I sold that house later that year, though at the time of redesigning the garden I wasn't planning on moving house at all. I do think the garden helped to sell the house as it got some very favourable comments from viewers. Id love to see it today to see how it looks.
Not always a good idea LF. I saw my old house last year after 15 years since I last saw it. Big garden, opened it to the public for leukaemia research. Now the rose garden is a tennis court, the veg garden has gone and so have most of the flower beds, some of which had some rare plants. No more rhododrendron walk by the ponds either, so now you can see the whole thing from the road, just grass and trees, and some of the trees I had planted had been cut down. The people who bought it after us looked after it beautifully, these are the newest people.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Thats a sad tale BL. Ive just had a look at my previous house on google maps using satellite view. Thankfully it doesn't seem to have changed much, but there is a big dark circle visible which I hope is a pond, and not the dreaded trampoline!!!
When making that garden I had a local saw mill make a bespoke trellis archway & gate that fitted within the fence and allowed access to the patio, whilst keeping the dogs off...
I dug up quite a few of the plants and they came with me to the new house. I even arranged for the sales brochure to state that some of the plants were not included in the house purchase!!
Hi everyone. So I've been thinking about all your suggestions and advice (thanks BTW, much appreciated!!) and been looking online for ideas and inspiration and I think I've come to a plan that I'm quite excited about
Taking the dogs into account ive decided ill just have to stop them from running around the garden as it just makes too much mess. On the plan (which I don't think is accurate measurements so dont know how that it will work out) im hoping to put a gravel patio near the kitchen with a table and chairs. ill plant a box hedge to separate the patio and grass area which ill plant some bulbs next to (reccomendations??? I like the looks of Alliums) The rest ill reseed. The trees on the north side im going to try and trim some overhanging branches to let light onto the back wall and make a proper bed with proper flowers!! if any of you can give me some alterations or improvements theylld be welcome so exciting! M
Box hedge and alliums will look amazing, they work extremely well together, especially box balls.
Will you be relying on the hedge to keep the dogs off the garden? Box is a very slow growing hedge and will take a few years to get to any height. You could put a piquet fence along the hedge line, with a gate at each end to allow you access onto the lawn.
I wasn't planning on no, more a way of dividing the garden up?? There is a wall next to the path, maybe I could up some sort of trellis up above the wall to extend it and stop the dogs from jumping over? Then plant a lovely scented climber. Hmmm so many decisions!
And YES they look gorgeous together dont they? Do you know if Alliums are scented?
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I sold that house later that year, though at the time of redesigning the garden I wasn't planning on moving house at all. I do think the garden helped to sell the house as it got some very favourable comments from viewers. Id love to see it today to see how it looks.
Not always a good idea LF. I saw my old house last year after 15 years since I last saw it. Big garden, opened it to the public for leukaemia research. Now the rose garden is a tennis court, the veg garden has gone and so have most of the flower beds, some of which had some rare plants. No more rhododrendron walk by the ponds either, so now you can see the whole thing from the road, just grass and trees, and some of the trees I had planted had been cut down. The people who bought it after us looked after it beautifully, these are the newest people.
Thats a sad tale BL. Ive just had a look at my previous house on google maps using satellite view. Thankfully it doesn't seem to have changed much, but there is a big dark circle visible which I hope is a pond, and not the dreaded trampoline!!!
When making that garden I had a local saw mill make a bespoke trellis archway & gate that fitted within the fence and allowed access to the patio, whilst keeping the dogs off...
I dug up quite a few of the plants and they came with me to the new house. I even arranged for the sales brochure to state that some of the plants were not included in the house purchase!!
Hi everyone. So I've been thinking about all your suggestions and advice (thanks BTW, much appreciated!!) and been looking online for ideas and inspiration and I think I've come to a plan that I'm quite excited about
Taking the dogs into account ive decided ill just have to stop them from running around the garden as it just makes too much mess. On the plan (which I don't think is accurate measurements so dont know how that it will work out) im hoping to put a gravel patio near the kitchen with a table and chairs. ill plant a box hedge to separate the patio and grass area which ill plant some bulbs next to (reccomendations??? I like the looks of Alliums) The rest ill reseed. The trees on the north side im going to try and trim some overhanging branches to let light onto the back wall and make a proper bed with proper flowers!! if any of you can give me some alterations or improvements theylld be welcome
so exciting! M
Box hedge and alliums will look amazing, they work extremely well together, especially box balls.
Will you be relying on the hedge to keep the dogs off the garden? Box is a very slow growing hedge and will take a few years to get to any height. You could put a piquet fence along the hedge line, with a gate at each end to allow you access onto the lawn.
I wasn't planning on no, more a way of dividing the garden up?? There is a wall next to the path, maybe I could up some sort of trellis up above the wall to extend it and stop the dogs from jumping over? Then plant a lovely scented climber. Hmmm so many decisions!
And YES they look gorgeous together dont they? Do you know if Alliums are scented?
Ive never stopped to consider that, but I don't think they are scented.
Alliums tend to smell of onions, some much stronger than others, but don't let that put you off
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.