Front Garden, My New Project.

Wev'e Decided to start the front garden, Its a massive job, every plant tree and shrub is coming out, There's a horrible cracked concrete drive, wood fencing, and a Huge tree in the corner thats covered in Ivy:( and the grass doesen't grow under it.... A couple of pics to show you how horrible it all is...


Left hand side..





Right hand side..





And The Tree.. Hub phoned the council yesterday to see if we can Cut the tree down, They said they would let us know within 30 Days.. Anyway a council official knocked on the door this morning and said we can do what we like with it as its our own home, We just weren't sure if there was some sort of order on it (p.o.something) which he informed us, there wasn't Brilliant..
The tree has to come out as wer'e building a wall round the garden, and id rather it came down now rather than later for the nesting birds.. So hopefully the work will begin in the next few weeks, weather permitting and im not looking forward to the mess :D

 

Good luck with your project.
Looking at that tree and all that alien growth I reckon its a good thing you are considering removing it!
robert

 

Best of luck, Dee. If you use reputable treesurgeon there will be very little mess.:gnthb: And, the PO is a TPO, Tree Protection Order.:thumb: Have fun.:lollol:

 

Ahhh TPO David, I nearly got it, POs a postal order isn't it, Duh, I reckon between £400 to £600 for a Tree surgeon, or is that wishfull thinking, theres 3 huge conifers that you can't see in the pics and big shrubs also, I must be mad
Thanks Robert, I think ill need the good Luck, Ooooh just thought, my new Wellies are gonna come in handy

 

For that one tree, sounds about right, Dee.:thumb:

 

Hi Bob, it is neat, but i hate it :D I can't be bothered to maintain it, Funny you should mention Palm's Actually im only going to have a small planting area, something tough like, Phormiums and grasses.. I know Boring, but i need to spend all my spare time in the back garden...
Hope you had a good Xmas, did you get any gardening presents?

 

The Tree Surgeons just left and he will take it out for £200.. Brilliant.. Oh and he's doing it Monday, I can't believe its all happening so quickly Bricklayer coming Saturday, Im all excited now :yho:

 

good luck yd :gnthb: looks like you might have some room for them dahlias ..keep us up to date and let us know how it all goes:thumb:

 

Its not a bad looking garden to start with!, im sure it will look great next year!

if you have a Wyvale near you check them out for phormiums as they had some interesting varieties at half price in one near me.

Good luck!

 

Thanks TG/Inter..Ill Look into Wyvale Gaz, Thanks :gnthb:

 

£200 is a bargain YD, Id have charged a little more for it (£300 ish).

 

Hi Paul, I was suprised at the price too, but the stump and roots arent being removed, were going to build a raised bed in that corner, I suppose that makes a diference?

 

When we got our front garden landscaped two yrs ago into 4000 but that included taking out connifers and pampass then taking out grass .Taking out slab path and handrail .

Supply of purple slate chips and skye marble chips relaying stone path supply of new shrubs and building a raised bed.

And I love it .

New shrubs starting to mature now.

And I can also have some containters in different places.

Good luck Dee.

 

Oooh another exciting project! I like your front garden now, but I'm sure it'll look even better - especially without the tree!

I'm surprised you're not going to give the wall building a go yourself! :wink:

Can't wait for the updated pictures! :yho:

 

Ugly Tree going..:thmb:





Going..:thmb:





Gone...:gnthb:





The Tree surgeon also took out 3 large conifers and a Massive shrub, for an extra £30

Hi Kathy/Sar..
Have you any pics Kathy, I would love to see them..
Sar if I could build the wall myself, i would The Bricklayer has been and were waiting for an estimate :p