Revisiting a garden I built for some friends today, to start on the long-overdue water feature (behind me). The rest of the garden is settling in nicely - although much of the credit goes to the sunshine, which makes everything look better.
This was done from scratch, and every surface, object and stone was put in by me, apart from the fence and the largest beeches along the back (which have been slowly and carefully halved in height). Brief was 'Japanese-y', and after my first minimalist design of three silver birches, a carpet of moss and a running stream was rejected, it became obvious that I was allowed to culturally appropriate like mad. Apologies to any Japanese scrollers.
No before photos, but essentially, there was a collapsed shed, an old trampoline and - well, that was it. Even the dog wouldn't go in there. As transformations go, this is a good one.
The shed was the first structure up, a few years ago now, and the green roof is holding up well. The planting happened last summer, so this is really the first growth season and all seems ok. Electrician coming tomorrow to wire up all the underground conduits, so looking forward to some night-time shots.
It is what it is. Hopefully, the pics are high enough res for some zooming in. Personally, I like the bridge: salvaging the mahoosive piece of slate was EPIC.
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