The start of my major gardening project

Here are the pictures as promised of my depressing garden . It reminds me of a blank canvas ready to be painted on :gnthb:


Some ideas i have so far

is to build a pergola that will cover the seating area next to the house and block it in with a trellis that will let a climbing plant climb up and onto the roof section.

May a pond in the centre of the garden thinking about an above ground pond with some kind of water feature ( water fall )

then i would also like to trellis both sides of the fence and in front of the shed to bring some privacy into the garden. and some nice flower borders at the bottom of the trellis's...

The only problem i have is the room available as its quite a small garden.





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Thank you for your comments’, I do like the idea of having a few different sections.
I am very new to gardening (flowers that is as at the minute I have only ever grown fruit and veg) and wouldn't have any clues on what climbers and plants I would need to flower and smell nice through the different seasons. So any tips and information I can have from this site will be great.

I am just playing with the Google sketch program to try and put a design together, can you recommend any good books to read to help me on my way?
Cheers roadkill

 

A word on above ground ponds. It depends on how you build and edge them, as there's otherwise a possibility of them looking like "a tank in the yard."

This was my first effort thirty years ago. A brick quadrant to house a preformed plastic pool liner. I edged the pond with crazy terrazzo, (like the patio) so it was possible to sit anywhere on the curved bit.
I built a waterfall on the side. But I was never happy with it as despite my best efforts it never looked "right." (in fact I thought it looked a bit naff). So a few years later I ripped the lot out (and the terrazzo patio), changed the latter to crazy York stone and put in a pond in that area of grass beyond the patio.



However I think there's more things you can do with an above ground pond these days. There wasn't so much stuff available in the late seventies, so I'm sure you'll come up with some better ideas.

 

I think you have some fab ideas and I look forward to seeing some progress photos

 

Keep the pics coming so we can see how you progress.

Good luck.

 

Some really interesting ideas there! Your plan to get some height in there would make such a difference as would trailing some climbers along the fencing!


Have a look at a few of Matt James' creations on Channel 4 OD- The City Gardener

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-city-gardener/4od

He has a great way with space and layouts. Exciting times for you!