Amazing Garden

I like this, especially the lawn shape ... took the guy 20yrs to create

Tony Newton creates garden masterpiece in West Midlands | Mail Online

 

Saw it in the Sun, thought the same thing - AMAZING, it's that colourful it almost looks as if its been enhanced; which of course it hasn't......LOVE IT

 

seems to be a common thing nowadays .... lots of people now plant for colour/foilage .... not so many flowers/perenials used?

I used to love planting cottage style, but now prefer the tropical/exotic style (foilage/colour and shape)

 

Have to agree with you Armandii, although as I said it is amazing (which it is) and I do think it's stunning to look at I couldn't have it as my own garden; I prefer my patch to be constantly evolving and I like the maintenance side of things, I'm always looking for something to do :D :thumb:

 

problem when it comes to landscaping a new garden from scratch is the cost

so, if one decides to plant in the old fashined 'cottage style', you need wide beds and you need to plant 'full' so as to get the proper effect, so that you have colour throughout the year

so, in a nutshell, you need to buy lots of plants and plant them close .... and you will be lucky to find perenials at under £3-£5 per plant from garden centres

so, when looking at another style such as exotic/tropical, a few musa basjoo, a fatsia here and there, a few t-rex, some large evergreen ferns, some large leaved hostas and a few dahlias and a few huechera for all year colour, a few jack frost etc and you have a garden that has interest for most of the year at a fraction of the cost (and it looks good)

most of these plants are cheap (under a tenner if you shop wisely), and they take up a large space ... the palms cost a bit more, but a couple is sufficient if cleverly situated

so, at the end of the day, a cottage style garden (done properly) can cost in excess of £1200 for a smallish/medium sized garden if you do it yourself and do it properly .... a tropical/exotic style garden will cost you under £500 to fill the same area .... and less maintenance

2 different styles ... both are nice

 

The colors are amazing and I would love to see what it looks like at other times of the year.

 

Firstly the house looks very nice, probably half a million quids worth.

The garden does look nice, but we are seeing a "snapshot" of a garden of nicely trimmed shrubs, on as is said, an exceptional autumn.

And as one of the comments on the link says.
He must have a lot of time on his hands, but having said that, I'd be hard pressed to spend 8 hours a day out there, looking after it.

 

I was going to say almost exactly what Armandii said.

The garden is stunning. If it was one of my friend's garden's, it would be great. But if it was my own, I think I'd very quickly get bored with it.

The colours are great, but the whole thing looks artificial. Almost like a garden from a kid's fairytale book. The only thing missing from it as far as I can see are the oversized Fly Agaric mushrooms, and suspicious looking micro people.

 

Very pretty. Yep, looks like mostly shrubs, conifers and soft trees. He watched the height and color elements in placement and of course balance.

 

When I looked at it first off, I though it was nice. Then I looked again and it started to jar a little. I have no doubt they have put a lot of effort into it, but there's too much going on and it's a tad too neat for my personal tastes, plus the colours hurt my eyes when i look at it too long.

 

When you look at something so perfect, you can only find faults the more you look at it. On the other hand if it is not so perfect you can find some new nice spots...
The photos below is still taken in the same garden but from a different perspective...
Anyway I am very tempted to visit this garden...there seem to be several open days.