Love this sort of thread, been following Slum's garden thread. Lovely transformations.
Here are some of my garden from a bedroom window. My garden was started in 1991, it had been a farmyard and was full of long grass, brambles and nettles. We had to add some topsoil. Behind the walls the earth is quite deep, but the lawns don't have much topsoil in places. It is in Dordogne, France.
First one is in 1991, then all in May, 1994, 2004, 2016.
I have others of different beds as they were made. Not all the garden is shown in those photos.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Great thread Highlands - and what a fantastic job you've done in such a short time.
BL - your garden is amazing . Willdb - good decision to tone down that blue fence - and it looks so much bigger now than when you started. Slum - you have so much colour now - it's beautiful.
Like Slum, mine is still very much a work in progress. I didn't start with a garden though, just a field and as we were building there was quite a lot of going backwards before I could go forwards.
So looking west
2012
and earlier this year
looking north in 2014
and last month
Round the other side (facing the neighbour's house) in 2011
and this year
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Wow Lizzie and Raisingirl, major transformations there. It is only when I look back at the photos that I realise how much has been done. As plants take some time to grow you don't always notice the difference.
First of all, Highlands2, what an amazing transformation. Truly inspirational and just goes to show what determination and imagination can do! Loving all the other transformations too. Interesting to see that the 'lawn' is still central to many people's designs.
Don't be - you should be very proud of what you've done - it looks great. My first garden - 20 odd years ago, was roughly 14 feet square. It had a seat and one flower bed and I spent 5 years trying to work out how to get things to grow in it. This garden is nearly 2 acres and I've barely 'done' a quarter of it.
Gardening is a process, not a product. If you ever 'finish' your garden, it's time to move house
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
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Love this sort of thread, been following Slum's garden thread. Lovely transformations.
Here are some of my garden from a bedroom window. My garden was started in 1991, it had been a farmyard and was full of long grass, brambles and nettles. We had to add some topsoil. Behind the walls the earth is quite deep, but the lawns don't have much topsoil in places. It is in Dordogne, France.
First one is in 1991, then all in May, 1994, 2004, 2016.
I have others of different beds as they were made. Not all the garden is shown in those photos.
Great thread Highlands - and what a fantastic job you've done in such a short time.
BL - your garden is amazing
. Willdb - good decision to tone down that blue fence - and it looks so much bigger now than when you started. Slum - you have so much colour now - it's beautiful.
Like Slum, mine is still very much a work in progress. I didn't start with a garden though, just a field and as we were building there was quite a lot of going backwards before I could go forwards.
So looking west
2012
and earlier this year
looking north in 2014
and last month
Round the other side (facing the neighbour's house) in 2011
and this year
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
The biggest contrast is probably this view, from 2009
and this year
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Wow Lizzie and Raisingirl, major transformations there. It is only when I look back at the photos that I realise how much has been done. As plants take some time to grow you don't always notice the difference.
Wonderful transformations!
Unfortunately, most of my garden continues to be then
First of all, Highlands2, what an amazing transformation. Truly inspirational and just goes to show what determination and imagination can do! Loving all the other transformations too. Interesting to see that the 'lawn' is still central to many people's designs.
Looking at the scale of some people's plots, and what they have achieved, I'm actually ashamed that I haven't done more with my little postage stamp!
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Don't be - you should be very proud of what you've done - it looks great. My first garden - 20 odd years ago, was roughly 14 feet square. It had a seat and one flower bed and I spent 5 years trying to work out how to get things to grow in it. This garden is nearly 2 acres and I've barely 'done' a quarter of it.
Gardening is a process, not a product. If you ever 'finish' your garden, it's time to move house
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
What a lovely area you live in, Raisingirl.