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Gardening newbie - help with preparing a lawn

sumeet.popli10sumeet.popli10 Posts: 1
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Hello. 
I‘m new here and new to gardening. 
We’ve recently moved to a new house and we have a small patch of garden which is in disarray currently. I would like to get some tips on how to grow a garden with a nice green lawn and some colourful flowers. 
I live in Pune, India and weather is pleasant through the year (except the next couple of months when day temperature reach up to 40 deg C. We get ample sunshine (6-8 hrs a day). The lawn is about 200sqft in area. 
The attached image gives you an idea of how the garden looks currently. 
I have ample time on hand and would appreciate help with tools and techniques I need to deploy in making this a eye candy. 
Thanks in advance. 
Sumeet

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  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Hello, well of course we are all jealous here in the UK, I expect you have heard about our weather for the last few weeks.I think it would be helpfull if someome on here has similar temps to you, here, we would be looking to lay a new lawn in spring, ideally, but you would need to keep it watered.  Even here, 2 of my neighbours had new lawns laid last summer and the proptly went brown, one had it all taken up and re-laid.
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    Your conditions will be very different from ours - this is a UK based site.
     I am guessing though that you will need some kind of irrigation system and also a grass that can cope with your climate.
    Are there any garden centres where you could ask about suitable grass varieties, or maybe public gardens with good lawns (or even private ones!) where you could ask the gardener?   Failing that, a good internet search will have to suffice.
    The area will need to be prepared with a decent layer of good soil, with plenty of organic matter to aid moisture retention, levelled and firmed, before either seeding or laying turf. This is best done when there is a gentle warmth with the likelihood of some rain, unless you can water it well yourself.
  • musmanali2020musmanali2020 Posts: 29
    Wow man you have nice piece of land in your home. As you have mentioned that you have a pleasant weather so you should go for grass first then try to plant some roses as well.
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