From nothing to a garden

Thank you @Prkns
I need one myself and was trying to gauge the size from the photos.
Did you specifically request the door in the side panel? It's far more practical in the side.

 

@"M", I got mine from here. When i went to the warehouse, i designed all parts of it with the guys there. I had the choice of Pent angle, height, depth, width, door position, door opening side, lock and pretty much the colour too.... They're a great company and in all honesty, the standard shed over the Heavy Duty is easily good enough

 

Excellent, thank you!!

 

So here is another pretty decent update to the garden. I went to Tatton Park Flower Show on Friday and so some of the garden got updated yesterday... I've just got a couple more plants to put in today and then i can enjoy it for a couple of weeks before i say i'm done!


Lawn
Greener than green now. A lot of time and effort has gone into this lawn now and it's awesome to see that it's paying off!




Beautiful
Just look at how soft that looks... brilliant!



Pond and Posts
The original plans have been slightly modified over the course of the build, and this is the pond with some more tiered wooden posts




Gravelled and Filled
Filled the pond up but as i was gravelling, some of the white gravel fell in and caused a bit of clouding, hopefully this will calm down overnight before i add the black food colouring



Nearly there!
Some more plants added and the beginning of the gravel!



Oh yes!
Love this garden more and more each day. I just want to get to a point where i can properly relax and enjoy it rather than constantly adding bits to it.

 

Couple of new additions to the garden... the pond is now sorted and gravelled up (does anyone have any reccomendations of what to grow around a pond? Preferably something small and not too fast growing). I also went and got a growhouse to start propagating my own cuttings and seeds properly

Exciting times!


BLACKWATER!!!
Added some food colouring into my pond and it looks 10x better



Growhouse
I never thought that i would get this heavily into gardening as whole. In the beginning, the plan was to just get a nice garden planted up. I'm now taking cuttings and properly propagating seeds/cuttings... brilliant!



Table & Chairs
Added some more seating and eating apparatus to the newly finished flagging at the top of the garden. The sun hits here in the evening so it made sense to have an alternative living space in the garden.

 

Looking fantastic! Really like your planted areas.

A small pump filter/fountain would look superb in that pond.

 

Cheers @Guesty, What kind of thing should i be looking for? I'm relatively brand new to water features so i don't really know what to go for? The pond is probably 6" deep in the middle if that makes helping me any easier ha ha

 

You can get solar powered ones you just pop into the water

 

Was going to say, check out eBay for a solar powered one and give it a go.

If you really wanted a mains one then the smallest one you could get would be ok.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mains-Pow...207?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4d2476632f

 

Incredible progress in such a short time. Congratulations!

 

Thanks @moyra it feels like i've been doing it forever, but then i look back and realise that i only properly started working on the garden on the 10th May this year ha ha

Not bad for 3 months work i guess

 

@Prkns you should be very proud of yourself , you've done a fantastic job in a very short space of time.
Long may the summer last so you can drink plenty of wine & beer & have lots of bbq's

 

@Guesty, @vibrating_cake... with these solar powered fountains. How strong does the sun have to be for these to work? The only reason i ask is that i'd like the fountain to run when it's slightly overcast too and if they only work in full sun then i reckon i'll have to go for a mains powered one.

I've searched for a few reviews on them but i can't seem to find anything?

 

Thanks @Beckie76. You're correct on the proud aspect... everyone who comes over just spends ages walking around the borders exploring the little space that i have It's great to see the neighbors looking out of their windows and then commenting on it in passing.

It seems like i've created something for everyone to enjoy I can't wait to tackle the front garden soon so that i can create something for everyone to see without having to feel like a peeping tom ha ha

 

@Prkns, let's hope the neighbours make an effort with their gardens too