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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...

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klahanie_

19 Dec, 2021
Klahanie_

Low maintenance border - spotted as I drove past.

Driving through one of the villages yesterday, I spotted this low maintenance border, on the edge of a driveway. Loved the...

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kate123

30 Nov, 2021
Kate123

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...

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shadydappler

23 Jul, 2021
Shadydappler

Garden in May

A walk round the estate before the wind and rain.

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Owdboggy

2 May, 2021
Owdboggy

Inspired combination.

I went for a walk to collect some twiggy sticks which had fallen off the trees in our avenue after the strong winds last...

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siris

27 Mar, 2021
Siris

Back to the Front.

The bed at the front of the garden was dominated by another large conifer. The grass in the bed was very poor and cutting...

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Owdboggy

2 Oct, 2020
Owdboggy

Monthly favourites.

I've been trying to sort out my old photos on my computer, and as you can imagine there are more photos of plants than of...

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hywel

9 Dec, 2019
Hywel

Bracknell prairie - July and August

This is the third in a series of blogs about the prairie planting in my front garden. This one covers the summer months...

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AndrewR

31 Aug, 2019
Andrewr

Bracknell prairie - April to June

Back in March, I wrote a blog on how I had replanted my front garden as a prairie. This new blog records its progress during...

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AndrewR

28 Jun, 2019
Andrewr

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!

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meadowland

6 May, 2019
Meadowland

Bracknell prairie - planting day

While parts of the country had heavy rain today, here in balmy Bracknell it was cloudy but dry (and incredibly windy). Back...

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AndrewR

16 Mar, 2019
Andrewr

Bracknell prairie - the plan

My front garden faces due south and gets all the sun going. It was all grassed over when I came to 'Devonia' in 1984, but...

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AndrewR

18 Jan, 2019
Andrewr

The Front Garden

This is a few photos of our front garden. The lawn is barely in existance. I hope the rain comes soon(preferably in the night)...

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marjories

11 Jul, 2018
Marjories

Front Garden Photos in August

Here are some photos of my little front garden. It isn't big but I try to make it look interesting :) It faces east and gets...

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hywel

10 Aug, 2016
Hywel

Before, During And After......The Front Garden Revamped.

Well, to be fair, garden seems too grand a word.It is basically a small patch, approx 11 feet wide by 8 feet deep. When...

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paulspatch

23 May, 2016
Paulspatch

A trip around the old neighborhood.

Some of the plants around the corner you might say. King-Bangalow palms,Euphorbia ingens- the big cactus like plant. You...

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stan510

8 Jan, 2016
Stan510

My front garden at the beginning of August.

I've been planting some hardy Fuchsias and herbaceous perennials in my front garden. I was hoping for some colour there this...

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hywel

5 Aug, 2015
Hywel

My front garden looking wild

Some photo's this evening of front garden looking a little wild after a night of wind and rain my 20 year old peonie has...

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kidsgran

28 Jun, 2015
Kidsgran

Front Garden in 2014

These days, with it getting quite dark by 4.00 in the afternoon, and the weather being so cold-it's all very depressing isn't...

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hywel

11 Dec, 2014
Hywel

The front during July

Things slowing down a bit now but still looking good At the end of June things were still looking fine, clematis still blooming I...

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stevietheterrible

24 Jul, 2014
Stevietheterrible

The front during June

A couple of weeks in June. The Alstromeria looks brill Trumpet lily wasn't as high this year but looked good anyway lots...

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stevietheterrible

27 Jun, 2014
Stevietheterrible

Explosion

When my little grandaughter came the other day with her mum, She informed me.. ' Grandma, your garden's exploded!' When I...

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waddy

26 Sep, 2013
Waddy

A vast improvement :o)

I'm sorry to disagree with most of you, but the tall annuals in my front garden looked awful ... so I got rid of them, and...

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hywel

20 Aug, 2013
Hywel

My little patch

This is my garden i am pleased with the amount of colour I have is such a small garden There is my little friend asleep...

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cmsue

14 Jul, 2013
Cmsue

Some views of my front garden taken this morning.

I sprinkled a few seeds about the place in the front garden, to fill in the gaps ... and they're coming up now. A bit small...

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hywel

26 Jun, 2013
Hywel

Hi everyone I am back

I have had so much go wrong lately but never mind i am back now. I thought you might like to see my little garden and my...

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cmsue

19 May, 2013
Cmsue

Summertime in My Little Front Garden

My front garden is not very big, but after a revamp earlier in the year it is now looking at its best. Earlier in the year...

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PANSYPOTTER

15 Aug, 2012
Pansypotter

Ruschia radicans in my garden

Ruschia radicans is a great little mesemb to have in the garden. Mine has made a little mound with time, while slowly spreading...

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little_things

14 Aug, 2012
Little_things

changes to help flooding

GARDEN CHANGES My front entrance, which is an access point for another house unfortunately, gets flooded regularly and we...

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helen60garden

22 Jul, 2012
Helen60garden

PROGRESS IN FRONT GARDEN AT LAST

Today's the first day I've been able to garden since borrowing a pick axe. Saga so far: Men who did front garden last year...

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bornagain

15 Jul, 2012
Bornagain

The Front garden

some of what I have been doing :) Thank you for looking :)))

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paulsgarden

11 Jul, 2012
Paulsgarden

Front garden

The guys who are doing the back garden, did the front for us last year. Some before and after pics. The end of the 1st...

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booboosmum

12 Jun, 2012
Booboosmum

You`ve got a CHOISYA !!!!!!!!!

This is a photo of my Choisya "Sundance" a lovely yellow evergreen shrub it was taken from the front bedroom window, shown...

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stroller

1 Sep, 2011
Stroller

Front Garden.

Probably the last pics of the garden this year, everything there is to flower has flowered and haven't they done well lol.. Mainly...

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youngdaisydee

22 Aug, 2011
Youngdaisydee

ITS THE TURN OF THE FRONT GARDEN

Seeing as we all have very little to do at present-no gardens to open for visitors, no veg or flowers to water, no plants...

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tetrarch

8 Jun, 2011
Tetrarch

Alpine Garden

Last year I decided that as my front garden suffered from prevailling North East/East winds.....an alpine bed would be a...

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amblealice

13 May, 2011
Amblealice

The front garden in early May

I have been busy planting in the front garden over the last few days mainly due to the fact that you could hardly stand up...

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annella

4 May, 2011
Annella

CONKER invites you along to see his front garden ...

Hello ... we sneaked out early into my front garden ................................................................... ......

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terratoonie

16 Apr, 2011
Terratoonie

Front garden before and after

I was looking through my photos this week and found some that I took back in March when I decided to give part of the front...

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annella

26 Nov, 2010
Annella

Changes made to the Front Garden,

Over the last two to three weeks I have made changes to the front garden. I wasn`t sure wether to show them or not as I...

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stroller

6 Nov, 2010
Stroller

A Year In The Life Of A Sunny Border

Last November, I published a blog showing the changes in a border in my back garden over the course of a growing season....

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AndrewR

1 Nov, 2010
Andrewr

My Front Garden, September 2010

Would you like to have a look at my front garden today? This is the side that I have gravelled, the plants here did very...

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annella

10 Sep, 2010
Annella

pics of the front lawn

trying to use my new camera and the front looks good after 6mths hard work im waiting to see what the winter brings as...

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ladybug47

21 Aug, 2010
Ladybug47

Front gardens

This is doldrums month for the garden. It's been so dry for ages, and there's been so much cloud for so long that it's not...

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kowhai

3 Aug, 2010
Kowhai

meager beginnings

As some will know we started our journey 2 years ago, and yet I feel like I've got nothing done, except the brick pathway,...

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georgiamum

1 Jun, 2010
Georgiamum

CHANGES MADE TO FRONT GARDEN, am I pleased,

Yes I think I am. I feel it has a more balanced look about it. All I`ve done is make the centre bed a little larger and more...

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stroller

28 Apr, 2010
Stroller

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...

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vicky1

21 Mar, 2010
Vicky1

(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...

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Fleurdemai

8 Dec, 2009
Fleurdemai

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...

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drc726

25 Nov, 2009
Drc726

Beautiful day - Front Garden Update.

The months are rolling by for us all. Already it is April and the devastation caused by the severe frosts we had in the...

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AndreaRichter

20 Apr, 2009
Andrearichter

Front Garden Looking Better

This is really a follow on from a previous blog that I wrote during the heavy frosts we all suffered in the UK this year....

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AndreaRichter

5 Apr, 2009
Andrearichter

Front Garden Project

Well this is a follow on from an entry last year. I posted a question about what I could do with the front garden in our...

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AndreaRichter

24 Nov, 2008
Andrearichter

Don't you just love it when a plan comes together!

Ideas can change the world. They don't need to but they can. It is odd, then, that we don't celebrate our ideas more often,...

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Davebat59

18 Jun, 2008
Davebat59

Symmetry or Not?

to assist me in selecting a landscaper, i would really like some opinions as to whether i should use a symmetrical design...

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TrueBeginner

30 Apr, 2008
Truebeginner