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Expanding border

Dirty HarryDirty Harry Posts: 1,048
in Garden design
Would it look daft to extend the existing border that's down the right to go across the far side of the lawn?



I'm obviously fairly limited for space but have no intention of extending the existing border further up. It's fairly easily set up to do this with the stone edging that's round the lawn. 

Main concern would be impeding the view down to the far end of the garden but that'd easily be dictated by the plants and where they're put.
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  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    edited May 2019
    No it wouldn't, it's a really good idea. I'd consider taller planting to screen the shed etc, but with a gap to entice you through. It's better not to see the entire garden in one go, makes it feel a bigger space to explore. You could maybe put something against the back wall to be framed by the gap in the planting, and give you a reason to walk down there. 
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    I agree with Will, and will enhance the view, especially if you can hide the sheds.
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I third it!
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  • Dirty HarryDirty Harry Posts: 1,048
    Excellent! Don't plan on doing anything until later in the year so plenty of time to plan.

    Any idea what I could put against the back wall? It's not very high. Something as simple as extra pots?
  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    Why don’t you just plant something in that far right corner and let it climb into that wall. Campanula Poscharskyana and Euonymus Fortunei can be carefully trimmed and trained into that wall to soften it up. 

    Also think about some longterm structure like a few shrubs to act as a soft focal point to break up planting all of a similar height.

    If you don't want to plant into the gravel, consider placing some really large pots there to balance out the space. Small pots in the far distance can lose impact.
  • Dirty HarryDirty Harry Posts: 1,048
    There are plenty of plants in the corner already. Viburnum tinus is right in the corner.

    I thought the wall being referred to was the wall facing the picture where the conifers are.
  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    Yes, the back grey wall. Both plants suggested can be bought as small pots and will climb into that wall and not use up much space in your right corner border. Up to you, of course. 

    When I mentioned the other shrubs, I was thinking about your new future border that will create a pause and break up your view. It will not block the back wall, but part cover it to break up the view right to the back. I also suggest you try to be very generous in depth on that future border. 
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    I think ots a great idea too. If you put an arch over the gap between the existing and new border, on the right hand side, it would frame the plants you have in the far corner bed, and create an entrance to the back bit...and you could plant a climbing rose or clematis on it  :)
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  • Dirty HarryDirty Harry Posts: 1,048
    Thank you for the suggestions. 

    Borderline, could I put climbers in containers around the area I've circled instead?

    Can always look at climbers for right in the corner too I suppose, assuming the only real space they'd need is the root ball given the plant itself we be on the wall. If I could get away without needing a trellis it would be good.

    Regarding border depth, would you be talking about where I've marked?

    Nollie, is the position of the arch you're meaning where I've drawn the Arc de Triomphe there? Not sure it's something I'll go for given the actual path is down the left but food for thought.


  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Yes, thats was where I was thinking DH, but you are right about the path. Maybe introduce some meandering stepping stones to the arch, you could incorporate your  manhole cover in the middle of the lawn to make it look part of a planned design, set the SS’s low so you can mow right over them. Just another random thought, might be too bitty. 
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