Linda's long awaited, pointed, garden wall.

Looking really nice Linda.

Looks good for the next 100 now, definitely real bricks not the rubbish they mass produce now.

It 's a ver 'grand' wall Linday.I love gardens enclosed by old walls!

Paul you would so enjoy where Karen and I volunteer in the walled garden.

A walled garden ~ you lucky thing ~ that looks good and strong now!

Lovely and an unusual colour- I like that it has shades of grey and brick/terracotta as it makes it easier to blend pots etc. I'd love a wall for sunbaked plants. Put your feet up soon Linda!

It's a beautiful wall and I love the colour of it.

Some plants were flattened by big boots but it was early enough in the season for them to recover. I love the old bricks ....they are strong and hard Sticki. Definitely ok for the next 100 years Brian. I hope to visit Glamis soon Scotkat and see that lovely wall. It's a grand wall Paul or should I saw a Great Wall. :0) Thanks Sarah and Louisa....the old bricks are a quiet backdrop to plants and shrubs. The colour varies in a nice way.

Oh what a lovely wall Linda. You can be proud of preserving it into the future. They were much better at bricks then too. It will settle down and look as if no one disrupted anything in a shortish time.

I go up into the garden each day to check on the recovery Dorjac. Being weeks behind has been in its favour.

It's very nice. I love the bricks very much :o)
and glad to know you've been able to get it done ...

No Snoopdog.....the grass still has top priority. The two guys who did it were very good Hywel and it was a really big job. We got them on ratedpeople.com You can read the reviews on other jobs.

I do envy you that wall Linda, love the colour as well, I can remember the first time I ever saw a garden enclosed by a wall, I was only about 7/8yrs old and the gentleman we visited grew lovely roses against it, he also had a brick pathway with steps leading to his veg patch, I thought it was lovely and it has stuck in my mind all these years...

that's a wall fit for a fotress! elegantly built, lovely weathered colour and texture. Love the way it comes down the slope - they knew how to build in the old days - these days you'd probably get a wire-mesh fence or something equally "traditonal"

There is something very special about an old garden wall. I have the same feeling as you Lincslass. I have planted a couple of Clematis and a Honeysuckle along the back wall.
The Victorians certainly knew how to build a wall Fran. Luckily we still know how to point one. :0)

does the slope by the wall turn into a cascade in wet weather? and would that affect the wall's footings?

No Fran...it is rather dry next to the wall. There is a bit in the garden that is damp but that is where the Gunnera is. The wall has good foundations and has buttresses.

good to know! but looks rather a steep slope - does the slope go on for a while? it would make a challenging planting project, I'd htink!

The back garden is stepped Fran. Luckily the plants are coming back, but there are a lot of shrubs down that side too that were not damaged.

good to hear, and hope that the damaged ones will soon grow back. I think tiers are better than a flat garden, gives more planting space and more scope for a dramatic display - but I suppose one can have too much of a good thing *s*