Need your advice

Hi guys

I want to sort the garden out this summer. But I am not the best in the garden

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If this was your garden and you wanted to sort it out, what would you do?

Any ideas / inspiration would be appreciated

 

nice sized garden!

for starters, I'd get rid of the washing line and I'd buy one of those that attach to the wall and you connect the end of the cable to the opposite side wall (cost under £20 at argos)

remove the shrubs by the shed ... place the shed in one of the corners (where the sunny side is, but turn the shed 90 degrees so that the entrance is hidden) ... plant a large evergreen shrub such as ceanothus in front of the shed to hide it

on the sunny wall (south facing), plant a few evergreen star jasmine creepers to fill the entire wall ... you will need to have wires so that you can train it to cover the wall ... make a decent sized bed (width wise), and have a few curves in the bed ... fill the bed with perenials, but plant them in groups of the same ... for edging, plant ornamental black grass for the entire length of the bed

at the back of the garden near the shed, plant 2 Trachycpoarpus fortunei palms ... one on either end of the garden

on the shady side, make a bed the full length of the wall/fence and also make a few curves in the bed ... fill this section with hostas, evergreen ferns, tree ferns, banana plants, rhubarb, jack frost, exotics etc and plant several heuchera for colour, but choose 2 colours of heuchera that match (such as red and yellow) you could also plant a couple of humilis palms in this area as focal points ... for the edging, plant Hakonechloa macra aureola (japanese forest grass) every 300mm apart for the entire length of the bed ... perhaps a few creepers against the fence/wall

in the far corner near the shed, plant an evergreen fatsia

2 large potplants on the patio ... a japanese maple in one (place in semi-shade) and a humilis palm in the other

a couple of hanging baskets near the patio

remove the paving blocks on the grass ... feed with fertilizer, water well and job done!

you could also look at installing a cheap sprinkler system (you don't need the computer thingy, and go for sprinklers and not drip feed)

ask me the same question tomorrow, and I'd have a different answer

buy your plants off ebay, but try source from the same seller so as to save on shipping costs

good luck and keep us updated!

 

Depends on what kind of a gardener you are and how much time you have to give the garden after it's been finished.
It's a bit of a blank canvas so you could do what you wanted.
Do you have children and or pets ?
They would have to be catered for.
The other big thing is, how much do you want to spend.
What kind of soil do you have ,that will help you decide on the kind of planting that would be best.

I have always wanted a Japanese garden, if the soil was right I would fill it with Azaleas and Acers.
Bamboo and Grasses.
A water feature or a small pond with a waterfall lit at night.
It would be filled with beautiful spring bulbs, lovely smelling colourful flowers in summer , Autumn and winter foliage and berries. Planted in curves and raised beds.
To me it's to flat and to square, it needs different height and shape in it.
I agree the line would have to go.