My Small City Garden

Hello

I have finally "finished" my garden (as in, hopefully there will never be anymore major changes - just the odd extra plant here and there!)

I have also done the front garden as well as the back.

What do you guys think?

Here is the front, before and after:
Before



After





And now the back, before and after:
Before (during the ivy removal phase1)



After:

 

It's looking good Elizabeth, you've worked hard on it.

 

Thank you!

As you can see by the last picture, i have a few left waiting to plant.
A couple are still a bit babies, and i will keep them potted until they are a bit bigger. Three of the smallest tub ones are the climbing fuchsia's which will go on that center back wall trough to climb that trellis.

The front garden is full of Alpine trailers, inlcuding some lovely smelling Thyme - hoping they will cascade over the walls at the front of the house

 

This time next year your new garden will have settled itself and maturity will make it look a lot different.

 

Well Done on your Hard Work looks lovely :WINK1:

 

Great job.....what a great little spot you have there.

 

Thank you all so very much

It's all coming alive at the moment, I will end up taking more photos before the seasons through!

I still have the penstemons to plant (as you can see) and my lobelia cardinalis queen victoria - however a nasty gang of slugs has almost eaten the whole of one of them! So trying to bring it back a bit before planting out.. I will be gutted if i lose it, as the two red leafed plants will be a nice contrast at the back border against the wall, amoungst the penstemons.

My climbing fuchsias are coming along lovely too - still not ready for the back trough and trellis but fluffying up nicely! Can't wait to see them against that wall

 

This garden looks great, you've truly made good use of the space that you have I must say it looks 200% better than it used to

 

Thank you

Here is a more update picture of the back end of the garden.
And a picture of the pond that is now in the place of where the bins where in the back garden.

 

Lovely Job

 

Thanks guys

 

Great job, Elizabeth and clearly lots of work.

I adore how your "before" pix look comparatively lifeless and then your "after" pix come alive ... with your gorgeous dog!! The effect is most striking with the front garden pix :doggiesmz:

 

Lol it WAS lifeless before! Even the huge Hebe bush was dead by then!