I have a bid garden .i would like design it whit best landscape but I'm afraid from price.please let me know how much should I pay for conservatory and gardening and improve and change my big storage to summerhouse .please help me .thanks

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the layout and planting ideas are great, thank you. the garden is south facing, so the evening sun is on the triangular area nearest the front door. I put bamboo screening up but there's a footpath the other side of the metal fence, and it got vandalised so often that I gave up. ditto the few fence panels we had put up against the metal fence to give us some privacy. it's council and of course they refuse to erect a decent fence, or facilitate some sort of system where we pay them back in instalments. I dont expect handouts, I'd have a 6' high fence put up tomorrow if I could afford it. hiring a skip is also out of my budget, so I've gradually been taking stuff to the tip or burning it. I have kids and pets including chickens, and although I'd like to think I'll grow some veg in the raised beds, I know I'll never get round to it! the sheds: one small one is a potting shed, the other small one in the corner chicken run is storage, and the big one is supposed to be a workshop but is currently crammed with stuff that needs sorting and storing or chucking, including all my tools, garden tools, kids toys, camping stuff, etc etc. I'm sure you get the picture! there are 2 greenhouses and umpteen raised beds, stacks of bricks, wood, bits of shed panelling, old Windows etc, because my husband had lots of plabd for the garden and did loads of growing veg etc, but never got round to finishing anything. in his defence this is Wales, it rains all the bloody time, and of course there are never enough hours in the day. however, we have recently separated, so I now find myself staring in horror at the whole overwhelming project, scratching my head, wondering where the hell to start, and then closing my eyes and pretending it's not there.

Hiya Yes long narrow gardens can be quite a challenge and overwhelming at first sight. A couple of comments and suggestions that might help. Firstly, to divide a garden up into rooms you don't necessarily want to have complete screenings across the garden as this really hides the rest of the garden from view. It is much better to have areas of planting coming out into the space and use items of hard landscaping like paths to add the suggestion of rooms. I attach a photo where this has been done very well. Each circular area feels like a room, but is partly visible from elsewhere in the garden. This creates journeys and half-seem focal points that add interest and mystery to the garden as a whole and draw you out to explore it. Within each room there are also hidden quiet spots. Secondly, the best place to hide the circular covers is in one of the beds that come out into the lawn, or even just in the lawn itself, particularly if it is just beside a bed. With all the other distractions going on, you will not notice them nearly as much, if at all. Planting wise, I would not plant a big tree near the sewerage system, but most shrubs would be fine, as would a small tree like an Acer or an Amelanchier. Both are lovely trees. The final option would be to hire a local garden designer to do this planning for you, or even just pay them for a 'design consultation'. A number of designers will charge you an hourly rate to walk around your plot and make high-level suggestions and ideas for you to implement yourself. Good luck with your design.