The Journy Of My Japanese Garden

Maybe not a traditional Japanese Garden, but it's what I came up with having to keep the compressed concrete back garden.

Timeline of doing the work.



The old shed sold and the work begins.



The new fence and gate painted and the groundwork started.















Topsoil & compost in and the Wisteria planted.







Trellis in place.





Water feature inplace, level and worked first time.

 

The best bit, planted.



Bamboo & plastic decking tiles.





















List of Plants

Japanese Holly Tree
Japanese Painted Fern
Camellia japonica Moshe Dayan
Lonicera japonica var. Repens - Creeping Japanese Honeysuckle
Crytomium fortunei - Japanese Holly Fern
Hakonachloa macra - Japanese Forest Grass, Hakone Grass
Camellia japonica Peach Blossom
Japanese White Pine (training into cloud tree, but years to go)
Japanese Larch (training into cloud tree, but years to go)
Miscanthus sinensis
Irish moss (growing from seeds at the minute)
DICENTRA SPECTABILIS ALBA(BLEEDING HEART)WHITE
ENKIANTHUS CAMPANULATUS REDVEIN
Acers
Wisteria
Hostas
Ferns
Climbing Rose James Galway
Climbing Rose Perpetually Yours
I’ve a tree that I can’t remember the name, but the leaves smell like burnt caramel in autumn.
Cercis Silaquastrum Judas Tree
Deciduous Azalea Midsummer Star
JAPANESE MOCK-ORANGE Pittosporum tobira
Buxus
Tricyrtis Kohaku Toad Lily, Orchid-like flowers

 

absolutely Fantastic

 

Now that is a Top Job @clum111

I saw pictures of your previous gardena and wondered how you were going to translate that into your new garden: you didn't disappoint! You have captured the essence of the Japanese theme very, very well.

The water feature is perfect and it must be heavenly to sit and ponder life and its meaning when you are enclosed in there.

Very well done!

 

Absolutely out of this world. I'm in awe. Very, very well done.

 

Fantastic. A real transformation, and done so nicely. Great work!

 

That's very impressive Clum and it will look even better as it matures.

 

That looks fantastic, quite inspirational.

 

Hi Clum,
You've done a fantastic job there, it's absolutely amazing

Have you ever thought of doing this for a living ?

 

@wiseowl Thanks for the comments, hopefully I can train the roses zig-zag way up the trellis and have a lot of blooms

@"M" Thanks for the comments. You're going back about 4 years there. I loved that garden, as I had my koi pond. Can't have 1 here, as we discovered otters are now roaming around on my estate and eating the fish from people's gardens and to protect against them becomes too much. So just opted for a simple water feature Haven't had time to sit in the garden yet lol.

@Anthony Rogers Thanks for the comments. I can't take full credit for this garden, although I designed it and planted it up. But it was my dad who built it for me, as I'm very severely disabled and can't do the manual work. He did well So in answer to your suggestion, I wish I could do it for a living I could possibly design gardens for people, but I'm not qualified to do that. I wish I could do the RHS course to learn more about plants and designing, but just can't afford the fees as there's no help for adults now.

Everyone else,

 

I think it looks amazing....well done to you and your Dad. Top marks!

 

Amazing