Blogs on feature ideas

Recycled wheelbarrow - turned it in to a bog garden

The frame rusted off my wheelbarrow so as I had a Bressingham Blue Hosta and Polystichum polyblepharum (Japanese tassel fern)...

My new bird bath

Patrick took me to one of our local nurseries yesterday, and i finally found a solution to my bird bath problem. i bought...

Dried flowers, and other

I had a couple of poppies turn up in my front garden, and managed to dry the stems. Then I bought every colour spray paint...

A bit of dressmaking!!

I have been at it again...saw a pic somewhere...found a roll of wire...and I was off.. I managed to bend and fold the wire...

Outdoor living room

A few years back we were given a load of scaffolding poles...we have used them for all sorts of things but now they have...

Paint and plants

A WALK IN THE PARK

On our trip away recently to visit relatives near Cirencester a delightful surprise was planned with the meeting of GOY...

**A FEW UNUSUAL PRESSIES**

MY FAMILY KNOW ME WELL ENOUGH NOW TO REALISE I LIKE UNUSUAL GIFTS, SO WHEN WE WERE OUT THE OTHER DAY VISITING ONE OF OUR...

Have ordered a plant theatre for my heucheras

And also popped over to Ashbrook to get new heucheras today. Got 9 new for my Plant Theatre. Looking forward to displaying...

Dig the City 6th August 2014

Manchester Urban Garden Festival on from 2nd to 10th August 2014. Optical illusion Agapanthus Teapots n Piano Permanent...

New planter

It's been a while since I was last on here but I have been busy in the garden taking advantage of the lovely ( if chilly...

i now have proof

that there is no monster in loch ness all the talk from the scottish members on here G.O.Y. is simply wrong he has now been...

Some snapshots of my garden:))

I was bit upset this year because my garden was looking colourless . Today I went out and came back inside with some colourful...

The new corner.

Last year , you may remember seeing my walk around the garden in June and walking through a pergola and passing my green...

THE WISHING GARDEN

Way back in springtime, with lots of valuable help and advice from the 'Team Terra' pets and wildlife, I started to re-shape...

2011 water feature update

Some of you will remember that back in the summer of 2011 I had the good fortune to obtain for nothing two plastic containers...

henry the hoover and friends...:-)

enthused by some wacky blogs by Ydd i decided to have some fun and use some of the things i have stashed away for just such...

A bargain at 50p

A bargain at 50p This blog is all about our trip to our local Newton Abbot recycle centre, our find and how it is now. This...

IDEAS FOR GARDEN ARCHES........

Poppylover asked if I would do a blog on what plants we use on our arches......so here it is, the first large arch is over...

The pumpkin no one wanted..

Hi Folks, here are the pumpkins from our allotment..not as many as last year but enough for my grandchildren for halloween.. plus...

The garden seat - finished at last

Hi all You asked to see the finished article ... so here it is. Rained with that fine very wet stuff all day yesterday but...

rolling home

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

VICTORIAN FLOWER CART.

Our dear friend and neighbour Paul made me this Victorian Flower Cart for my 70th Birthday which isn`t until next month but...

Step light

This light was originally installed in our old patio after we removed a pond. The electrics were already there and I wanted...

Water Feature

Hi I have managed to sort out my water feature so it now runs over the 3 terracotta pots,I have also put the top of the old...

Water Feature

Hi I have sort of have my water feature working I have attached photo tried to attach a video but to big so wait for your...

Water Feature

Hi I am just starting a water feature using 3 plants pots I hope when the sealent sets where the holes are in the bottom...

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...

A BIT MORE RE-CYCLING, well sort of

I could`nt do much with the old Gate that my neighbour gave me-he was throwing it out-so I decided to use it as a back drop...

The Garden Party at Clarence House

I've been away-did you miss me? I went up to London to help turn some of Prince Charles' old curtains into reusable bags...

update on soil pipe planter.

A short while ago I told how we came across this piece of pipe and added pictures of how John "fashioned" it and put it up...

Wheelbarrow

My next door neighbour is going to have her garden redone by a landscape gardener and is starting afresh with everything...

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...

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...

"THRILLED WITH MY LITTLE SURPRISE"

I was feeling a bit neglected this morning no anniversary card from hubby still it was only our 49th (I could have murdered...

out of control willow structure 'TAMED'....

i planted my willow structure about six yeaars ago...i killed the first attempt.....so when the second one grew i let ot...

My Somerset Garden

Well Hello to those of you who have taken the time to read my new blog, I've never done anything like this before so "here...

Mobile garden

A farm is an inevitable fusion of production and a collection of junk with an unknown use sometime in the undeterminable...

Is that, no it cant be, yes it is I told you it was.........DUH!!!!!!!!

Yes everyone it is the Simsons, we came across these fantastic little gardens featuring the Smurfs and other cartoon characters...

Now thats the way to do it............

Have just come back from our annual holiday in France, a little place called La Palmyre, and this year they have become a...

Cardiff 2009

~ Today was the first day of the RHS show and notwithstanding the fact that it was raining we were in good spirits when we...

New Patio

After years of little activity in the garden, we finally decided to create something really wonderful in our little corner...

My Statues and Guardians of my garden

Following on from Andrew's Blog last week, he kindly showed us all of the 'helpers' he has in his garden. It firstly reminded...

My Garden Helpers

Some of you have already met Bruno and Barney Then there’s the frog who looks after the pond The pots on the patio are...