Thursday 14 May 2009

My Garden Makeover : Before, During & After........

I thought I would share with you the transformation of my garden from a derelict site to, may I say it myself, a garden to be proud of. When we first moved in the garden was completely over grown with weeds & ivy, which we ripped out & put up the fence at the end.


My garden is the one thing that I am going to miss the most when I move. I designed it & choose the plants & have watched it mature over the last 4 years.




Before makeover Jun 2005



Cutting down the 250 ft Horse Chestnut tree Nov 2005


Going.....
Going.....

Going.....


Gone

It took nearly 3 weeks to cut the tree down. I hate to see any tree being felled but it was rotten on the inside & was unsafe, plus there was no sun light at all. It opened up the garden & we have the sun nearly all day now.



Now for the landscaping Jul 2006





Getting there Aug 2006



New turf & start planting shrubs Sept 2006


One month later



June 2008


April 2009

1 comment:

  1. It looks wonderful! I would be sad too. I wish my yard looked that put together. Maybe one day. :)

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