I thought it was a good design for its purpose. The water feature looked great and would still look great a bit green. The 2 young men will hopefully be proud of their garden now and look after it and mow the lawn. Didn't look very high maintenance to me.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I quite liked today's design - more than yesterday's, certainly. All a matter of taste, though - and it's a pleasant enough show to keep me occupied on a hot afternoon.
Watched the prog on Friday with the large cherry trees. Did anyone else feel the borders were unfinished with no edging round them?? I feel an edging would have 'crisped' them up. And there did not seem to be much for the money (£5000). I know the trees were £300+ each but even so.
'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
Hate to tell you DHR - but a couple of millimetres on a plan can make a huge difference on the ground, especially if there's a knock on effect.
I've watched some of them. I've quite enjoyed it. You don't get a lot for four or five grand when you're essentially 'making' a garden pretty much from scratch. Even less if you only have fifteen hundred quid.
I know - I've had to do it - several times.
People get a starting point mainly - then they can enlarge on it, or alter and add to it as they see fit.
Just like any garden really...
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Yes - it depends on the scale. Of course it does. Hence my statement that it can make a huge difference. Nothing daft about the guy mentioning it - it's quite important when you draw plans
And 'hate to tell you' is merely a common phrase. Perhaps you've never heard it before.
No need to get shirty....
Blimey
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Saw my first one of these yesterday, Charlie is as adorable as ever, the chaps seem nice even if neither of them have any dress sense at all.
It was the wildlife garden with the frankly awful 'dragonfly wings paving' or as it actually was, wood that will start rotting quickly with compressed stone as 'slabs'. I liked the steel planters but his glib 'oh these will last forever' comment seemed a bit optimistic!
I'd much rather have seen Charlie's more traditional garden with the terracotta slabbing.
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I thought it was a good design for its purpose. The water feature looked great and would still look great a bit green. The 2 young men will hopefully be proud of their garden now and look after it and mow the lawn. Didn't look very high maintenance to me.
I quite liked today's design - more than yesterday's, certainly. All a matter of taste, though - and it's a pleasant enough show to keep me occupied on a hot afternoon.
Whoss BG Verdun?
Watched the prog on Friday with the large cherry trees. Did anyone else feel the borders were unfinished with no edging round them?? I feel an edging would have 'crisped' them up. And there did not seem to be much for the money (£5000). I know the trees were £300+ each but even so.
Hate to tell you DHR - but a couple of millimetres on a plan can make a huge difference on the ground, especially if there's a knock on effect.
I've watched some of them. I've quite enjoyed it. You don't get a lot for four or five grand when you're essentially 'making' a garden pretty much from scratch. Even less if you only have fifteen hundred quid.
I know - I've had to do it - several times.
People get a starting point mainly - then they can enlarge on it, or alter and add to it as they see fit.
Just like any garden really...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Yes - it depends on the scale. Of course it does. Hence my statement that it can make a huge difference. Nothing daft about the guy mentioning it - it's quite important when you draw plans
And 'hate to tell you' is merely a common phrase. Perhaps you've never heard it before.
No need to get shirty....
Blimey
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Saw my first one of these yesterday, Charlie is as adorable as ever, the chaps seem nice even if neither of them have any dress sense at all.
It was the wildlife garden with the frankly awful 'dragonfly wings paving' or as it actually was, wood that will start rotting quickly with compressed stone as 'slabs'. I liked the steel planters but his glib 'oh these will last forever' comment seemed a bit optimistic!
I'd much rather have seen Charlie's more traditional garden with the terracotta slabbing.