Laurent Perrier Garden, Chelsea 2010 |
My dream garden would look something like the above picture of a Chelsea medal winning garden,
but unfortunately my budget, space and horticultural skills will mean lowering my ambitions for our garden quite a bit. In fact, knowing nothing about garden design or plants at all, and having received astonishing quotes from landscaping companies for even our very basic wish-list, I've been focusing on following elements - patio style and materials, garden furniture, fencing style and colour, lighting and a couple of basic plants - and here is the moodboard:
The first major landscaping decisions have been made and the work is underway, due to be finished within the next week and I'll be sharing the finished result and the next garden related dilemmas on the blog. But for now, here are a couple of "before" pictures of the back garden:
And a sneak peak at the cobbles going down for the patio (spot our nosy cat inspecting the work):
Hopefully this time next week the hard landscaping will all be done and I'll be able to share the garden furniture we've decided on - just keep your fingers crossed that by getting our garden summer-ready, we haven't just jinxed London to a miserable, rainy summer now..!
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