Blogs on gravel garden ideas

Happy Easter to all my goy friends !

I hope you all manage to enjoy the Easter weekend despite the covid! It's a shame that we had the little heat wave before...

Another change to part of long border!

I have always liked curves in borders and needed to make mine wider as I am changing the flower border around. I have split...

The Garden has started to blossom

Thanks to last few days of very warm weather everything has started to come to life. The lawns are waiting for a haircut...

Changes

Hi everyone, it's been a while since I last posted a blog. Last year (well 2014-it was 2015 when I started writing this lol)...

Not A Crocus

At this time of year, I have two little bulbs in flower that look like a crocus. And they’re not colchicums either. They...

New gravel/Acer area

About twelve days ago a purchased two acers for behind my pond to change the look of the area, then I decided to change the...

Mini Japanese garden

Each morning we have our usual cup of coffee,sitting on the seat which my friend and neighbour left to us.There is a deep...

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...

A wee job for a Sunday morning

I have an expanse of gravel directly outside my back kitchen door. The gravel was originally put down as a 'makeshift' surface...

A VERY LONG MAKEOVER PART TWO A CLOSEUP FOR FRAN, AND SOME NEW ADDITIONS.....

We decided to gravel the whole area with Yorkshire Cream, have used it a few times and it looks lovely when it rains.....and...

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...

I am so trying to emulate you wonderful gardeners !!

Well it rained non stop from 1pm yesterday until 9am this morning , so I have been around to see how the plants have survived...

ages and ages and ages

hello goyer's..ive been away for what seem ages, I can assure you working hard and still keen to learn about my garden..thought...

A beautiful sunny February day!

Well I'm not sure how the weather was with all you GOYers today.... but here in Edinburgh it was an absolutely gorgeous ...

My garden pots..

Hi all, i thought i would show you how my garden tubs & pots are doing at the moment.. impatiens pumpkin & courgette. large...

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...

READY TO CELEBRATE .. heucherellas and other fellas.

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

❀ Glimpses of my gardens ❀

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

Early March ~ magical and colourful

In recent weeks I've been very busy indoors, but this afternoon the sun came out, and I found time to trim the lawn edges...

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...

Pond

Hi Everyone Nearly there. I got these green slate rocks from my garden centre 2 for a fiver and filled in around them with...

GRAVEL GARDENS ... latest news from Gromit ... :o)

Wallace and Gromit have exciting plans ! Gromit told Conker that he's leaving his Gravel Gardens ... but only for the winter...

GROMIT'S GRAVEL GARDENS

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

IN THE DEEP END

Glorious sunny summertime .. ... and my back garden is full of flowers ... In the foreground ... Rose Warm Welcome ... Up...

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...

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...

Spring planting.......Oddbillie's back!!

Is that yellow, that I aspy, Growing from bulb, before my eye, Planted there, afore christmas last, Now wonderful spells...

Replanting the trough and an exciting discovery

Today being ok-ish in the afternoon I decided to get on and replant the large trough which had got quite scrappy. Hopefully...

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...

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...

6 Our Garden

I haven't described our garden yet as it has been all rather brown and barren up until now. Now, just over a week after the...

3 Let the Sun Shine

What a difference a couple of days of mild weather makes. On Sunday the garden was grey and damp immediatly after the snow...

Garden visiting

We spent Sunday afternoon visiting a little village, that had about 8 gardens open for viewing. Fantastic! First chance this...

Taking a step back

Why am I taking a step backwards? Well, several steps, really. I moved into my flat 3½ years ago and at that time, the...

Gravel...

Having just moved house I have inherited a front garden that was gravel covered plastic. Have now removed the plastic and...