Blogs on design ideas

Huntingdonshire towns scoop top awards at Anglia in Bloom

Huntingdonshire towns scoop top awards at Anglia in Bloom I've based this blog on the Hunts Post story with some of my own...

D.I.Y. Ideas anyone !

When we moved into our new home, the garden was edged front and back with decking boards, making it very difficult to mow...

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...

Useful for more than one purpose

This week I scarified our front lawn and raked out many bucketfuls of moss! I really wanted to leave some out in the garden...

Christmas Decorations at Kew Palace Kitchens

I am just thinking about making a few arrangements for Christmas and I was thinking about previous years. In December 2013...

Now Open...Paul's 5* Pallet Palace, Wildlife Hotel

I have quite a small garden so a large bug hotel/wildlife home with numerous pallets stacked on top of each other was not...

Replacing 20 Year Old Trellis

We thought we would replace some old trellis, that I made and fitted, 20 years ago when we moved into this new house. This...

My ideas of containers grouping of flowers

I am so pleased that weather is permitting us to enjoy the garden.Here are some of my ideas.

Milk bottle Propagator

I have a scented geranium that I kept going indoors through last winter, but it had gone very leggy, so earlier this year...

Aerial views - by popular demand

In my previous blog (my August review) a few members asked if I could possibly take my life in my hands and get some aerial...

Goodbye Weedy Lawn.

We've been struggling to make anything decent of our lawn, since we moved in three years ago, but the roots which penetrated...

New Rose Arch and Raised bed planters

The Arch we bought but the planters have been made my husband. Today it all happens and gets fixed it to garden to make secure. I...

PS I want one

Last December my Granddaughter's pet rabbit Oska died, he lived in absolute comfort in his own garden shed for 14 years,...

Summerhouse

We have always liked the idea of a summerhouse in our garden, but never got around to buying one. So when I came across...

New changes for April

new top path and border-redone again :D over easter it looked-bad!!! With Thanks for looking worked hard and scrubbed-shingle...

worktable roof tweak

After about a year of wanting, I finally got a roof up over my worktable; not brilliant, but at least it was done. I wasn’t...

Been a while.

It has been quite some time since i've been on here or managed to get in the garden but this last week i have managed to...

Work done when the sun was shining..

The weather has been wet and cold for a couple of weeks, so not much done in the garden but the nice weather we had previously...

Garden Changes - Final Part :)

Refurbishing the Wildlife Pond

Some more of our Summer activities. Refurbishing the pond. At the beginning of this year we realised that the wild life pond...

finished one side of my front garden

Well we got the rest of the stones today to finish off this part of the garden what a difference i think its made just the...

my new wheelbarrow planter

Went to B and Q this morning as my wife wanted a wheelbarrow planter.When i saw the price of them i told her politly to jog...

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...

THE DAY THAT THE RAINS CAME DOWN, mother earth smiled againlol.

and OH helped me with my projects. He did the cutting and I put together and painted or stained. These are two trellis planters...

Just a peep. 8~)

If you remember I was going to have our garden re-dug and the border ousted because after some 38 years things had become...

Garden changes

Some of you may remember that last autumn I had a large fir tree removed, that was growing along the fence line. Well not...

Time for a change

Over the past couple of weeks I have slowly progressed around my garden removing what was dead or damaged after the harsh...

Dan Pearce Garden Design, competition entry

Well I wrote a while ago about a garden design competition I was entering and I thought I had better let you know how I gat...

SORRY..SORRY..SORRY.

I'm so sorry for not talking to you all on G o Y. I've no excusses , other than I was going to cantact and contact and contact...

GOOD DAY THURSDAY 25 November 2010

Good Day Thursday Good Morning All Today I will just post the photos as they tell there own story You can see my greenhouse...

the 1st half of the year in my garden . ........ o))))))

just taking a little look back to see how thing are progressing . this was how it used to look till we took all the hawthorns...

Design and maintenance of a a pub garden and another customer's garden

I used to drink at this pub and one day got talking to the landlady who was keen to take on a gardener. I accepted the job(...

Makeover part 2 the pond and steps area.

At the top of this bed is a pond, honest. It has been cleared and emptied. New liner. Filled Capped. You can see some...

GROMIT'S GRAVEL GARDENS

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

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...

I've made a start

Took some photo's today and hope to get them up. Have basically halved the garden and today have started putting up a homemade...

Gromit's GROUND FORCE team ~ happy, but cream-crackered !

... We were ready to tackle Stage One of our back garden make-over, on the area by our long shed ... ... our Ground Force...

New arch and planting

The garden changes are coming along slowly. We dismantled some trellis when the new greenhouse was put up and it's been waiting...

CORRECTING OLD MISTAKES !!!

Quite a few years back we had to cut down an old apple tree which left a large hole so we decided to enlarge this and make...

Terracing the back garden. (1)

Steven and I are on a mission. To terrace the back garden, level out the lower area, landscape and lay either decking/ slabs...

My Somerset Garden March 11th 2010

During the past few years i've done a few garden make overs for some people and i've decided to show you some of the before...

My Somerset Garden, March 5th "Greenhouse clear out and other pictures."

Hi There everyone Well the day had to come for cleaning the greenhouse out for the seeds I need to plant. First I had to...

Open gardens in Denmark I

I would like to share this open garden with you. It is situated near Århus in Denmark, near the coast and forest. It is not...

Work in progress (our small garden) part three

This blog completes my description of the work that was necessary to begin to give shape to our garden. The images are of...

A Trip to Hampton Court Flower Show 2009

Thursday the 9th We arrived on foot as many others did... Whilst others arrived in style by boat.. and although the weather...

Bigger Gardens

I guess we’d all like a bigger garden so that we could grow everything we wanted to. A few trees (or an entire wood), several...

Look What Phils Made 4 The Garden .....

I asked Phil 2 make me 2 Arches 4 my garden a while ago ,1 for each end of my Wild/Long Grass Garden Area & he made a...

Another NEW Boarder.....

After Cutting my lawn yesterday eveing i thought il trim the edges 2 morrow if weathers ok as they started 2 look untidy...

Colour Theory

Have you ever wondered why some colours look right together and others don’t? This blog attempts to explain colour theory...

should we add raised beds to this lawn?

We have been thinking about adding raised beds in this lawn, problem is that the lawn is a funny shape! the edge near...

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...