An amazing transformation @zugenie - and doesn't that fence look incredibly smart?
If anybody ever questions how well a black fence works at the back of a border, they need to look at your pictures. In the shortened space you have, the fence could have been incredibly dominant. Instead, it just fades into the background providing both full screening and a gentle backdrop to make your plants zing.
I really love what you've done with the garden - and you've inspired me to dig a small pond next year!
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Just adding the current plan, to show where the veg beds are going, I’m still not 100% decided on the left side of the garden but we won’t be doing it for at least a year so I have plenty of time to ponder!
@Topbird thank you very much! I completely agree about the fence, it has been the perfect backdrop for all seasons! It has transformed what was a very tired looking fence and it still looks as good as the day I painted it!
I’m very much looking forward to getting that right hand fence painted once the new one is in place!!
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Because seemingly one project isn’t enough for me, I’ve also decided to do front border phase 1 (as I have named it.) Basically I plonked some rhododendrons and foxgloves in last year thinking I was going to be doing the full border this year, but I’ve decided to wait another year to do the front completely as I want to save up some money for plants and put the veg beds in the back garden this year! Plus that way the border in the back garden has another year to establish and shouldn’t need as much attention!
When I planted the rhododendrons and foxgloves I kind of just cut out random squares of grass and as a result it’s a pain to mow and a pain to keep free from weeds, so I’m putting a border in from the climbing rose across to make my life a bit easier.
My friend introduced me to a website she uses to make moodboards for her house and I was like, I can use that for the garden!! So I’ve put together a plan:
The fence is of course being painted black 😆 thanks to my hoarding of the bargain plants I actually only need to buy 4 new plants (the rest I either already have or I’m hoping to grow from seed)
I’m sure next year things will need shuffling around for space but I’ll be doing the whole front so I’m sure I’ll be wanting to move things anyway!
I don’t have a picture of it but I also planted the privet hedge (on the left in the moodboard pic! I’m just waiting for some warmer weather so I can prune it as instructed!
Not sure if anyone is still reading this thread! But I’ve had a busy few weekends of gardening, hoping we are on our way to spring weather now 🤞🏻
I marked out the positions of the veg beds and as a result have decided to square off the corner of the raised gravel area that is currently chamfered. One of the beds comes over the chamfer about 20cms so it only makes sense to square it rather than have a weird overlap! Of course I realised that in squaring off the raised bit it only made sense to bring the border forward too, so it is level with the front of the raised bit, which means I’ve got some more planting space to play with 😆
Of course I wasted no time removing the turf and shuffling some things around, I was very pleased with how straight the edge was! I have finally ordered the edging and it’s set to arrive on monday, though I won’t put it in until I’ve changed the raised bit.
I’ve had a good shuffle around of the plants that are there already, some things just weren’t working last year so I’ve fixed those. Here’s a bit of a before an after:
I moved one of the stepping stones and added a new one in, moved all the plants that were at the front (heuchera, aquilegia, campanula) forwards so they were back at the front. Then I swapped the verbena and shasta daisy at the top right around so the daisy is in front of the verbena now, last year the verbena completely covered the daisy, you couldn’t see it at all!! I moved the white echinacea forwards, it was next to the stepping stone I moved, as it was way too short to be that far back.
One thing I really learnt last year was that I needed more height in the mid section of the border. I moved a lupin that was the other side of the stepping stone that moved forwards to pretty much where the heuchera was before! I also moved the salvia that was in front of the climbing rose to the side slightly as I found it was blocking the view of the climbing rose. Then I added rose Boule de Neige, and left space for a couple of dahlias.
Then today I moved along and sorted in front of the tree and the pond, again I started with moving things that were there already forwards, I moved a pink aster and geranium rozanne, and in the space that made planted salvia east friesland, peony sarah bernhardt, and a campanula. I also added a stepping stone here!
Then in front of that I planted rose ferdinand pichard, and a stokesia. I’ve ordered some lavender rosae plug plants so I put a cane in to remind myself I wanted to put one in there 😆 I’m going to add some more aquilegia and campanula right at the front as well.
In front of the pond I mostly just moved plants forwards again, I did slightly relocate the iris as well, and added another new stepping stone.
I added sedum red globe and liatris mix in there too.
On this side I added rose minerva and salvia mainacht, I’ve got loads of empy space on this side so will have to have a ponder about want I want to add, geranium mrs kendall clark and another perennial cornflower are currently on my list! I managed to do the rest using mostly what I already had, which was a great feeling!!
This is really inspiring @Eugenie - have just read this thread. I really like your choice of plants and the way you designed it with the pond nearby. Can't wait to see what happens next!
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If anybody ever questions how well a black fence works at the back of a border, they need to look at your pictures. In the shortened space you have, the fence could have been incredibly dominant. Instead, it just fades into the background providing both full screening and a gentle backdrop to make your plants zing.
I really love what you've done with the garden - and you've inspired me to dig a small pond next year!
My friend introduced me to a website she uses to make moodboards for her house and I was like, I can use that for the garden!! So I’ve put together a plan:
I’m sure next year things will need shuffling around for space but I’ll be doing the whole front so I’m sure I’ll be wanting to move things anyway!
I don’t have a picture of it but I also planted the privet hedge (on the left in the moodboard pic! I’m just waiting for some warmer weather so I can prune it as instructed!
I marked out the positions of the veg beds and as a result have decided to square off the corner of the raised gravel area that is currently chamfered. One of the beds comes over the chamfer about 20cms so it only makes sense to square it rather than have a weird overlap! Of course I realised that in squaring off the raised bit it only made sense to bring the border forward too, so it is level with the front of the raised bit, which means I’ve got some more planting space to play with 😆
I’ve had a good shuffle around of the plants that are there already, some things just weren’t working last year so I’ve fixed those. Here’s a bit of a before an after:
In front of the pond I mostly just moved plants forwards again, I did slightly relocate the iris as well, and added another new stepping stone.
A big thank you if you read all of that!!