I'm sorry to hear about your dogs. The new design looks lovely. My advice would be: Don't make the garden look too busy. Cut down on the number of different plant varieties. Keep the lawn; perhaps edge it with bricks so you can run the wheel of the mower along them. Enjoy!
With a lawn this size you could use a strimmer instead of a mower - it's easier to get it out and handle. The one I've got runs about 15 to 20 minutes on one charge, I would think that would be enough for your lawn. (I have to say I'm not a fan of lawns, as I tend to like mediterranean-style plants and gardens with as many flowers crammed in as possible. It can be done so that it's not too busy as long as you have connecting elements within the variety - just like in house decorating you can use different colours as long as they go together and as long as there's some repetition of a theme. Also, plants from one geographical region tend to go well together.)
I do like the lushness of your back garden!
You could perhaps train some trees against that garage wall?
I remember inheriting two euonymus plants from the previous house owners. They were big but in a sorry state (the plants, not the previous owners), so I went to a GC and asked what was wrong with them. The gardener said they'd likely been neglected and starved and that I might consider throwing them out. That was a revelation! Because I didn't like them but had felt I "had to" keep them growing. So I got rid of them and got two lovely camellias instead.
Forgot to say - I'm with Hosta on stepping stone paths. If you want a curving lawn - whether round or oval - take the path from the end of the patio and sweep it round the lawn in a crescent shape ( roughly where you have the stepping stones in the plan) If you can tie it in by using the same paving that would be ideal.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Sounds good to me LF
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The only think I'd change is to lose the " stepping stones" a pet hate of mine as they're rarely used for the purpose
I'm sorry to hear about your dogs. The new design looks lovely. My advice would be: Don't make the garden look too busy. Cut down on the number of different plant varieties. Keep the lawn; perhaps edge it with bricks so you can run the wheel of the mower along them. Enjoy!
With a lawn this size you could use a strimmer instead of a mower - it's easier to get it out and handle. The one I've got runs about 15 to 20 minutes on one charge, I would think that would be enough for your lawn. (I have to say I'm not a fan of lawns, as I tend to like mediterranean-style plants and gardens with as many flowers crammed in as possible. It can be done so that it's not too busy as long as you have connecting elements within the variety - just like in house decorating you can use different colours as long as they go together and as long as there's some repetition of a theme. Also, plants from one geographical region tend to go well together.)
I do like the lushness of your back garden!
You could perhaps train some trees against that garage wall?
I remember inheriting two euonymus plants from the previous house owners. They were big but in a sorry state (the plants, not the previous owners), so I went to a GC and asked what was wrong with them. The gardener said they'd likely been neglected and starved and that I might consider throwing them out. That was a revelation! Because I didn't like them but had felt I "had to" keep them growing. So I got rid of them and got two lovely camellias instead.
Forgot to say - I'm with Hosta on stepping stone paths. If you want a curving lawn - whether round or oval - take the path from the end of the patio and sweep it round the lawn in a crescent shape ( roughly where you have the stepping stones in the plan) If you can tie it in by using the same paving that would be ideal.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...