Help Please With My Sistors Garden

My Sistor Has Asked Me to Give Her a Hand and Get Some Ideas for Her Garden its a Lovely Size & Has Loads of Potenshal & Scope i said id ask for advice on here because im a Novice My Self!!! & Have just Done Mine out My Head as Iv gone Along She All ready has 1 small shed but next door the old boy who is 75 is getting Married & Moveing Away SO Has told My Sis She is welcome to his shed its a Beauty the pic over the fence is the shed she is having and one of his small trees she is welcome to have as well iv took a few pic for ideas all ideas Gratley Apreciated to Any 1 who can Give guidance or help in this Matter I Will Gladley Help Her And Try My Best to Get Her Startrd

it would be lovely if any 1 Could post a pic or 2 of wot it could look like

Thanks Again Folly Mon

 

I will knock up a 3 dimensional cad layout tommorow .... I'm too knackered today

 

a Million Dim Hope your Enjoying Your BBQ & The Weather is Holding out Your End :WINK1:

 

I'd do it tonight .... but Im too 'phished'

 

I think the first thing must be to get rid of the straight path down the middle. Straight lines make gardens look smaller than they are in my opinion.

I think its always nice if you cant see the whole thing in one go, so maybe break it up into sections seperated by arches and such.

It really depends on what your sister wants from her garden. And not just your sis, but anyone else in the household. Are there any kids for example? Or are there any special requirements? Does your sis have a colour scheme, or anything at all that might give us a clue as to what she might like?

 

She Defantley Wants a Veggy patch

My Sis is a Night Mare and has not got a clue and no invistion of wot she wants

Her children have Grown up just has a small dog she has a lovely boyfriend who is going to be on the shovel with me

 

How about a nice little run with 4 chickens the coop could be made from the old shed and fresh food on tap!

 

Questions need to be answered. How much work does your sister want to do. Does she even have a green thumb. And how much money does she want to spend. How much time does she have to keep it all up.
And wondering how long she has lived there, just moved ----or been there for years.
If been there for years and not anything "really" planted makes me wonder how dedicated she would "really" be.

And I agree, don't like the straight concrete path.

 

For your Comments
She Has Lived in her House for 18months/ 2years tops She Has Decorated Every room top to bottom On Her Own As She Has Been Single Since Divorce and only just getting around to the Garden
As For Budget Like My Self it will be an on going Project and will spend wot she can Afford as & When She Can
Iv Explained to Her it aint a Rush or a Race if She Intends to Stay there Witch She Does!!!

Iv Been Working on Mine For 18 months and Aint No Where Near Finished
From Wot Ive Learnt on GC I Probably Never Will BE!!! It Was Explained to me Here on GC Its a Life Long Thing and Changing My Mind My Ideas is an Ordinary Thing to do when we are learning

As For Time She Has Got All the Time in the World and a New Boy Friend & Me to Help Her All We Can :WINK1: Again redstar She Agrees The Path Has to GO!!!

 

I have not forgotten to do the layout .... started yesterday but did not finish ... will continue tonight

 

here's just a quick pretty picture ... but obviously a lot more planning needs to be done .... one needs to see which section is south facing etc and find out what type of plants/shrubs your sister likes

get the lawn sorted ... a few shrubs etc on the sides.... a new patio, the other shed from the neighbour, and a spot for a greenhouse to grow veg etc

at the back, perhaps plant a couple of rambling roses to smother the leylandii conifers .... there are some really vigorous rambling roses that will cover that hedge in quick time and look superb when in bloom (a clematis Montanna may also work) ....

when I have time, I will do a better layout on one of the other photos (this is just showing space management)

 

That bird bath looks big enough for a few ducks,or is the shed behind a Wendy house Dim?
If only these dreams came true..... It does look grand don't it Folly Mon.
Jenny namaste

 

it's just a quick mockup showing space management ... scale of plants etc are wrong, and birdbath does look a bit big

 

Yep, Folly Man. 23 years and still working on our gardenssssss.