[Help] Gardeners Question Time.

[Weststander]

A BBC2 documentary had just started about the RHS’s Bridgewater project.

I peeped online at the finished results, it’s beautiful.

 

[Weststander]

You've started me off now!
Here's a friend's garden I made over in a butterfly stylee. Before, half-way, summer and spring.

Another amazing job. A stunning combination of the slab paths and cottage garden effect.

The Globe Thistles, Echinacea and Heleniums stand out.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Some of the most interesting posts on here are people sharing their garden photos (in whatever stage of development). Come on, don't be shy.

Here ya go.

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[Green Cross Code Man]

Think I have the above post sorted, a little local difficulty with the pictures!

 

[Jack Straw]

Tried to separate the pictures as maybe NSC didn't like so many on one page?

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I've seen photos of your garden before. It's a stunner! I love "Before, during & after" photos. Yours are unbelievable!!

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

I've seen photos of your garden before. It's a stunner!

Thanks, high praise indeed from a great gardener.

I sorted the pictures out now so the transformation is clear.

 

[Weststander]

Here ya go.

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I remember you posting that final pic before. My comment was a dream for kids to explore.

Or adults!

 

[Jack Straw]

Another friend's garden I've done. Yes - I've got two friends!

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

I remember you posting that final pic before. My comment was a dream for kids to explore.

Or adults!

Thanks, somewhere to get lost in. It where it's not immediately obvious that one has sneaked out with a cold beer. [emoji23]

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Another friend's garden I've done. Yes - I've got two friends!

I love seeing grasses in with the more traditional perennials. Adds texture, colour, form that only grades provide. Lovely

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

I remember you posting that final pic before. My comment was a dream for kids to explore.

Or adults!

Beautiful. Sort of gone from one jungle to another. I often reflect on gardens I've had and realise it's just an exercise in replacing one type of abundance with another.

 

[Weststander]

Beautiful. Sort of gone from one jungle to another. I often reflect on gardens I've had and realise it's just an exercise in replacing one type of abundance with another.

Half of our large garden was a jungle I inherited. 70’ high Leylandii, 6’ brambles, teasels, nettles, bindweed, dozens of old concrete post footings, the lot. It took me years in my spare time to clear, including tree and perennial weed roots.

Probably a haven for wildlife, I felt a bit guilty. But apart from a lawn in the middle, everything I’ve done since helps wildlife. Including planting a very long double row mixes native hedge. Not meant by design, but capturing carbon.

Very therapeutic for me. I stubbornly never sought assistance from builders/landscapers, the process and the final results made it all worth it.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Half of our large garden was a jungle I inherited. 70’ high Leylandii, 6’ brambles, teasels, nettles, bindweed, dozens of old concrete post footings, the lot. It took me years in my spare time to clear, including tree and perennial weed roots.

Probably a haven for wildlife, I felt a bit guilty. But apart from a lawn in the middle, everything I’ve done since helps wildlife. Including planting a very long double row mixes native hedge. Not meant by design, but capturing carbon.

Very therapeutic for me. I stubbornly never sought assistance from builders/landscapers, the process and the final results made it all worth it.

It was worth the effort. it's stunning.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Here ya go.

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It is absolutely stunning and I think to achieve that in just 11 years is incredible

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

It is absolutely stunning and I think to achieve that in just 11 years is incredible [emoji106]

Very many thanks. It was very hard work at first for a year or two. Now it's a matter of keeping things in check. It tends to be very shaded due mostly to tall bamboo plants dotted about. It looks a mess at the moment as I'm about to have a pergola built onto the back of the house which meant moving two large treeferns and large stands of bamboo which were cut into a pathway for a secluded table and seats. A garden should evolve in any case, but it won't look as good as the previous few years for several years now.

 

[Jack Straw]

Another part of my "second friend's" garden. The path which runs along the north side of the house, when she moved in, didn't make sense. It divided a narrow tapering area in half, with lots of valuable planting space being wasted. I cleaned the slabs and moved the path closer to the house, and straightened it. I then prepared and planted the area mainly with Hellebores and a few other shade tolerant species. There were already some mature Camellias and Acer palmatums, so it was just a matter of underplanting. The last photo shows how it looks today, and the others are from two years' ago. This border is my favourite bit of the garden. I think it looks better in reality than it does in the photo.

 

[Weststander]

Another part of my "second friend's" garden. The path which runs along the north side of the house, when she moved in, didn't make sense. It divided a narrow tapering area in half, with lots of valuable planting space being wasted. I cleaned the slabs and moved the path closer to the house, and straightened it. I then prepared and planted the area mainly with Hellebores and a few other shade tolerant species. There were already some mature Camellias and Acer palmatums, so it was just a matter of underplanting. The last photo shows how it looks today, and the others are from two years' ago. This border is my favourite bit of the garden. I think it looks better in reality than it does in the photo.

Not located on the chalky soil south of the Downs? Ericaceous soil for the lovely Camellia to thrive.

 

[Jack Straw]

Not located on the chalky soil south of the Downs? Ericaceous soil for the lovely Camellia to thrive.

Burgess Hill. The most beautiful clay soil ever, but needs compost to make it workable.

 

[Stat Brother]

This afternoon I have been mostly snoozing in le jardin et Stat Towers listening to one of my favourite podcasts.
Occasionally opening my eyes, to see my nemesis looming over me.



I was next to my ceanothus, in full Tony.




and further down these little b*stards are less than 2 weeks old...






...which is nice.

 

[WATFORD zero]

OVERSEED THAT LAWN NOW

Someone was asking about seeding a lawn a few weeks ago ?

Just got in from mowing, raking and re-mowing the lawn. Rain and warm weather forecast for 6 of the next 8 days, so get out there and overseed that lawn this afternoon/evening

You have not been charged for this information

Anyone know where I can get some poppies ?