Take a tour of our Spring garden Part1 - 14th March 2010

Just two words....absolutely stunning!!! Mind you'll not have much time in that lovely sunhouse with all that garden to care for. What a nice way to use the money, did you design it yourself?

Thank you Heron
Yes we did
We had to bash it out a bit between us but it gave both Richard and I what we wanted from our garden and more really
We work it together and choose plants together then when we are finished we collapse together in the Summer house with our glass of wine
lol

Lovely garden!

Beautiful garden Vicky, look forward to seeing more pictures of its progress through the year can see its going to look stunning, your mum would be proud :-)

Love the brick work - It looks so mellow already! You've worked so hard on it all. Yes, please do carry on taking photos as it develops.

I don't suppose you have any 'before' photos, do you?

yes I do spritz I will have to seek them out
The brocks were all reclaimed Cheshires harder to do but looks good we think too
Please you like it :)

its wicked Vicky..i live on a hill and love he way you have use the different levels...the phormiums are hard work to cut back but they will soon be back..fingers crossed. your little hideaway looks cozy oo...;-)

The bricks go perfectly with the house,it's nice to have all those separate beds to work on,you can see your progress and really feel you're getting somewhere.Some areas can feel very daunting they are so large.(Doesn't take much to put me off lol)
How nice to see the cyclamen coming up year after year :))

It is a credit to you Vicky, and will always remind you of your Mum (lovely cyclamens). I love the hard landscaping, and as Spritz said it looks so mature already. Well worth looking for reclamations.
It will be lovely seeing it again through the summer.
The garden looks very large, is it?

Have to agree Vicky you have a beautiful garden...

Your garden is beautiful Vicky, your Mum would be so proud of what you've done. Your careful planning and skills have certainly paid off, it looks really classy.

Thank you for all the lovely comments
I like the smaller areas like you said Aster its easier to tick them off not so daunting.
Mad it isnt really small but its not huge either. With is being on a hill people dont realise how big it is until they came to garden it that is! lol
When its flat it looks longer and wider where as this garden wraps around the house as well so hard to see it all at once.
When it was naked before we rebuilt it it looked a massive area to us.
Yes I think mum would love it....she would tell me off for spending so much on it but I dont think she would really mind.
Mum love our garden before we did it but she knew that the building were deralict and falling down and that the steps needed doing so I think she would have guessed what I spent her money on.
We put in a tree for mum a flowering cherry and a rowan for Richards Dad he died the year before.
The summer house mum knew I wanted one since I was a little girl and I know she would be thrilled to see me finally have one:-)
It not a sad garden though its a celebration of our parents really
It seemed the best way and they always seem to be there with us :-)
We still have Richards mum and my Dad around and we joke with them and say pick your tree now otherwise we will pick it... They still havent picked lol
I dont know what we will do if we move though !!!

It's a lovely garden Vicky. I like your pond :-))

love your garden vicky and your retreat, i could sit for hours there :o))

Thank you sanbz It is lovely we only get short periods in the spring but it is so restful. It is our favourite place its so quite in there.
Floyd the cat and I go in every morning even when its cold as I have a small heater in there.
He loves it as he can see all the poor birds he wants to get lol
He isnt bery good at catching them which is good :)

lol vicky sounds like casper, he`s one for trying to get birds to, not succeeded thankfully,, nice to have a special place :o)

They are funny arent they lol

i love your garden a lot of hard work must have gone into it .well done.

Yes it has
It needs a really good weeding again
The weeds are coming up thick and fast everything else seems slower :(
Thank you hollygate :)

Just found this Vicky and looking forward to seeing it later on, it's a lovely design. Are the slabs Indian sandstone? they look brilliant:-)

Yes they are
The frost though has taken some of the cement out they will have to be re pointed soon I think
It looks a bit more spring like now.
I had hoped to take more and havetime to put them up but alas the shows have taken over and I will have to show you all photos of the shows etc in the winter lol
Maybe an odd one or two of the garden too. :)

You have a really lovely garden Vicky, I look forward to reading more of your blogs. :o)

wow, I bet it looks completely different now Vicky, but it looked lovely and really tidy then too! Its amazing to think that our gardens were this sparse only two months ago, when you look at the change to what is going on out there now! Will you be at Chelsea this year Vicky? I am going on the Tuesday so hope to see you there. I have four or five heucheras, but I really want a lovely green one for contrast! I should go and look at the website and order one from you!.......

Beautiful your mom would be proud