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Peace Tranquility and a LOT of watering!

nana_d

By nana_d

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I have not been on this site for awhile as I have been very busy lots of changes in my life and my daughters wedding is at the end of this month so lots of organising! But I was sat in the garden with a cup of tea and thought I would share my views but first of all I will show you a picture of my garden when I first moved into my bungalow five years ago!

I didn’t have much of a clue on gardening and found this website which gave me inspiration and a lot of help from lots of lovely green fingered folk.

Hope you enjoyed the trip round my garden and thank you for your help. Sorry about the amount of photos.

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Comments

 

No need to apologise for all these lovely photos! The transformation is amazing, so much colour! Looks great! :)

10 Aug, 2013

 

Thank you Louisa I get so much pleasure from my garden :)

10 Aug, 2013

 

WHAT A TRANSFORMATION!! I don't believe it's the same place.

10 Aug, 2013

 

Its lovely, you certainly developed greenfingers :0)

10 Aug, 2013

 

Its lovely, you certainly developed greenfingers :0)

10 Aug, 2013

 

Thank you Pam and Costa:)

10 Aug, 2013

 

What a fantastic garden you have made out of the state it was in when you started, you should be very proud of your achievement, well done loved the photo's.

10 Aug, 2013

 

Thanks for your lovely comment John:)

10 Aug, 2013

 

John's spot on Nana! I can just imagine how much work it's been for you. I hope that all the changes you've gone through have been positive, but even hard changes turn out to be learning experiences in the end....eventually. Your garden is beautiful, tranquil and full of colour and creativity. It's lovely to see you again. :)

10 Aug, 2013

 

Ah thank you Karensusan it's been a difficult time in some ways three deaths of people near and dear but lots of lovely things too so not all bad and getting really excited about the wedding which seemed such a long time away is now just round the corner and I have met someone really nice who shares my love of gardening boating and fishing:)

10 Aug, 2013

 

Thanks Meadowland:)

10 Aug, 2013

 

Oh.....that sounds really tough Nana, but good stuff in there too, and hopefully loads to look forward to, even after the wedding! :))

10 Aug, 2013

 

Nice to see you back Nana d but so sorry to read that you've had some difficult and sad times.
You must be so looking forward to the wedding - as special time for you and your daughter.
You garden is certainly not lacking colour - it all looks beautiful and very healthy. A credit to you and what a difference you've certainly made.

10 Aug, 2013

 

You seem to have been busy in the garden too.....looks great.

10 Aug, 2013

 

Are you sure you didn't know much about gardening three years ago? Its hard to believe you achieved so much in the time. Brilliant! Hope the wedding goes off well.

10 Aug, 2013

 

Wonderful garden and pleased to see that you are a fan of pots like me!

10 Aug, 2013

 

You can be very proud of showing us the photo's of your garden, no need to say sorry they are all lovely, it must be a joy having a cuppa thinking back to what it used to be like and now able to relax amongst all your lovely plants knowing the hard graft is behind you........

10 Aug, 2013

 

I second that.

11 Aug, 2013

 

Your garden looks really special love your blue pots and blue water feature ,best wishes for the wedding .

11 Aug, 2013

 

Thanks all for your kind comments, wedding is only three weeks away and I am organising a hen for about 35 ladies in my garden this Saturday so extra busy sorting that out!:)

13 Aug, 2013

 

You have made is so beautiful.
Where abouts are you in Bournemouth Nana?
My husband came from that area & we lived down there for a few years when we were first married, mostly in the Parkstone area - Lower & Upper.

3 Jun, 2015

 

Hi Shirlwhirl thank you for you lovely comment, I live in a bungalow near Bear Cross/top end of Kinson I know Parkstone and work near there at LV which used to be Frizzell :)

3 Jun, 2015

 

That's near where Dave used to live before we married. He was at the other side of Kinson though. He still has relatives in the Poole area.

3 Jun, 2015

 

Lovely part of the world I come from London originally, where abouts do you live now??

4 Jun, 2015

 

In the Cotswolds, nearest town to us is Cheltenham. We live in Bourton on the Water.

5 Jun, 2015

 

I know I'm late on finding you, but just wanted to say WOW! For someone who was new to gardening, you have done a fantastic job and I love your seating area and all your bits and bobs hanging up !

22 Jun, 2015

 

Thanks Rose:)

23 Jun, 2015

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