What would you turn this garden into - PICS!!

vansboy

kazwookie wrote: »

Put the stones on freecycle and get someone to take them away for free to use as hard core.

We'll use some ourselves, to improve the base of the driveway, but that's a good idea.

Actually the stone is a quality white hard rock & lies all around the village from what I can see - lots of stone walls in plenty of the gardens. It'd make good rockery displays!

VB

System

Was actually thinking of replacing with a picket fence, along the back, to take advantage of, as you say, all that field & the 2 Highland cattle living there! The only not so nice view is where the conifers finish, right in the bottom corner, as thats actually got their compost bins behind our rotten fence - hence thinking of summer house, with some height to instantly conceal the gap - & views of their parking area - sometimes got vans in there & we can just see the tops of them from our decking.

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Yes, the picket fence would do two things, look more natural and yes, you would see through it. Plus, it would be less like to blow down, either way, once a year I would spray the base/ground with weed killer, to prevent any seeking your garden as a home. If the stones are as you say, it might be an idea to retain them/some as features, should you have raised area's, you could use some to fill in between plants, and being white would bleach in the sun.

Pippilongstocking

Hello
thought about this further

If it were me, I would make a list of what I want to do in the garden and what I would like in the garden - and then figure it out like a jigsaw - the best garden designs are those which fulfil your needs in the most logical way.

I liek doing this with a cut out of the garden on paper and then cut bits out or make a list of the things needed on wee bits paper and keep shufting things around to find out what you want where, it sounds mad, but actually its a very visual way of thinking about how you want your space to work, etc and then you can get around to figuring out what works for you and what you need.
Like a garden shopping list - i want a glasshouse, i want a screen, I want somewhere to bbq, I want some water etc etc slowly but surely it will start to take shape for your needs x

Savvy_Sue

vansboy wrote: »

with some height to instantly conceal the gap - & views of their parking area - sometimes got vans in there & we can just see the tops of them from our decking.

And I'd have thought you'd LIKE being able to see a few vans from your decking! :rotfl: make you feel right at home ...

vansboy

fayjmck wrote: »

Hello
thought about this further

If it were me, I would make a list of what I want to do in the garden and what I would like in the garden - and then figure it out like a jigsaw - the best garden designs are those which fulfil your needs in the most logical way.

I liek doing this with a cut out of the garden on paper and then cut bits out or make a list of the things needed on wee bits paper and keep shufting things around to find out what you want where

Good idea!

Mrs V did a similar sort of 'mood board' for inside the house - worked pretty well!

VB

nodwah

vansboy wrote: »

We've only just put it there!!!!

It WAS in the space between us & neighbors new fence, but it took up too much room - 'cos it had wasted areas around it. Plus it meant we'd not be able to get proper access, if needed, to the rear.

So behind the tank & between the tree was easiest, to not have it anywhere 'awkward'. & there's still plenty of sunlight, to it - I hope!!

VB

Ooops, sorry!

Debt_Free_Chick

vansboy wrote: »

Was actually thinking of replacing with a picket fence, along the back, to take advantage of, as you say, all that field & the 2 Highland cattle living there!

I would have thought that with a picket fence you'd be enjoying close-up views of the cattle

Surely you are going to need a stock-proof fence Although stock-proof post & rail would be attractive, practical and "appropriate".

vansboy

Debt_Free_Chick wrote: »

Surely you are going to need a stock-proof fence Although stock-proof post & rail would be attractive, practical and "appropriate".

I should have mentioned, there's allready one a metre inside the fields boundry - that ought to keep them off our new garden!!

VB

Pippilongstocking

I hope they are nice highland cows - cos highland cows are beautiful but kinda tempremental!!!!

What a great view you will have

angelavdavis

What a great blank canvas.

Like Fay, I would suggest you make a list of what you see as important for you in a garden - eg patio to have a G&T in the last rays of the sun, perhaps covered with a trellis with a grapevine growing over it for some height, a summerhouse, storage, vegetable garden, water feature, etc etc.

Personally, I would plant a lovely vegetable garden around the greenhouse, edged with trellis that you can grow roses and clematis plus runner beans up in order to screen from the house.

I would then mark out some deep borders with fluid lines, planting larger shrubs at the back such as rhodedendron (sp?), lilac, black elder, shrub roses, plus some structural planting like phormiums, fatsia, speckled laurel, etc. These will also give you some height to block unwanted views. I usually plant these sorts of plants through weed suppressing membrane and bark chip on top as I like to keep the maintenance to a minimum.

I am not a huge lawn fan either because I simply don't have the time to mow it regularly, but it does provide a cheap covering in comparison to landscaping, and a good backdrop to the borders.