamp75 greed is good! 😂 Lovely garden and the transformation to create your veggie patch is inspiring. Well done!
Patrina just love the colour of your summerhouse, a beautiful lilac grey. So are the tropical plants going into the greenhouse over winter? If you are shielding still, online plants shop Crocus are very good. I’ve used them several times and the plants are good quality and very well packaged, but obviously you need the greenhouse first! 🌸
Patrina
5 days ago
@sonia yes just realised that I missed off saying over winter. I am still shielding even though there are imminent changes to the shielding guidelines I have been told by my specialist to shield. I will be checking out that shop, thank you for the recommendation. Lost my Grandpa last Monday he was 103 he had a really lush garden so I am even more determined to add a feel of tropics.
Carolina
5 days ago
Love seeing the gardens here. Love the transformations, and the stone walls, the beautiful plants, @pmasmith3 your greenhouse looks like mine! Took us 4 days to put it together.
I have a couple of favourite spots too. Not posting them all, I have manicured gardens envy and would be ashamed to show the messy state mine is in 😄 But these parts are decent enough:
Sonia
Original Author
5 days ago
Hi Patrina, so sorry to hear your Grandpa has passed away. Creating a lush tropical garden will be a wonderful tribute to him. Some tropical looking plants are pretty hardy like Fatsia, Crocosmia, bamboo and there is a hardy banana but I can’t remember the name! Musa something or other? Take care x
Sonia
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5 days ago
Carolina I love your garden. I have woodland and pond envy! You are very lucky.
Carolina
5 days ago
Oh Patrina, so sorry, missed your comment. How sad that your grandpa passed away. What an amazing age though. Stay safe. We are all lucky that we have our gardens, in these strange times.
Patrina
4 days ago
Thank you all, my family has been blessed with a long line of people who have lived way past their 90th birthdays and we have been blessed to have them in our lives so long. Last year my Grandpa and his 4 sisters had a family reunion in Jamaica. As you can imagine there were hundreds of people there with all the great and great great grands. My great Aunts were all in their 90s then and I'm pleased to say one of them turned 100 in May. We are celebrating my Grandpa's life and remembering all the good times 😁
molly20100
4 days ago
What a great thread Sonia. I love seeing other people’s gardens. They’re all so different and very interesting. Here’s some of my favourite areas in mine
pmasmith3
4 days ago
Yes, you've done it again Sonia! Another uplifting thread, maybe this should be Gardenzz instead of Houzz.

Carolina, our new greenhouse is by Eden and as we have to see if from the house I decided to have a trendy black frame. It was very difficult to erect and as we'd put up a much bigger one in my old garden we mistakenly thought a small one would be easy.

Patrina, I ordered this greenhouse at the beginning of lockdown when the waiting time was 8 weeks - they delivered it a week early - but I notice on their website the waiting time has increased to 30 weeks. Enjoy your greenhouse when it arrives, they are such a great place to escape to .......
Carolina
4 days ago
@pmasmith3 Our greenhouse is a Halls Qube, black frame too. Was supposed to be very easy to put together. Uhuh. It wasn't too difficult actually, but very time consuming. Very happy with the result though :-)
Sonia
Original Author
4 days ago
What warms me is that a gardening thread just seems to bring out the best in everyone. I can honestly, truly say that the Houzz Community is the best. I’ve tried many - Mumsnet (toxic), Facebook (didn’t realise how many of my friends were racist so they’re culled), other gardening forums (too many nutters), Italian forms (again too many nutters) and the list goes on! Keep the photos and comments coming! 💗💗
Sonia
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4 days ago
Molly your garden is amazing! I love the fern area with the brick wall, but all of it is lovely 🌸
molly20100
4 days ago
Thank you Sonia. I have a very old red cedar greenhouse which I am trying to preserve as I can’t justify the cost of a new one. I don’t really make good use of it but use it mostly through the winter to protect tender plants. However, this year due to lockdown, I have tomatoes and peppers growing in there. Now have more tomatoes than I can eat, but made some fabulous soup yesterday....a slight variation on Mary Berry’s recipe. What I was going to say is I would love a black framed greenhouse
molly20100
3 days ago
Picture showing greenhouse. My border collie has just had an op on her crucial ligament so I have to walk her in the garden on the lead, hence more time to look at and take photos of the garden 😊
molly20100
3 days ago
Cruciate not crucial....although it is quite crucial!
Carolina
3 days ago
You're right Sonia, UK Houzz is a very friendly community.

Molly, love your water feature corner with the wall and ferns. Beautiful! My tomatoes aren't ripe yet. Takes ages this year. But I can make courgette soup for 50 thousand people ;-)
Sonia
Original Author
3 days ago
Carolina my dad used to grow courgettes but often they grew into tasteless and watery marrows! Even my poor mum, who was a brilliant cook, couldn’t make them tasty! So many dogs rip their cruciate ligaments, think it’s all that running and twisting. Hope she makes a speedy recovery Molly 😊
Carolina
3 days ago
They do seem to double in size daily 😱 I always sow way too many plants, give some away and still end up with courgettes in every meal 😄 I try to pick them when they are small, check the plants every day. But even then there’s always a sneaky one that hides and then suddenly is bigger than I’d like. Never had a humongous one though.
Hope your dog recovers quickly and without problems, Molly
E D
3 days ago
Sonia, re Facebook, I only use a Facebook account for my work, but my OH had to take drastic measures with hers for the same reason you mention...

But yea, Houzz seems a friendly place to be. 🙂
Daisy England
3 days ago
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I’ll not do the picture but I’ll give you a clue to the noise ...... coo coo, coo coo, coo coo. Darn things and then they land on the garden room roof in hob nail boots 😡
Sonia
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3 days ago
Haha those pesky pigeons Daisy! I’m wildlife obsessed but pigeons are total thugs and eat the little birds food, so I now only feed in hanging feeders so they can’t get to it. My sister has pigeons nesting under her solar panels! She has booked someone to board it so they can’t get under them. They are just a nuisance only fit for a pie. 🤬
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My Happy Place 😊
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yesterday
A couple of my favourite spots in the garden during lockdown
hil75
yesterday
We had major hard landscaping work done on our garden (there was a huge swimming pool to remove/fill/in) over the winter, which was finished just before lockdown. We were able to get to the garden centre just in time, and have done lots of online shopping too. The garden has been a godsend and is now really losing the hard edges and looking a bit more ‘mature’!

we kept the shape of the shallow end as a sunken seating area. It’s a real sun trap!
hil75
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We like that colour paint too Emma!!
Denise greycott
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Our decking came alive during lockdown
hil75
23 hours ago
Hi is that grey composite decking I see, or is it painted wood? Looks lovely, btw!
Denise greycott
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Its painted wood
delyth price
20 hours ago
We built our greenhouse over the back door so we walk into it from the house, it is an ‘Elite Greenhouse’
HU-32946617
18 hours ago
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After a 17 month wait our builder was finally free to start the transformation that we had designed to our small garden...

From this...

To this...

Sitting out anywhere in the garden is now the best place to be.
greenbird177
17 hours ago
Gorgeous.... what are the plants in large plant pots???
Sonia
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15 hours ago
Wow lots of amazing gardens, thank you!

Lisa - your happy place is beautiful.

Emma - lovely garden and who doesn’t love sage green in the garden!

hil75 - beautiful garden, better than a swimming pool! Love your paving.

Denise - gorgeous, a perfect outdoor room.

Delyth - great idea, it means you can get out there whatever the weather.

HU - what a transformation - love your stonework.
pdando
10 hours ago
May favourite place for a morning coffee at the top of the garden.

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