i would personally keep the grass esp if you have a child? much nicer playing on grass than slabs, I would look at verical gardening, having climbers up the fence, they give beautiful flowers, and would help your local wildlife too.
You can also get little hanging pots which i just love ( i have them on m fence) which if you fill with cascading lobelia is really pretty and provides lots of colour, is easy to maintain too just a wee water at night is all they need (if that if its already rained)
I also love raised beds with bulbs multilayered, easy to do, and is very little maintenance but provides flowers for most of the year, when one is dying back the next is coming through and flowering
Thanks for the advice, yeah I have a little one (Should of said). Think I will keep some of the grass but If I'm honest with you, underneath the turf is terrible, all the rubble and stuff the devlopment have left behind so most of the grass is struggling already. Might have to bring it all up and start again but thats a pretty big job. Raise beds I like and hanging pots are fund, thank you again.
too all, thank you so much for your help so far. To let you know, the soil etc under the grass is pretty much rubble from the builders. Nothing will be able to survive. Wondering if Its worth just sticking with raised beds or pulling up the turf, removing a load of the rubbish and starting again (big job though) Also, with climbers, they start in pots support against the fence?
Sorry for being so obnoxious, you can tell I'm new too all this
You're not at abnoxious at all Alfie. You just sound excited to get going but need a plan
Why not use the slabs you said you are going to move from the right and have patio right in middle of the lawn and I mean from one side to the other.
on the patio bit by shed make your daughter an outdoor kitchen, potting table etc where she can plant and sow her seeds and have tea parties etc
the turf you take up you can put at the bottom of your raised bed planters but face down and then top up with compost.
as the garden is quite small I wouldn't put all around the edges I would go for less is more but big i.e. Big raised planters and even a small tree.
like the hanging pots idea. Have you seen the Japanese types? That are ferns etc wrapped in soil and moss and bound with string. They will be really good as you say garden north facing? And your little girl will love making them! A lovely mud pie job
Your garden is quite small and it would be best when you have a small child to keep the grass. I would lift the slabs to the rhs and turn that area into a flower/veg bed, either raised or flat. Use some of the slabs inset into the grass to give a random stepping stone path to the shed. Clothe the left hand fence in climbers and wall shrubs. A small growing tree planted in from the top left hand corner will help disguise the shed.
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Thanks for the advice, yeah I have a little one (Should of said). Think I will keep some of the grass but If I'm honest with you, underneath the turf is terrible, all the rubble and stuff the devlopment have left behind so most of the grass is struggling already. Might have to bring it all up and start again but thats a pretty big job. Raise beds I like and hanging pots are fund, thank you again.
too all, thank you so much for your help so far. To let you know, the soil etc under the grass is pretty much rubble from the builders. Nothing will be able to survive. Wondering if Its worth just sticking with raised beds or pulling up the turf, removing a load of the rubbish and starting again (big job though) Also, with climbers, they start in pots support against the fence?
Sorry for being so obnoxious, you can tell I'm new too all this
Regards,
Alfie.
You're not at abnoxious at all Alfie. You just sound excited to get going but need a plan
Why not use the slabs you said you are going to move from the right and have patio right in middle of the lawn and I mean from one side to the other.
on the patio bit by shed make your daughter an outdoor kitchen, potting table etc where she can plant and sow her seeds and have tea parties etc
the turf you take up you can put at the bottom of your raised bed planters but face down and then top up with compost.
as the garden is quite small I wouldn't put all around the edges I would go for less is more but big i.e. Big raised planters and even a small tree.
like the hanging pots idea. Have you seen the Japanese types? That are ferns etc wrapped in soil and moss and bound with string. They will be really good as you say garden north facing? And your little girl will love making them! A lovely mud pie job
Just looked up the name of the hanging plants I meant! It's called kokedama
https://youtu.be/ywID9WJ8-Q8
Your garden is quite small and it would be best when you have a small child to keep the grass. I would lift the slabs to the rhs and turn that area into a flower/veg bed, either raised or flat. Use some of the slabs inset into the grass to give a random stepping stone path to the shed. Clothe the left hand fence in climbers and wall shrubs. A small growing tree planted in from the top left hand corner will help disguise the shed.