The reason i ask is im currently trying to figure out a layout of a pretty bland garden. In the pic you can see when the back wall is (plants in front of it) looking forward (south) to the front of the said border (where that string guide is, where the box topiary is)
The ropes in the foreground is where a potential hedge is to be planted. from the wall to ball is around 20 ft
Pretty big,but a fair amount of shade. if you do Island beds, you can have different colours or months in each bed. I noticed at Bressingham, it seemed to be always in colour, but actually as one bed is over, another bed adjacent comes into its best, and draws the eye so that you don't otice the going over plants.
I like a green sward too but grass can also be time consuming so I can see the other side of the debate.
Get off the fence fairy
When I lived round the corner from this house, the back garden was just grass when we moved in - all on a sideways slope. After we built an extension and it altered the size and shape of the garden, I terraced it and we had no grass - just different areas of planting and it was very effective.
I've just added a lawn in the back garden here but I've also created lots of new borders and planting areas. You can have your cake and eat it - even in a small-ish space
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I agree that a neatly cut lawn can finish off a garden, but it shouldnt dominate it. I see these small town front gardens with a tiny narrow border surrounding a small lawn and just wonder whats the point (hyopcrite i know; my garden is litterally a lawn).
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The reason i ask is im currently trying to figure out a layout of a pretty bland garden. In the pic you can see when the back wall is (plants in front of it) looking forward (south) to the front of the said border (where that string guide is, where the box topiary is)
The ropes in the foreground is where a potential hedge is to be planted. from the wall to ball is around 20 ft
Pretty big,but a fair amount of shade. if you do Island beds, you can have different colours or months in each bed. I noticed at Bressingham, it seemed to be always in colour, but actually as one bed is over, another bed adjacent comes into its best, and draws the eye so that you don't otice the going over plants.
That was taken about 30 mins ago, it gets around 5 hours of direct sun between 9.30 - 2
I got rid of the second lawn. Now its an island bed with a strip of grass around it.
Start in the corner and work outwards.
I like a green sward too but grass can also be time consuming so I can see the other side of the debate.
Get off the fence fairy
When I lived round the corner from this house, the back garden was just grass when we moved in - all on a sideways slope. After we built an extension and it altered the size and shape of the garden, I terraced it and we had no grass - just different areas of planting and it was very effective.
I've just added a lawn in the back garden here but I've also created lots of new borders and planting areas. You can have your cake and eat it - even in a small-ish space
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...