4 YEARS.

Good gracious! What a difference from the rectangle of grass you started with! So much colour. Keep posting! :-)

P.S. Does the woodpecker still visit?

No the woodpecker, doesnt visit anymore as i havent so much lawn now... They like a big stretch of grass to walk round....Its so different now isnt it......

Well done.

What an amazing difference. I bet it was nice to have such a blank canvas and to look back and see the results of your hard work. You have a lovely garden.

Shame about the woodpecker but I bet you have more of other garden visitors,you have worked hard and your garden is a credit to you,it looks lovely............

What a big difference Holly. It looks so lovely now. You have worked hard. Well done.

It's nice to look back. It keeps improving.

What a tremendous change and definitely for the better. Lucky you to have a photo of the woodpecker. Where I lived before I even built a 'hide' (an old camafluage tent!) - much to my children's embarrassment and amusement - but I still didn't get a picture!

Oh well done Hollyeves ! Particularly love your pond area surrounded by tall grasses.Your garden is lovely !

What a lovely garden. If my own can be anything like that in a few years I will be very happy. Also had a woodpecker visit for a while, but haven't seen him since the new fencing went up.

Most years, I get a green woodpecker visit my garden for a couple of weeks in February and I have practically no grass left in my garden (too many plants!)

Wonderful transformation. Your hard work and love of gardening really shows.

You've done a great job! Sad to see the woodpecker go but your garden is worth that!

Thanks for all your comments....im looking forward to starting again this year....we have had a lot of rain recently and the grass is like a bog at the moment.. the bulbs are busy popping up there heads ready for spring.... i cant wait to get out there again.....

i love those grasses Hollyeves what are they? It looked fantastic roll on spring!

As they say what a difference a day, or in your case 4 years makes, such a transformation, really lovely, and so much colour, you have done so well.

This is beautiful, you have a real knack for knowing how to put it all together. Interesting things to look at every way you look!

Thanks everyone...glad you all like the garden... at the moment it is very boggy from all the rain and we are promised more tonight and tomorrow....hello sewingkilla, the grasses at the front im not sure of the name they have stripey leaves.... i also have zebra grass.. the ones at the back im not sure of either.....the bulbs are all pushing there way through the wet ground.... and i noticed today little leaf buds coming on the roses..... spring is just around the corner.....

Your garden is beautiful Hollyeves. Just the inspiration I need as I have the blank lawn (and woodpecker) and I'm looking forward to transforming it. I will be happy if I achieve just a fraction of what you have done. I'm very impressed and full of enthusiasm now.

Wow ! Your Gardens turned Out Gorgouse Holly :D All your Hard work looks Stunning Now :) Please post More Pics this Summer 2 :)

Thanks.....Ruralbliss.......good luck with your garden...i am still adding bits to mine....cant wait to get out there in the, Spring....to start again........
Thanks to you too Jacque....glad you like it....i have lost some plants to the frost.....and at the moment the garden has a lot of rain water in it...the lawn is flooded........cant wait for the better weather.......Holly.....

What a wonderful job you've done on your garden!

Thankssssssss Madmum.......