circular garden feature

Oh I like this!!

Here is our circular feature in the front garden, in the centre is a phormium plant, around are pots of flowers containing 'the usual' marigolds, pinks etc

Thanks marie - we could have bought another circle of flat stones to go around the outside of those but it would have been too big. You can choose the size of circle that you want.

Very pretty and the plants too

I remember seeing them & wanting one, but the council wot let us use the front as a garden, we're not allowed to fence them off! Pity, cos its twice the size of the garden! If I can ever afford it, might put it where the "patio" is (slabs!)

Thanks Morgana its nice to look down on, before we got the circle we had rough grass and weeds. More mud than grass as the soil is very heavy here.
Thats a shame you can't use the front and fence it off marie, is that where you have the steps and the wellies?

No, theyre at the kitchen door. Handy for cooking!

?? handy for cooking -the wellies? do you mean if you go in the garden and have a barbecue?

LMSO!! I meant the mint!

Very nice feature.

This is lovely!

lovely circle richard, looks great,much better than plain square slabs,

Thanks Bernieh, Michaella and Sandra it looks a lot better than it did before and no more grass to cut

very easy to maintain , looks good

yes it is very easy no grass back or front to cut anymore - a life of luxury lol

lol :o)

Have you seen the one in my blog? Reminded me of you straight away Richard!

I'll have a look now marie

Yes I did see it -as a water feature - nice one !

your would look good with water feature richard, very posh :o)

Yes I expect it would look OK Sandra but not very easy to set up in the front garden. I do have a water feature in the back garden, a small pool with a pump and an overflow, near the shed door -its nice to listen to the trickling water, and now see the shed lights also, when we are having a BBQ

yes it does look lovely richard, do you mean you have had a BBQ, wow was it good,,, heheh, we havent had one this year, :o(

Nor me!

We've had about six BBQ's this year Sandra and Marie- we made the most of what sunshine we had. When we go shopping we make sure that we have some meals suitable for a BBQ, if the weather is nice we just go outside get the fire going and hey presto, otherwise eat it inside.
did you have any homework Marie?

LOL! No lessons yet! The 4 different timetables we need to decipher are homework enough!!
Tutorials ("proper title, its not school, its a university" quote from year co-ordinator- aye!) start next Monday at 1pm!

well glad you had some nice meals in garden richard
hope your settling in uni mari and next week the work begins, so all the best
off to bed now, im jiggered nite to both of you :o)

Sometimes its a bit longwinded at the start, the timetables can be a bit confusing if you are studying parts of different programmes. It takes a while to decipher room numbers, and buildings.Once I was looking for room No SM1 and there was no such thing- later I found out it meant semester 1 ...LOL

Nite Sandra

Nite both, I'm for bed too!
That sounds like me Richard! I have a terrible sense of direction!
Thanks San! At least I didnt go on Saturday!! LOL!

Nite marie-don't forget your lunch and purse tomoz

LOL! I'll try not to!

This is nice...
Added to GoYpedia Feature Ideas and Gravel Ideas. :o)

Thanks Terratoonie that's kind of you. :-)

Does this gravel area have weed-suppressing membrane underneath ?

yesTerratoonie there is membrane covering the whole front garden area underneath the flagstones and gravel-it was done about four years ago

Thanks.
I'll also add this to GoYpedia Weed Suppressing Membranes. :o)

Thanks Terratoonie I'll have to find these places that you mention. I have had a look to see your poems but could not find them (my wife is always going on to me that I can't find anything -lol) :-)

I've sent you a pm. re. my poems and I'll send you another one in a minute about GoYpedia . Hello to your wife..lol. :o)

Thanks for that I appreciate it. My wife says 'hi' too. :-)

Just a thought Richard......solar water feature? I have a square japanese style one. it was a bit pricey, but you can get much more reasonable ones on the web. It would look grand in the centre of your stone circle! I must take a photo of mine and upload it some time! By the way, your goose gets around doesn't she! lol

Ha ha Karen the goose does go walkabout... lol. Thanks for the water feature idea it sounds nice. We have a little fountain in the back garden but in the front it is not quite so private and that is where this circular paving is. I would like to see a pic of yours tho' Karen to see what you have done- I bet it will be nice if the rest of your garden is anything to go by. : -) have a good weekend !