This is the journal of my endeavours to grow a range of fruit, veg and flowers from seed, grow organically, and my attempts to create a personal paradise with 1/2 acre of maintained gardens and 1/2 acre wild meadows. Northern Ireland's average daily high temperatures are 18 °C (64 °F) in July and 6 °C (43 °F) in January. Soil type: Clay

Tuesday, 14 April 2015

Tinkering with garden designing

It's been a busy couple of years in the garden. From volunteering weekly with a gardening group, to keeping up with growing my own veg and plants from seed, I've also been designing my first garden, a low maintenance garden... that started with a grassy / weedy area that looked sad and was in need of some TLC (tender loving care).
I've always had some interest in garden design and have done a short design course etc. Recently I took on my first project, starting with drawing out ideas and doing a bit of research on plants, etc. Its been fun and hard work as I've been involved in the digging etc (my back has not liked this).

 Here's a little sneak preview of one of the areas that is almost finished, with a before, during and after shot.  More on the garden design project (and its progress) at a later date.

Above: Work in progress - some hard landscaping on a low budget.
Above: The starting point - an area of grass and weeds.

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9 comments:

  1. ann14 April 2015 at 05:49

    Very nice and a lot of work. I have been adding more grasses to the landscape. There is such a great variety to choose from now. It will be a spot that you will enjoy for a long time.

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  2. Sue Garrett14 April 2015 at 10:05

    Look forward to seeing your projects - have to admit our garden evolves rather than follows a plan.

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  3. Janneke 14 April 2015 at 12:43

    A nice project to start, I like it. I've been a garden designer for years, it's fun but also lots of work as you also have your own garden. I had to stop designing lately, because I have too much other obligations at the moment with the care for very old parents, my own garden, my daughter's garden and I'm already retired myself, haha.
    Wish you a lot of success!

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  4. RobinL14 April 2015 at 19:49

    I'm interested in garden design myself. I often find myself judging those in the neighborhood who don't do it well, but I shouldn't do that. You should hear me ranting to hubby "They think they can just plunk a few flowers anywhere and call it a day! That won't look like anything come winter time!" LOL

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  5. Mark Willis14 April 2015 at 23:55

    What a transformation! If you do that to all of your garden it will take you years though.

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  6. Rainy Day Gardener15 April 2015 at 14:05

    Hi Kelli, this is very neat that you have begun designing! It is my dream to enter this world someday. I'm really looking forward to more posts about your projects :)

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  7. Egretta Wells blog15 April 2015 at 14:41

    Hi Kelli, What a great job you did designing and making that lovely garden. I love the path to the bench and the pots placed where they are, plus the front garden is gorgeous! It all looks very inviting and restful. I hope your back is over the soreness and you have some time to sit and enjoy that beautiful garden. Well done!

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  8. Mal17 April 2015 at 12:33

    Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea...

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  9. Jo21 April 2015 at 06:28

    That sounds really interesting, I look forward to hearing more about it.

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