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Advice with my garden

ilovecats22333ilovecats22333 Posts: 2
in Garden design
Hi all,

I just need some advice on the pathway in my garden, it's very long garden, quite narrow and separated into 3 sections..
The first is all lawn with stepping stones and flower beds the second part has raised beds to left for cut flowers a bit of veg and a lawn patch to the right for the kids.. I also have a table and chairs next to beds for interest when seated. The kids have the first part of the garden to run around in and the lawn in 2nd part of garden but I am thinking do I move the beds to the last section of garden that is gated off with picket fence where greenhouse is and lay turf where the beds are or leave the beds where they are, obviously anything I plant in the beds is at my own risk haha. The woodchip is around the beds and up tbe path ..it's hard to create a curved path in a more narrow garden which is why we haven't...it just to me looks very boxy and square... A little to structured. I don't know how to soften it up apart from planting which will take some time, We have been here less than a year I've never done a garden before so Im.open to ideas and suggestions, we just want a family garden room to play, room to grow veg and flowers and a wildlife area that will be beyond the picket gate. 

Thanks all 

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  • StephenSouthwestStephenSouthwest Posts: 635
    I wonder about moving the shed to the end of the garden ...?
  • Mrs-B3-Southampton,-HantsMrs-B3-Southampton,-Hants Posts: 732
    Pruning the shrub(?) on the left will give more width.
    Southampton 
  • ilovecats22333ilovecats22333 Posts: 2
    StephenSouthwest said:
    I wonder about moving the shed to the end of the garden ...?
    I mentioned this to my partner and he said no haha said it would be a mamoth task, he made a potting table next to it with some.potted plants which looks nice so it's more of a feature area 
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    I like the shed where it is...  because you can't see what's behind it, so are tempted to go down the garden and have a look.  I wonder if you could make more of the archway over the gate?  There are thornless climbing roses which could look good there, although the actual arch is maybe a bit flimsy...  a bit more in the way of shrubs against the wall, too, would make it more interesting, and help to divide it visually from the rest of the garden.

    It's always difficult designing a garden when you have very young children.  You don't want to do anything radical which will make the garden less appealing for them, when they want to rush around playing ball games or riding bikes down the path - maybe when they're older you can have a radical re-design!  And at the moment you don't want precious plants where they'll get damaged.  I reckon you've got the balance about right for the present.
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I agree with @Liriodendron - it would need a complete rethink to change it in any useful way, and that's much harder when you have young children unless you have a budget that would allow you to bring workmen in to rip everything  out and start again. I'm guessing that isn't the case!

    You could consider screening the end off with a higher trellis or screen, and climbers - where you have the picket fence. One decent climber would do the whole width there. That could be echoed with a climber at the first gate with the arch. You could use annuals, although it's too late for this year, but that might be a cheap way of adding some colour, and you might even be able to persuade the youngsters to join in with sowing them...
    They wouldn't affect the light to the greenhouse either, and can even be useful as shading if you get very hot, long spells  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • WaterbutWaterbut Posts: 344
    I would move the flower pots away from the wood. Inherited a summerhouse made from similar wood. Removed the flower pots and the wood behind has rotted. It can not be fixed after several enquiries so having to buy a new summerhouse. Garden looks fine to me with just some pruning and tidying up and as suggested something to climb up your arch. I have also seen some kind of mirror hung on the end wall in a gardening magazine that is supposed to make your garden look bigger and disappear into the distance but I never tried it. Good luck.
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