I was just thinking that I'd love to see the Japanese garden in a year's time, so I'm delighted to see Ant here - now we have a chance to get updates! You've done so much of such good work. My favourite bit is the zen garden and the acer.
I'm still getting to grips with the "zen" part of the zen garden. As our third garden it was the perfect fit.
Inspiration hit after we walked the garden following Monty's first visit. We walked the garden around 10 o'clock at night in the drizzle. We both trod the imaginary path he suggested. We looked at each other when we reached "No Man's Land" and both knew that it had to be a zen garden.
The acer was a gift from my former flatmate. It had been sat outside our flat for about 8 years and was bursting out of its pot. It was a wonderful present and provides some continuity with where I used to live, and my flatmate.
Just watched the prog lads - very impressed with your hard graft! That's a tough shift when you have to remove the whole site and start again!
Both couples worked very hard, and stayed focused. I think that's one of the hardest things when you start from scratch.
You should all be really proud of what you achieved and I hope you get loads of pleasure seeing the gardens develop and grow. As others have said, keep updating us with photos - we have a dedicated thread for our garden pictures - Garden Gallery 2017, so take plenty
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I've uploaded a few photos taken in the past week. And thank you for the encouraging words. It was a lot of work, and some stress. Especially as the excavation was mostly out of our hands and subject to the house developer sorting it out. All's well that ends well though.
antinbath says:Inspiration hit after we walked the garden following Monty's first visit. We walked the garden around 10 o'clock at night in the drizzle. We both trod the imaginary path he suggested. We looked at each other when we reached "No Man's Land" and both knew that it had to be a zen garden.
The acer was a gift from my former flatmate. It had been sat outside our flat for about 8 years and was bursting out of its pot. It was a wonderful present and provides some continuity with where I used to live, and my flatmate.
I was just thinking that I'd love to see the Japanese garden in a year's time, so I'm delighted to see Ant here - now we have a chance to get updates! You've done so much of such good work. My favourite bit is the zen garden and the acer.
Thank you, Mel and Gerard in Series 2 had a Japanese garden. I'd love to see how theirs is looking now. A 'revisited' programme is in the hands of the BBC commissioners. I know that Monty would like to do it. I'd hope they do it in two years - give our garden some time to fill out.
The acer belonged to my former flatmate. A wonderful gift from him for our new home. It's fortunate to receive some shade from the large tree beyond the house. It was put into the side garden whilst we worked on the main garden and became a fresh, green colour. Once put in its final spot the foliage darkened to cope with the differing light conditions.
Looking forward to Friday. It'll be an allotment in a wood. I've got an allotment with trees on all side so it gets very shady and means that corn and chillies can't be grown there. But I have wonderful potatoes.
The gardeners are on Twitter https://twitter.com/Brickmakerswood . They'll be sharing tips after the broadcast. There was a lot that didn't make it into our programme.
I know you've said it didn't all make it to screen,and you said earlier they'd recorded hours of film. I didn't see it so I'm making no judgement, I'm just curious.
We've all watched programmes, like Big ideas, Location , location, grand design, come dine with me, Bake off etc etc with members of the public, and we all form opinions about liking them, or not, they're too fussy /not fussy enough, or too lazy / hard working, or expect too much etc etc.
Can I ask, did you feel the editing was fair?
I repeat, I didn't see it , just curious what YOU thought of the end result.
I know you've said it didn't all make it to screen,and you said earlier they'd recorded hours of film. I didn't see it so I'm making no judgement, I'm just curious.
We've all watched programmes, like Big ideas, Location , location, grand design, come dine with me, Bake off etc etc with members of the public, and we all form opinions about liking them, or not, they're too fussy /not fussy enough, or too lazy / hard working, or expect too much etc etc.
Can I ask, did you feel the editing was fair?
I repeat, I didn't see it , just curious what YOU thought of the end result.
The editor has such a hard a job. So much footage shot over months. I think they did a great job within the constraints of the time. So much didn't make it. And the director, Andre, didn't sit in on the edits so there's only so much guidance they can get.
I spoke more than Jake when we were filming as the original idea came from a book I read back in 2006. I'd researched the plants and made the plans.
I don't think it came across at how little Jake knew or rather how adverse he was to gardening when we started off and thus how much he learnt due to time constraint and his triumphantly red bench - we did a lovely piece on that with Monty which got cut. Also how much we learnt about working together wasnt in, but that's fine. I'm really happy on how it documented our summer. And hearing Monty's comments before and after the visits was something special. His passion is infectious.
Hi ant, I've just read your article in Preloved. An interesting insight into the inspiration behind your garden design process, and the obstacles you had to overcome due to the drainage issues.
Shocking that it took 3 weeks for the test hole to drain.
Lucky that a lot of the cost was picked up by the developers?
Hi ant, I've just read your article in Preloved. An interesting insight into the inspiration behind your garden design process, and the obstacles you had to overcome due to the drainage issues.
Shocking that it took 3 weeks for the test hole to drain.
Lucky that a lot of the cost was picked up by the developers?
If we had the pond in the main garden it would have been fine!
We were fortunate that the developer paid for the new soakaway. It does means that our garden isn't as deep as it was. But it does drain well.
We also have next door's builders to thank not just for the excavations but helping us get soil and stones down. They were well paid in cakes and beer.
Glad you enjoyed our garden. We love it so much. I'm going to look at some pots for peonies next. Monty suggested a few pots might be a good idea.
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Thank you!
I'm still getting to grips with the "zen" part of the zen garden. As our third garden it was the perfect fit.
Inspiration hit after we walked the garden following Monty's first visit. We walked the garden around 10 o'clock at night in the drizzle. We both trod the imaginary path he suggested. We looked at each other when we reached "No Man's Land" and both knew that it had to be a zen garden.
The acer was a gift from my former flatmate. It had been sat outside our flat for about 8 years and was bursting out of its pot. It was a wonderful present and provides some continuity with where I used to live, and my flatmate.
Ant.
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I've uploaded a few photos taken in the past week. And thank you for the encouraging words. It was a lot of work, and some stress. Especially as the excavation was mostly out of our hands and subject to the house developer sorting it out. All's well that ends well though.
Ant.
That's a wonderful way to create a garden, with stories built in! Lovely pictures on the Garden Gallery thread, by the way.
Thank you, Mel and Gerard in Series 2 had a Japanese garden. I'd love to see how theirs is looking now. A 'revisited' programme is in the hands of the BBC commissioners. I know that Monty would like to do it. I'd hope they do it in two years - give our garden some time to fill out.
The acer belonged to my former flatmate. A wonderful gift from him for our new home. It's fortunate to receive some shade from the large tree beyond the house. It was put into the side garden whilst we worked on the main garden and became a fresh, green colour. Once put in its final spot the foliage darkened to cope with the differing light conditions.
There is some more information on our garden in the interview I recently did with Preloved.
http://www.preloved.co.uk/blog/quick-reads/new-build-japanese-garden/
Looking forward to Friday. It'll be an allotment in a wood. I've got an allotment with trees on all side so it gets very shady and means that corn and chillies can't be grown there. But I have wonderful potatoes.
The gardeners are on Twitter https://twitter.com/Brickmakerswood . They'll be sharing tips after the broadcast. There was a lot that didn't make it into our programme.
I know you've said it didn't all make it to screen,and you said earlier they'd recorded hours of film. I didn't see it so I'm making no judgement, I'm just curious.
We've all watched programmes, like Big ideas, Location , location, grand design, come dine with me, Bake off etc etc with members of the public, and we all form opinions about liking them, or not, they're too fussy /not fussy enough, or too lazy / hard working, or expect too much etc etc.
Can I ask, did you feel the editing was fair?
I repeat, I didn't see it , just curious what YOU thought of the end result.
I hope you don't mind my asking.
The editor has such a hard a job. So much footage shot over months. I think they did a great job within the constraints of the time. So much didn't make it. And the director, Andre, didn't sit in on the edits so there's only so much guidance they can get.
I spoke more than Jake when we were filming as the original idea came from a book I read back in 2006. I'd researched the plants and made the plans.
I don't think it came across at how little Jake knew or rather how adverse he was to gardening when we started off and thus how much he learnt due to time constraint and his triumphantly red bench - we did a lovely piece on that with Monty which got cut. Also how much we learnt about working together wasnt in, but that's fine. I'm really happy on how it documented our summer. And hearing Monty's comments before and after the visits was something special. His passion is infectious.
Everyone did a superb job. We had a great time.
Hi ant, I've just read your article in Preloved. An interesting insight into the inspiration behind your garden design process, and the obstacles you had to overcome due to the drainage issues.
Shocking that it took 3 weeks for the test hole to drain
.
Lucky that a lot of the cost was picked up by the developers?
Thanks for sharing the link.
Thank you.
If we had the pond in the main garden it would have been fine!
We were fortunate that the developer paid for the new soakaway. It does means that our garden isn't as deep as it was. But it does drain well.
We also have next door's builders to thank not just for the excavations but helping us get soil and stones down. They were well paid in cakes and beer.
Glad you enjoyed our garden. We love it so much. I'm going to look at some pots for peonies next. Monty suggested a few pots might be a good idea.