My back garden transformation pics

paddy147

From this horrible and overgrown weedy mess :mad:................................






to this beautifull railway sleeper raised bed back garden complete with water feature ...................................







All designed and built by my girlfriend who is a hortacultureist and botanist.

old boy

i could have done with a loan of her recently.

paddy147

I did NONE of it,all her design and all her work and all done in her spare time too.Shes brilliant.

niceirishfella

Nice Paddy!

Hang onto her!

paddy147

niceirishfella wrote: »

Nice Paddy!

Hang onto her!

Ah yeah,shes a keeper allright.:D

Currahee01

paddy147 wrote: »

I did NONE of it,all her design and all her work and all done in her spare time too.Shes brilliant.

Looks fantastic Paddy, fair play to your OH!

skywalker_208

Fair play to her. thats a lovely looking garden

paddy147

And finally,the garden shed fitted this evening.

bugsntinas

very nice garden yo have and not a weed in sight

paddy147

Pic of the finished garden from above and also the tree fern she bought me at Bloom last weekend.

Sonnenblumen

Its a vast improvement on the previous layout and well done. But not wishing to be a spoilsport, I would recommend that you look carefully at your planting (space and positions). I think you will need to make some adjustments.

The lapped panels (rear fence) are not correctly installed.

paddy147

Sonnenblumen wrote: »

Its a vast improvement on the previous layout and well done. But not wishing to be a spoilsport, I would recommend that you look carefully at your planting (space and positions). I think you will need to make some adjustments.

The lapped panels (rear fence) are not correctly installed.

Nothing I can do about the panels,and Im not bothered about it,as thats my neighbours wall/fense and its up to him to put that bit right.

Alot of the plants are slow growing and evergreen,and there is space for them to grow,but also we can prun and maintain as needed.

Thanks.

Orion

Fantastic transformation paddy. It looks great.

My back garden is pretty much like your original pics at the moment. I'll be starting my own transformation next weekend. I just finished the front garden last weekend. I've a fairly big back garden so won't be doing down the gravel route (I did that in the front anyway with raised beds from scaffold planks). But I'll be doing some raised beds like yours while leaving a lawn area, room for the kids 13' trampoline and a built in bbq. I've a lot of work ahead of me but I'm looking forward to it.

paddy147

Macros42 wrote: »

Fantastic transformation paddy. It looks great.

My back garden is pretty much like your original pics at the moment. I'll be starting my own transformation next weekend. I just finished the front garden last weekend. I've a fairly big back garden so won't be doing down the gravel route (I did that in the front anyway with raised beds from scaffold planks). But I'll be doing some raised beds like yours while leaving a lawn area, room for the kids 13' trampoline and a built in bbq. I've a lot of work ahead of me but I'm looking forward to it.

Sounds like you know what you want and have a vision of the outcome.

Hope it goes well for you.:)

Orion

hehe - I used the word 'vision' to my OH and she laughed. But she also told me that I've carte blanche to do what I want because I did do a total transformation of the front garden from a weed infested bushy jungle into what has turned out to be a pretty excellent garden (even if I do say so myself). Some neighbours have even commented on it. I am no gardener by any means - I'm really learning as I go. But I'm enjoying it

But I do have a vision of the outcome and that vision changes as I think of new ideas. My trip to Bloom gave me some excellent ideas of features for the garden - no room for all of them The vision is to have a child friendly garden that looks good and has relaxation space in the sun. We'll see how it turns out :eek:

wreckless

nice 1, brilliant job.

joseph brand

a pretty excellent garden (even if I do say so myself). Some neighbours have even commented on it.

Any pics??

k123456

tree ferns are fantastic plants, when feeding/watering it, dont forget to water at the crown as well as the base.iuj

paddy147

k123456 wrote: »

tree ferns are fantastic plants, when feeding/watering it, dont forget to water at the crown as well as the base.iuj

Thanks,the whole garden,including the tree ferns and other ferns got a good watering tonight.:D

Orion

joseph brand wrote: »

Any pics??

I don't think I've any of jungle period I'll take some over the weekend and post.