Front Garden

Lovely garden the roses are certainly thriving for you

Magnificent! just no other word to use! I love them all :O) the garden is looking fantastic Michaella, all your hard work has paid huge dividends. I can see the smile on your face from here. :O)

What is your secret of success Michaella? How much will it cost me to share it with you?
With regard to the flowers you grow on the grass verge, does the strip of of land belong to you or the council? I see it in many villages when I travel. Can I do it in my street? There is a grass verge outside my house and never thought of growing anything. It won't look nice anyway if it is only me in a very long street where nobody else bothers to do anything.

Many thanks Pamg :)))

Barbara....thank you....the smile on my face..what can I say....I feel very very lucky :)))))

Costas, thank you. There is absolutely no secret to
share...seriously, I just plant them, the rest is over to them. I must say, the topsoil which was brought in, must have come from a very good source, majority of the plants in there came from the back garden, they have doubled in the size they were. As well as gaining some beautiful poppies which I love so much.

As to the flower border next to the grass verge, it is mine. Since I started cutting the grass verge, which I asked permission for, the council no longer pass over it when they pass along to cut other verges in the road. I am very happy about that as I am hoping the ground cover roses spill over onto the grass and join up with each other.

Wow! Michaella, you have really worked wonders out there, and can I just compliment you on your front door...it looks so welcoming. I may have to steal your idea and have something hanging on mine too! The whole entrance looks magnificent!

Topsoil brought from a good source. This can be a secret for success. It is not that easy to improve your own soil unless you are an expert. I am trying to improve mine by adding a lot of well rotted manure and even adding some bone meal, but the results are not very satisfactory. To buy topsoil for the whole of the garden can be very expensive. I remember Hywel saying that his garden is thriving because of the topsoil brought from elsewhere.

Go ahead Karen...Dobbies has a good selection of door furniture, I like the rustic look me :)))

Thank you so much Karen...everything have fallen into place just like I imagined it..and without planning..lol

Costas we are in the 'Black Soil' county. Been told it is good for growing in.

...especially Celery if I'm not mistaken.....;)

You've transformed it Michaela. You are fortunate to have a bed up against the house wall so you can grow things against it.

Love all your roses especially the Designer Sunset.
A beautiful garden.

Thank you everyone for your comments.

Steragram, thank you..I have been wanting a bed there since I moved in ten years ago, and I have finally got it. A dream come true for me :)

You Mums will be so beautiful. I love your entrance garden, and the sprig of red grass ( can't remember its name). I like the grasses one kind, they don't seem to mix very well. Not to mention, and admire, the roses. I am jealous. We are too cold in Vermont.