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Tag Archives: transformation
Transformation – complete!
The first photo here is of my transformed garden one year ago today (please note any member of the Hosepipe Police checking in, I’m not contravening the ban; the photo is 12 months old!) The landscapers had packed away their … Continue reading
Posted in Creating my garden, In my garden
Tagged cottage gardens, English gardens, gardening, landscaping, perennials, transformation
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Transformation – days 5 & 6
By now the garden was really starting to take shape; the brick paths and sitting area were completed, the railway sleepers for the raised bed were in and it had been filled with compost, and the posts and ropes for … Continue reading
Transformation – day 4
Back in 2011, April 26 saw the fourth day of work in the garden, and now it really began to take shape. There were four guys working on it, the landscaper and his labourer, plus two brilliant bricklayers who were … Continue reading
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Tagged building, electricity in the garden, gardening, landscaping, pond, transformation
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Transformation – days 2 & 3
Lots of progress made in two days, and what was most exciting was that the impact plants I’d selected were delivered. In the plan my designer had placed 5 plants at various intersections of the path, punctuation points so to … Continue reading
Posted in Creating my garden, In my garden
Tagged gardening, landscaping, specimen plants, transformation
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Transformation – day 1
This is what I came home to after the guys had been at work for one day – just two of them, with spades and wheelbarrows! Originally we hoped to use a [small] digger, which would have fascinated the little … Continue reading