Gilly's Garden

Hi!

I just moved house in November and decided to make over half of my garden (the other half will be done when I have some more money!). I cleared the half of dead grasses and nothing else - that was hard work I can tell you!

Here are the before and after pics - obviously, the shrubs etc will look much better once established. I have also planted a Clematis by the fence to grow up one of the trellis.

Before


After


What do you think?

GPx

[ 24. June 2007, 01:30 PM: Message edited by: Gillypetunia ]

 

Looks good Gillypetunia. Nice to see some phormiums. What tree have you got ?

 

Thanks! I have more things that I want to add - maybe Ceanothus and Eucalyptus for more height.

I don't know what the tree is - it was there when I moved in but I can see some buds on it. I think it might be a blossom tree of some sort?

 

Hi gillypetunia, You've been working hard. I know what it's like to turn awful grass into a garden. Well done you.

 

Hi Gillypetunia,you have made a fantastic garden with the before and after photos with the gravel border well done

Compostee,love your sheep jumping over the bezzzzzzzz snore

 

My back is still aching!!! The thing is, I want to remove some of the grass on the left hand side too (you can't see it in the pic) but it's larger than the side I already cleaned up and I am dreading all those worms

Thanks I can't wait to do the rest now!

 

Here's an update on my new garden 3 months on - coming along nicely don't you think??

The left hand side:


The right hand side (my little shrub garden):


The seating area outside the kitchen window:


My little pond:


Cosmos looking fab:


And finally, the baby greenhouse:


The greenhouse has some black eyed susan's growing up canes, 3 sunflowers and 2 tomato plants. Hope you like it.

GP :D :D

 

The little tree was dead in the end, which is a shame. On that side of the garden, it is very wet and I guess the roots rotted. Hence I have planted a fur tree in a nice pot and placed it there instead!

GP :D