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Garden Features

Quick and easy trellis Fans

March 2, 2023February 28, 2023

A step-by-step guide for making
this attractive and practical feature
for your fence or wall.

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DIY Timber fence Panels with a Modern Design

July 13, 2022

Here’s a guide to how I built my own long-lasting, modern styled, timber fence on a budget. Hopefully you will find some inspiration and useful DIY tips.

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Topiary Tour – Clipped evergreens in my Garden

August 4, 2021August 3, 2021

Over the years I have ended up with a lot of topiary in my garden. A majority of this is in the form of … read more

Categories Creative Pruning, Design, Garden Features 2 Comments

Pyracantha espalier

September 24, 2022May 29, 2020

Nothing is easier to train into an espalier form than the Fire Thorn (Pyracantha). If you want to get in some practise before launching … read more

Categories Creative Pruning, Garden Features, Gardening 13 Comments

Renovating the Vegetable Garden

February 12, 2021August 16, 2019

Background Ideas I am in the process of repurposing and revamping the vegetable garden. It’s not really going to be a vegetable garden anymore. … read more

Categories Garden Features, The Pond Garden, The Vegetable Garden 2 Comments

How to make trellis panels

February 12, 2021May 10, 2019

Three examples of sturdy, long-lasting, DIY trellis panels TRADITIONALLY, trellis is any open framework used to partition areas of a garden or support climbing … read more

Categories DIY, Garden Features 24 Comments

Using Trellis Panels in Fences

February 12, 2021May 5, 2019

Trellis Panels in the top section of this 2m fence improve the look, adding texture and visual interest. I used trellis panels to reduce … read more

Categories DIY, Garden Features 2 Comments

Accoya – the best new timber for garden design?

February 12, 2021July 26, 2018

This is the latest bed I have added to my garden. It is made out of a new kind of wood called Accoya which … read more

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Outdoor kitchen

January 16, 2022August 3, 2017

The new outdoor kitchen with gas BBQ, sink and tap is finished and christened. (Well, nearly finished: there’s still the cupboard to finish, but … read more

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Creating an ornamental lawn

February 12, 2021August 3, 2015

Recently we had some friends over for a lunch party and without prompting, two of the male guests, (why is it a bloke thing? … read more

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Cloud pruned hedges & topiary fun

April 12, 2019December 7, 2014

Out and About in Sussex, England: musings on creative pruning Most of the hedging in my garden is in the formal, rectilinear style, but I … read more

Categories Creative Pruning, Curiosities, Garden Features, Out and About 3 Comments

Formal pond in the vegetable garden

February 12, 2021August 22, 2014

The centre piece of my vegetable garden is this formal pond, which was started in 2012. It’s overall size is about 6′ x 11′, … read more

Categories Design, DIY, Garden Features, The Pond Garden, The Vegetable Garden 4 Comments
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      • The Lawn Garden – 1. History & Planning
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