Blogs on back garden ideas

Diversity of GOY members marvelous gardens- Part1

Little bit of nostalgia. I thought I will do this blog of early entries to GOY website which caught my eye at one time or...

It's been a while!

Hello everyone, and hope you're all good, I feel i should almost re-introduce myself as my last post was way back in 2013...how...

A new start....

Hello everyone, I've not been on here for a longtime, for various reason but mainly because we've been in the middle of selling...

Some more random photos!

I haven't made a very good plan of succession this year ... plenty of plants looking GREEN, which should be flowering in...

NEW POND is progressing

my son has now got the waterfall up and running and today he came and put a few stumps in so that I can now get round the...

Garden in May

A walk round the estate before the wind and rain.

Sunny but cold April day

This is the view from the bench in the corner where I 'talk' to Steve :) My Great White Cherry (Prunus Tai Haku) which had...

Are you ready ? 😊

The blossom is ready ... ................................................................................ The robin is...

A walk aound the garden before the rain arrives.

The garden is looking much fuller now ,rose buds just ready to open with clean,shiny foliage,hopefully will stay that way!

It’s not always about flowers ....

I love my flowers but also I’m a big fan of architectural plants.

New back garden . . .

Many of you kind people on this site have been showing an interest in our brand new garden, and even asked me to keep on...

A few general views of the garden.

I must apologise for not answering any comments over the last few weeks......we have had an ongoing problem with the broadband...

August Amble

Take an amble round the place this month. Oh and if you are wondering (probably...

Garden today

This is our garden today, on Friday I cleaned the pond out and gave away 25 fish.

Nice Discovery In The Wild Area This Afternoon!

Nothing exciting but I was pleased and surprised. I have a small wild(ish) area behind the greenhouse. You may remember...

loads of colour

each year i post pictures of some of the rhododendrons in the garden I am sure some of you will have seen them previous...

Back garden

I am still getting used to having no grass!

My garden after I've been away for a few days.

It's a pleasure to go on holiday for a while but the pleasure on seeing your garden on your return home is immeasurable....

open gardens sunday 14th june

the ninth open gardens made £7000 for the local hospice this year and the lady from the hospice came round my garden aswello...

More paint!

The Garden in August 2014

Tried to take pictures from different places and angles. Front Garden. A bit colourless at the moment. Lonicera, not sure...

garden alterations

hi everyone...not been on here for a while so hope you are all well and having fun in the sun.i was getting itchy fingers...

Back to the garden !

Well...the garden is back to normal now, instead of looking like a jungle after three weeks away from it ! I can't believe...

A lot of late June colour

Took these a couple of days ago, this heat has brought out a lot of flowers. Dianthus Dianthus Silene armeria Aconitum...

The Greenhouse area,

A few months ago I moved the greenhouse here it is in photo 1. A few more pots and a small garden bench added against the...

A wander round the garden today :-)

Don't think I've ever done a blog about the layout of my garden so here goes. We moved here 13 years ago,crikey how time...

Mid June in my Garden

We are already half way through June and although the garden go off to an early start, I'm finding now we've reached June...

Happy to be in my garden:)

I am so so pleased that I have managed to grow trees , shrubs and some seasonal flowers . I am feeling happy and enjoying....

Some of my garden in June

Its so nice to stroll around my garden . And now I feel its just how I want it. Maybe a small pagoda at other end with stepping...

Phase ten complete

Ladies and gents here we go all phases complete, let's hope my knees will recover, my new low maintenance garden, about a...

An overhead view of the garden

Took this from the bedroom window today looking out onto a muggy drizzly day ... thought I`d just keep an overall view so...

Plants In The Foliage Garden

Following a request from Dottydaisy to list the plants in this photo, I thought it would be easier to put them into a blog This...

A history of my garden

We have lived here for 41 years. Even if I say it quickly, I find it hard to believe. We moved from a small rented flat...

The Fruits of our Labours

Hello all I took some photo's at 8 am this morning so i thought i might as well share some of them with you. To bring you...

I'm Back

Hi all its me again. It's been a while (about a year I think) so to all who remember me, hello its good to see you again...

the Big blog

The trees in the garden have reached there Spring peak,The Magnolias I planted between 30 & 40 years ago hence the Big...

END OF APRIL ... drumsticks and starry eyes ...

Hi ... a quick tour ... We'd be pleased if you can join us ... ... ........................................................................ ......

Garden re-design part 14,The last bit......supposedly. Come for a stroll with me.

Well here is the finished garden at last! Fences all painted in green now although only one shown here. The finished pond...

Our garden in August

T and I had a lovely week in the garden pottering and putting up a fence between our garden and next doors wilderness. It's...

August Pinks

I remember my last blog when the weather had been constant rain, my garden seemed to have sun of it's own with so many yellow...

My Garden

At the risk of boring some of you, I will add a few more pictures, as requested, of my garden at the moment. Hope you enjoy...

END OF JULY, PLENTY OF COLOUR.

My computer/Fuji Film picture file has been playing up since a friend got rid of Norton for me so I can't access Finepix...

LADDER WITH COLOUR

Hello all ,can anyone remember the ladder i was going to put together, the idea coming from youngdaisydee's wacky blog, well...

New garden features,

Its been such a hot sunny day today so this evening we decided to dine out in the garden where we could enjoy the heady perfume...

Hose pipe ban in Yorkshire.

Only joking lol. We have had a WHOLE afternoon of sun today, and so I am punch drunk (no not literally), demob happy and...

Gardening in july, and sun to

Hi Guys, joe was off work today so offered his help in the garden which i was so pleased, after being away and getting back...

A few random pics from the last few days.

A bit of sunshine and a lot of rain! Love my semps.. Looking up, I like looking up :) One of the grapevines (black)reaching...

THE SUN CAME OUT, I GRABBED MY CAMERA 7/7/12

I couldn't believe it...SUN. It's rained solidly all day then about 6.30pm SUN! Ran for the camera as everything looked...

my garden in wet july

Hi Guys just been out to feed my fishies so thought i would post a blog on my wet july garden. like alot of you flowers...

Round the Garden - part 3.

You've been sitting at the top of the steps admiring the view for ages-so let's finish the tour. You must have noticed the...

Project Circle

My garden's long and thin-150 ft by 25ft wide, and it's split into 7 different areas. In September 2011 I began to change...

Rockery in June

As many of you know I developed a rockery in a wasted raised bed. I promised to show you how it was progressing. All of these...

First Ever Blog

This is my very first blog... I have been a member of GOY for nearly a year now and I must say, like every other member on...

Round the garden part 2.

I left you looking over the wall into the side garden. This is my favourite part of the garden. It has a large lawned area...

Round the garden part 1.

Well, I said I'd take you for a tour of my garden, but when I took a set of photos yesterday, there were so many I thought...

Taking the lid off the septic tank!

There is a space in the corner of my garden which I have done my utmost to hide since everything was laid out. Although it's...

Some views of my garden today

Couldn't do much gardening as it was so hot today, so took a few pictures - View from the back door, to the right is the...

I AM OUT TODAY DESPITE THE WEATHER....PART 1.

Although the weather has been COLD, WET, WINDY, and downright MISERABLE, some plants will shine through and lift our spirits,...

Garden Tour April 2012

Thought you might like a look round the old homestead as it was at the beginning of April 2012, before the snow. The Front...

PART TWO CONNIE'S AMAZING GARDEN....

I met Connie for the first time last year when she came to our open garden, in fact she visited us twice, OH and I were very...

Moving houses..& the end of an era

Hi all, In September an elderly neighbour asked me if i wanted his greenhouse, as he knows we have the allotments..we always...

rolling home

when i was fourteen, fifteen, even sixteen, i would lie in bed at night and dream my favorite dream. in my imagination,...

Down the garden path

I posted a picture a couple of weeks ago after selling off the bottom of our garden. A new 10ft high fence had been put...

Update Summer 2011 pt5

Ok so it’s been a while since we updated our page with new photos but as you’ll see the garden has come on leaps and bounds...

Why i love the way i garden..

I like to pack the plants in and i love leaf shape as much as flowers, The way they mingle and cross over and through each...

One Month on.

One month on from the last pictures of my garden, and I can see quite a difference, so thought maybe you would like to see...

Snappin' between the showers!

I've been running in and out of the garden between the flippin' showers, trying to tidy up and whip any weeds out before...

Through The Window!

looking Through the window is the nearest i can get to the garden today! Its that fine heavy rain that makes the plants look,...

MEETING PUDDLEDUCK :)

My friend Daisyco and I spent a wonderful afternoon visiting Puddleduck and her ever-so-special garden. We were enthralled...

Beautiful Day in Ohio....

We have been having the best weather,nice and cool evenings.We have been able to sleep with the windows open,no air conditioning...

THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN Thursday June 30th

I had just finished watering . It was somewhere around 9 o'clock and I was sitting on a chair on the old, concrete slab,...

The Garden 2nd July 2011

Just thought I would add a few pictures of the garden at the moment. We installed the water feature last year and have just...

MY LOVELY GARISH GARDEN AT THE END OF JUNE

Hope you'll enjoy seeing my garden as much as I do. I trot out every day and survey my (tiny) domain, every bit like the...

Fancy a walk round my garden?!

Thought I would cheer myself up with a chat to GoYers, as OH has departed on his travels! I'm not very good at photography...

ALAN T KNOWS A GOOD GARDEN WHEN HE SEES ONE.

We had the pleasure of visiting an established NGS garden this afternoon, the owners came to see ours last Sunday....and...

Cinderella's Secret Garden...

Hello again my friends\0/ We got truly spoilt on the 29th May, 2011, as not only did we get to spend a delightful afternoon...

HOSTAS, FERNS & A GRAY WHALE

I was fooling around in the garden today, no not what you think, but pulling out all "Batchelor Buttons" that I do not want...

Playing with new toy

Now growing tomatoes, cucumber, chilli and pepper. First time ever attempt at this so wish me luck!

A room with a view

Hi all, I don't know if other members agree with me that the garden seems to be flowering early this year. Most of my roses...

My 2 year old garden

Just thought id share with you all my back garden which is now 2 years old.The garden is on a steep slope,so we leveled off...

It's not all black and white!

IN 10 DAYS TIME..........

We open our small garden on May 29th for the NGS......this will be our first opening.. had we known at the time it was to...

new feature in garden

I got this circle of slabs as a birthday present so set OH on the task of lifting turf[hard job] and laying it lol with a...

Day to Night & Gettin'g better at using my Camera...

Been experimenting today and tonight with the Camera, I tried a lot of different settings with some succes, First set of...

Garden Views

*Just thought I would put on a few pictures on to give you an idea of the shape of my garden, it isnt very big but has a...

I have been garding all day inbetween the showers.

I thought you might all like to look at my hard efforts. This is my small Veggie plot I have fruit bushes ,broad...

My very small woodland garden

It is such a lovely time of year in the area I plant all my woodland plants. The path is surrounded by soft spring colour. Also...

The RAIN is here at last ! :o)))

The gardens were very, very thirsty ... Everyone was waiting for rain ... ..................................................................... For...

A visit to my friend Andy and his good wife's cottage garden here in Dublin

It is hard to believe there are still some quaint places in and around the city of one million people. What makes it so special...

friends for lunch

just a lovely day for having friends for lunch and sharing the garden..and although ive not been too well since returning...

WALK IN A CANADIAN SPRING GARDEN

I am opening the garden door next to my studio so you can take a short walk through my garden. Our gardens are 3 weeks behind...

What a difference a few weeks makes.

While I was sitting in the garden enjoying a glass of wine with T it suddenly dawned on me how different the garden can...

READY TO CELEBRATE .. heucherellas and other fellas.

Our gardens are at the ready ... everyone waiting ... ..................................................................... Feeling...

Good bits and Bad bits

Hi Guys, after reading karensusans blog today and seeing a garden of perfection with not a blade of grass out of place and...

My gardening journey...new build to a family garden..

Hi, I have decided to write a blog to capture our journey transforming what was a rubble site into a family garden. I have...

GAZEBO

Well Im almost to tired to write this and although the Gazebo is up and stuff planted and the gravel down, we now have to...

Bluebells.

I thought you might like to see the Bluebells in my garden. Have a great weekend !

At last! Out and about in the garden!

Today has really been the first day I have been able to do some work in the garden on my own! I had an op on my shoulder...

new fence up

Hi Guys, at last the men came and put the new fence in today, i had asked them to leave one panel as my costance is blooming...

APRIL DAYS ~ brief and precious

Early April ... my gardens are coming to life ...................................................................... This...

❀ Glimpses of my gardens ❀

Near my front door ... ...cottage garden area ... ... across to the rain-water butt ............................................................. ......

The making of a garden

I thought you might be interested to see some photos of how we made our garden. I designed the finished layout that you see...

Phase 2 complete (almost!)

Just wanted to share with you all what we have achieved with phase 2 of our garden redesign. Last month was phase 1, which...

The Dry Garden

The Dry Garden I thought I would continue my series of blogs made up with material from the Cambridge Botanical Gardens....

The way to look after chucks

My Chucks have a great life and are well taken care off as you can see by these photos This is the chuck house And...

My First Garden.....for Whistonlass.....

Funny thing, I still have dreams about my old home. We lived there from before we were married until five years ago. 18...

Cambridge Botanical Gardens (Compost Corner) 3

Cambridge Botanical Gardens (Compost Corner) 3 Liquid Compost Comfrey & Nettles can make a superb liquid fertiliser....

For Stickytoffee.

Sticky, i thought it was a better idea to include these pic in a blog rather than upload each one seperately. I hope they...

Patio and pond project at my old home

This blog shows the redesign of a garden at my home in 1989. I bought a house with a large garden but the view of it was...

Cambridge Botanical Gardens (Compost Corner) 2

Cambridge Botanical Gardens (Compost Corner) 2 This is a continuation of the previous blog on composting. What a lot of hot...

Cambridge Botanical Gardens (Compost Corner) 1

Cambridge Botanical Gardens-(Compost Corner) Follow me around the compost corner to learn a bit about composting-even if...

Late Autumn garden

I really enjoyed Hywel's blog of his November garden, there is so much still in flower this year, some of my plants have...

My Garden, September 2010

These are a few pictures of how my garden is looking at the minute, the weather has been awful as I've finished work most...

Rose in pot

My garden is quite small and do not have much room for roses, but as I love them thought I might try them in pots, This is...

Long thin garden makeover

Here's another garden I redesigned and landscaped for a customer a few years ago. The garden is terrace house width( about...

From utter neglect to something to be proud of....

My partner Nikki & I moved into our house in October 2008 & the back garden had not been touched for about ten years!...

Man im worn out...

This little guy was hanging on for dear life, he was there for hours.. Something wore him out lol.. Giving me the beady...

Worked hard in the garden in last fortnight - it has paid off

Thought I would let you all know what I have been up to the last few weeks in the garden. It has been so so dry, but last...

FLOWERS IN MY GARDEN NOW.

I'm shamelessly copying Louise. This is what is in flower this last week. Lilium regale in the corner circle patio. Unknown...

MY KITCHEN GARDEN

not quite finished ,but its getting . hope u enjoyed the progress . and sum of the flowers in the kitchen...

Time for a revamp - Goodbye Cistus!

In the front garden, in one of the beds, was a Cistus. It had lovely bright pink flowers, but it was getting leggy, as well...

garden update in july

sun at last and finished work early today so couldnt wait to get home and do some weeding and dead heading, spent two hours...

A rather quick walk around the new border.

New border planted March this year, doing really well I think. Lots of colour and lovely wall for clems and honeysuckle. This...

treesandthings open garden.......

It was a lovely day and a great pleasure to meet Dan and his wife...... the garden,well, what word would I use to describe...

MY TWO NEW TREES ,

As I said in my last blog I was studying on alterations to take in two new trees. Well today OH kindly took me to the garden...

Flower time

Flowers in my garden

Drought At Devonia

While some of you in the west have been struggling with more than your share of rain, here in the southeast, it’s a different...

The Volcano - not the one in Iceland

I'm making a garden-slowly-out of a patch of very overgrown hillside. I've tamed a bit of it, we call it "The Rabbit Garden"...

Too many plants?

I love my garden, and I suppose it would be described as a `cottage garden`, but I wonder, is it ever possible to have too...

The Before (Many years ago) and After (Many years of hard work)

Thought today I would search out some old photographs of how my garden used to look, the one with the puppy dog is taken...

Garden's New Look 2010

We were unsure whether the changes would work but pleased now that we can see the results of the tidying up we did earlier...

Ha! Got 'em!

After a lot of failed attempts to catch my garden lights in a good light ... so to speak ... I managed to snap them at just...

My garden pre holiday

As I am going to be away for a week starting tomorrow, I thought I would take a few pics of my garden before I go. Things...

GROMIT'S GRAVEL GARDENS

Hydrangea serrata "Blue Bird" ~ flowering happily, below our pergola, in this lush, green corner ... ......................................................... ......

At last!! The garden is growing..

I dont know about anyone else's garden but mine seems to be growing slower than usual, maybe because we have had less rain...

NEW GARDEN MAKEOVER

Just a few pics of my makeover, still lots to do ,planting, finishing off etc...oh and buying some more plants:-) This shows...

Giving up my garden

Hi all I have given up some of my garden so we can cool off this summer, not had the pool out for over 2 years. I will have...

A wee update

Cant believe it was March when I last blogged! We have still been working on the garden and it seems to be coming along...

Going up the fence!

As some of you will know we only have a very small garden so spotting some vertical planters in the garden centre gave me...

Barby this Saturday - preparations are in hand!

I decided our neighbours needed spoiling after the tough time they've had losing their lovely Dad recently ... a good friend...

Anyone want a lawnmower??????

We have had it in mind for some time to do away with the lawn in the back garden. The grass is not very good....and OH doesn't...

A Journey

I had just cut the lawn, phew! Found I had my "David Bailey" head on, had an idea I would take you on a journey through...

Our Garden in June 2010

This is a series of photographs showing what the garden looked like on the 1st of June 2010. The Front Garden. This is what...

Captain's Blog (9) " Countin' me Treasures"

Am experiencing a spell, right now, of a kind of "calm before a storm", as it were, as waiting for the next burst of activity...

New Garden/Old Garden

Hi everyone, I'm so new to this website and its taking me time to get around things. I've been so busy in the garden as...

End of May in the Garden(Where has it gone)

Sad. But the next few weeks will see my spring flowers come to an end ,at present there is lots of colour so in the last...

ello :) Revamp. Removing ivy, and new plants..

Hi everyone, me and the hub have been really buzy in the house, had a huge project, still ongoing!! well i had to drag him...

Some Border Colours. (end of May)

These are pictures of the front garden, which is warm and sheltered and south facing. Here are some of the plants and colours...

♪♪♪ The LUSTY MONTH OF MAY ♪♪♪ :o)

From the musical "Camelot" ... ... song words by Alan Jay Lerner ... ♪♪♪ It's May. It's May ... ... the lusty month of...

The idea for the conservatory and the pond under the windows.

(Drc gave me the idea for this blog) When we moved to this house there was a yard in front of the lounge window at the back...

Update on Woodland Garden 19-05-2010

24-05-2010 A month has passed snce I posted this woodland garden blog and I thought it would be a good idea to post a further...

my tree has arrived

today my new tree arrived but not one i had originally ordered, they called me up on tuesday to say my tree which wasnt sent...

garden this week

thot i would just show u pics and not do much talking this time. bridge across the stream wild flowers aquerligers hope...

My Pleasure and (Obsession) Pride

I went for a walk this morning and saw how beautiful my garden looked after all my hard work sprucing, cutting, trimming...

away a while but been busy

Well hello all what a horrible couple of months but now thank god we have been blessed with sunny blue skies and hopefully...

Feeling HOT.....HOT......HOT!!!!

Pheeeeew.....................how hot is it right now? I can't believe I chose such a great week to have off work last week...

Rhododendron's 2010

I love my Rho-dos, but promise not to do another blog on them till 2011 for fear of boring every one My...

trip round the garden

I think my brain has soaked up too much sun today-so just a trip round the garden without too many words. Firstly the Aquilegias....

Garden looking tidy.

Been making the most of the sunshine over the last couple of days. Grass cut edges done. Pots of daffs lifted and Dahlias...

Goodbye virus ... hello SUNSHINE ... :o)

Earlier this week a virus attacked me :o( ... so now I know exactly how a computer feels when it gets a virus ... ... really...

update on soup intake

yes another slurpe of soup and my jaw feels alittle loser..must have also helped the brain function cause i remembered this...

exhausted but happy

have been busy in work for the last couple of weeks and have only had time to run round with the watering can.....but today...

Is the Winter over?

I have such a lot of signs saying yes but mother nature can be cruel and just when we think that it is all over Jack Frost...

We won't forget our old (and first) wee garden

First photo we have of the back garden in the old house taken in February 2005 (we moved in June 2004). This is a view from...

Take a tour of our Spring garden Part1 - 14th March 2010

Our Garden is looking really bare and empty :( There are a few bits coming up but they are only small yet. I will take more...

An end-of-summer gardening weekend in northern Oz.

Our summer is almost over ... thanks goodness! Now it's time to get back into the garden. I know for most people around...

Courtcourt Gardens

Drc recently posted a blog to tell us that GoYPedia now has a section on Courtcourt Gardens, so I am sending a couple of...

My garden through the seasons

So this morning when I went outside with my first cup of coffee ....it actually felt a bit like Spring. The birds were calling...

Winter Interest in my Garden - part 6 - Hard stuff!

Hard stuff? What I mean is the landscaping and permanent man-made structures in the garden. Let's begin with fences. If you...

PUREWELL before FOXHOLLOW

Here are a few scanned photos of our previous garden at Purewell, Christchurch, in Dorset, as you can see the house and garden...

Gardners world

Ive just recieved an email from Gardners World magazine, saying they would like to print some photos I sent them of my garden...

My Somerset Garden, Day 7

Hello Friends Ive just been looking out the patio doors with a heavy heart and ever wondering how this mess turns into such...

I´am looking back in my ´garden history´.

My rose flowerbed seen over som years. I removed the roses because they looked a bit ´tired´. Now I prefere to vary the bed...

Winter Interest in my garden - part 2 - Variegated leaves.

I'm glad that nobody dozed off during part 1, so I'm hoping that you'll stay awake and enjoy part 2! Coloured leaves are...

(8) My evolving garden

As I have spent so little time on the forum in the last year I thought I'd do a blog showing how my gardens coming on. I...

Plants to Attract & Feed My Garden Birds

Moved into my Home in April 2007 & iv added lots of Wildlife Friendly Plants/Trees ect into My Garden in that time :)...

Our small garden (work in progress) part two

The hedge of Pyracantha was made to separate and, hopefully, create a shady area. But the work is long and not yet completed. What...

Winter Interest in my garden - part 1 - Coloured leaves.

Last year, I wrote a series of blogs about 'winter interest'. You might remember them if you were around then. Winter isn't...

Wet Wet Wet

Went outside today to clear up a few pots and put some tender plants in the greenhouse and thought I would take a few pics...

Day to night

Changing light and colours from the patio looking down to the bottom garden this summer Early summer morning Summer evening.......

Building the little fence in 2006

To break up the garden into sections I decided to put a flower bed right across the lawn. The girls and I used old pallets...

My New Greenhouse.... Yaayyy!

I have been saving for ages for a proper greenhouse and went all out to get a really nice one. My old greenhouse was given...

What are you up to in your gardens just now?

November 9th and the last part of the fence went up… but too dark for me to see it properly! Saw it in the light of day on...

photographs - back or front?

Just an observation here? While looking at front and back gardens for Goypeadia it struck me how much more we photograph...

Excerpts From A (recently discovered) Garden Diary (5)

January 23 '00 16.00 hrs Sunday. "On Friday more timber was delivered. The gazebo at the back gate is now completed,...

my changing garden

when we moved in to this house 3 years ago, we were faced with a very empty garden not much to save there then we did a...

FOXHOLLOW - The Early Years (now and then)

Title for the blog is probably a misnomer, as the garden has only been in existence for 11 years. halfway through the blog...

A Bit On The Side - 7

As in the garden makeover TV program ‘Ground Force’, I will now reveal what I have been doing with my new piece of garden....

THE DRINKING HOLE

I pinched the basic design idea from a garden at Chelsea a few years ago, called a Celtic Sanctuary. We got a mini digger...

Backyard Gardening

We are about to move house on 3rd October...will be leaving behind a thriving allotment and taking on a small concrete back...