Good idea Lizzie. Love Beth Chatto gardens. But I am a perfectionist I would have to change the gravel to all the same and then the edging would still bother me. You are right I could grown things to weep over. Will have a think x Love this forum to throw out things I haven't thought of and believe me my every waking moment is thinking ha ha xxxx
Googled Durness. The name was familiar. Saw that on a gardening show many years ago. It's fab xx My passion is cottage though xx great idea tessagardenbarmy
one thing to be aware of, if its been used for parking the soil will be really compact underneath, if i had the energy (or the money to pay someone) id lift the gravel (i'm assuming there's a weed suppression membrane underneath) and then rotavate and add compost before planting up.
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Hampshire_HogHampshire Coast 100m from the seaPosts: 1,089
You may find that although the kerbs appear to be concreted in it may only be shallow and with a pic-axe you might find you can get under and just lever them out. I have done this before myself.
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
Hi Treehugger80 I was sold the house and told this was for extra parking but it would have to be the slimmest car on the planet to get through that space ha ha. I could remove the planters though. It is a quarter Victorian villa and my neighbours have told me cars never parked there. I could adapt it for that use but have a space and no need for it so prefer a lovely garden that I can enjoy. So Doubt the soil compacted. I am getting a guy round to look at it and maybe pay him to do the hard work. Depends on costs. Need ideas on how to lay it out for interest and something a bit different. Don't want grass so need some sort of stepping stones to access plants. Thanks
I agree with Tessgardenbarmy, Derek Jarman's garden in Kent is one of the best examples of seaside gardens but more in the style of a cottage garden. You can incorporate barrow loads of compost into that middle area and try to dense plant that area, and in time, those borders will just disappear. Have a look at Steppe planting, best shown at the Barbican by Nigel Dunnett. Mixing small shrubs and multi stemmed trees, this idea can be adapted on a much smaller scale.
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I have done this before myself.
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
Need ideas on how to lay it out for interest and something a bit different. Don't want grass so need some sort of stepping stones to access plants.
Thanks