A belated day 20

Looking good! I like ....

Thanks Catz :)

Fantastic:)

There's posh, as they way in Wales!

Thanks Kath! lol @ 'there's posh' Stera! :o)

It's looking really good! What are you planning to plant in the middle?

Very nice Boo, enjoy the next bit, you are right it is the best bit...

Wow! What a great job they have done - you must be very very very pleased. Loving it all :)
Bet you can't wait to get started now!

Absolutely lovely B'smum. I love a good gravel garden...well designed! Love your pond and your deck is fab. It's going to be such a pleasure for you to enjoy all year around. Notice your angel's trumpets Brugmansia on the Deck..isn't the perfume amazing? Wonderful job your two lads have done there! Congratulations!

Geranium, I have a standard Weigela variagata which can be seen in one of the pics, I thought I may plant that in the middle?

Thanks Lincs, yes :o)

Scottish, Yes they have Im very pleased.
I have sort of started, some plants are in and some in situ, but I dont have nearly enough, ive just ordered quite a few from Crocus and Plantagogo :)

Thats lovely and now comes the best bit the planting and relaxing in it.

Aww thanks Karen, there was actually more than 2 guys, I never knew who was gonna turn up but I got to remember who had sugar and how many in their teas lol.

The Brug has been amazing! I need to repot it + plus I have a smaller one not yet flowering that i need to pot on too. The OH is home for the next 2 days so we will get stuck in with the planting! :o)

Oh and BTW, I sold my now surplus to requirements petrol mower to one of the gardeners for £20 lol, he got a bargain!!

Love what you have done there, I can see my garden looking like that very soon as I am gradually removing most of my grass, before I could not bear the thought of not having grass in the garden, but now, I almost cannot stand grass in my garden that is, but admire it in other people's garden, I have taken a lot off already, only got tiny lawns in each garden room, I want to removed those too, with the weather like it is, one cannot cut the grass at all, where there is no grass looks pretty good, just can't be doing with mowing these days, want to give more time to chillin and potter as well as take time and get to know my plants better than worrying about the grass getting long:(

Thanks Denise, apparently tomorrow is gonna be good day weatherwise, (I was out for 4 hrs in the rain on Friday evening) so I shall be out there telling the OH where to dig the holes!!.

Oh and I had an electrician around, our garden electrics are v. old and outdated, so we will have lights, pond fountain pump and electricity in th GH for heater, getting quote on Monday, praying it doesnt cost TOO much !

Thanks Mich, I know EXACTLY where your coming from, my lawn was bumpy, higher at one side than the other, plagued by red ants nests, rogue grass randomly appearing, drove me mad, so now no grass out the front or back, i'm with you, I wanna spend time pottering etc! get rid girl!!!!!

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It's really lovely. Nice for you to have the 'work' out of the way now :o)

Aww.. thanks Hywel, yes it is its been 3 very long weeks!

The weigela sounds nice. That bed will be an attractive focal point in the centre there :o)

It looks really nice.

Looking good......... it all looks fantastic bet you can't wait to get the planting done and then be able to just potter and enjoy :o)))

Ooh, lovely, great job, you must be dead chuffed BBM...

Oh wow that's looking really good. Looks like theyve done a great job of it. Bet your glad the works done now though.

Great, I'm really impressed. I couldnt do without my garden, but the grass is a pain, even though I haven't got a lot now. I love the furniture near the house too. All looking really lovely.

Wow! what lot of lovely comments! thanks everyone! :))

Absolutely full of Eastern promise,UK that is

errm... thanks BJs :)

Looks like a lovely, well set out living room, only in the garden. Hope you have some nice sunny weather to enjoy your garden makeover this year. I am out on my patio typing on the ipad

Thanks Dor, i will post the latest pics later, it looks a lot different now, lots more planting been done. Its 28 degrees here, but i'm sat in the shade typing :)

Just trying to catch up on things so sorry I'm late. It's looking fantastic, looking forward to seeing it when planted up. I got rid of my grass in 2010, and I don't miss it at all. I do love seeing it in other gardens though where I don't have to mow:-)

thats ok Born, me too.

Thanks Its planted up now, still some more to go but I will take pics to post tomorrow.

Goodo:-)