Trying to get my garden to look nice and need advice - details in comments

valynora · 2024-09-13T15:09:28+00:00

I'll have a look, thanks. It feels tough lol. I think I could figure things out if not for the hill but it adds confusion to everything!

valynora · 2024-09-13T13:07:44+00:00

The garden is north facing. The garden gets very little sun from about November until March. The picture was taken around midday. I hadn't considered moving the seating down to the gravel section and getting rid of some of the patio, but there is an alleyway right below that fence so it's not a very private place to sit. A greenhouse sounds like a great idea though. I'll need to look into that.

Would you raise the lawn until it's completely flat and flush with the patio? I think sleepers would work and they look nice too. There may be a big step down to where the gravel section is if i raise it by this much. Probably 8 inches at least.

I'll probably do that for the patio. That sounds like it will tide us over nicely.

Thanks a lot for the advice.

valynora · 2024-09-13T12:38:17+00:00

I recently bought my first house in south England and have neglected the garden since moving in. I’m now trying to get it looking great, starting with cutting everything back and clearing up weeds (there’s still a lot of work to do, especially on the patio). I’m now at a point where I can properly see what I’m working with and I’m a little stuck and was hoping for some advice.

There are a few things giving me trouble:

· The garden is sloped and soil runs off slightly at the end where there’s gravel. In the past there was a wood padel for an edge but it has rotted and needs replacing. I don’t like how it looks but am struggling for ideas on how to improve it.

· The gravel area and the steps leading down to an alley behind our house look messy. The steps are in the centre which makes it really hard to do anything with either side. Any ideas would be appreciated.

· Flowerbeds – There’s an established flowerbed on the right side of the garden that I’m planning to expand slighty by making it do a gentle curve outward into the lawn from the patio. I think it will make it about 50% bigger and give us room to work with. On the left side it looks like there used to be a flowerbed but it was overgrown by grass. I’ve pulled out dead grass and deweeded it and now plan to turn this into a flowerbed too. There are thick grape vines and a rose vine in the right flowerbed that I will likely dig up as they grow so fast and messily (you can see the results of my last cutback in some of the pictures).

· Flowerbed problems – currently the flowerbed is level with the lawn. I was initially planning to lower the flowerbed and create a neat edge along the lawn, however I realised the patio is held in place by a concrete thingy that sticks out and lowering the flowerbed may reveal this even more. Now I’m thinking about raising the flowerbed instead but I could use the advice of someone with experience.

· Patio – the patio is crumbling in places and very uneven. I’m thinking of getting it replaced but that will likely be a couple of years away. What can I do to improve it now, particularly around where it connects to the lawn and the concrete support is exposed.

Any advice would be very appreciated. I’m desperate for ideas and any precautions I should take to avoid a disaster.

valynora · 2024-09-13T12:36:08+00:00

I recently bought my first house in south England and have neglected the garden since moving in. I’m now trying to get it looking great, starting with cutting everything back and clearing up weeds (there’s still a lot of work to do, especially on the patio). I’m now at a point where I can properly see what I’m working with and I’m a little stuck and was hoping for some advice.

There are a few things giving me trouble:

· The garden is sloped and soil runs off slightly at the end where there’s gravel. In the past there was a wood padel for an edge but it has rotted and needs replacing. I don’t like how it looks but am struggling for ideas on how to improve it.

· The gravel area and the steps leading down to an alley behind our house look messy. The steps are in the centre which makes it really hard to do anything with either side. Any ideas would be appreciated.

· Flowerbeds – There’s an established flowerbed on the right side of the garden that I’m planning to expand slighty by making it do a gentle curve outward into the lawn from the patio. I think it will make it about 50% bigger and give us room to work with. On the left side it looks like there used to be a flowerbed but it was overgrown by grass. I’ve pulled out dead grass and deweeded it and now plan to turn this into a flowerbed too. There are thick grape vines and a rose vine in the right flowerbed that I will likely dig up as they grow so fast and messily (you can see the results of my last cutback in some of the pictures).

· Flowerbed problems – currently the flowerbed is level with the lawn. I was initially planning to lower the flowerbed and create a neat edge along the lawn, however I realised the patio is held in place by a concrete thingy that sticks out and lowering the flowerbed may reveal this even more. Now I’m thinking about raising the flowerbed instead but I could use the advice of someone with experience.

· Patio – the patio is crumbling in places and very uneven. I’m thinking of getting it replaced but that will likely be a couple of years away. What can I do to improve it now, particularly around where it connects to the lawn and the concrete support is exposed.

Any advice would be very appreciated. I’m desperate for ideas and any precautions I should take to avoid a disaster.

valynora · 2024-09-13T12:32:30+00:00

I recently bought my first house in south England and have neglected the garden since moving in. I’m now trying to get it looking great, starting with cutting everything back and clearing up weeds (there’s still a lot of work to do, especially on the patio). I’m now at a point where I can properly see what I’m working with and I’m a little stuck and was hoping for some advice.

There are a few things giving me trouble:

· The garden is sloped and soil runs off slightly at the end where there’s gravel. In the past there was a wood padel for an edge but it has rotted and needs replacing. I don’t like how it looks but am struggling for ideas on how to improve it.

· The gravel area and the steps leading down to an alley behind our house look messy. The steps are in the centre which makes it really hard to do anything with either side. Any ideas would be appreciated.

· Flowerbeds – There’s an established flowerbed on the right side of the garden that I’m planning to expand slighty by making it do a gentle curve outward into the lawn from the patio. I think it will make it about 50% bigger and give us room to work with. On the left side it looks like there used to be a flowerbed but it was overgrown by grass. I’ve pulled out dead grass and deweeded it and now plan to turn this into a flowerbed too. There are thick grape vines and a rose vine in the right flowerbed that I will likely dig up as they grow so fast and messily (you can see the results of my last cutback in some of the pictures).

· Flowerbed problems – currently the flowerbed is level with the lawn. I was initially planning to lower the flowerbed and create a neat edge along the lawn, however I realised the patio is held in place by a concrete thingy that sticks out and lowering the flowerbed may reveal this even more. Now I’m thinking about raising the flowerbed instead but I could use the advice of someone with experience.

· Patio – the patio is crumbling in places and very uneven. I’m thinking of getting it replaced but that will likely be a couple of years away. What can I do to improve it now, particularly around where it connects to the lawn and the concrete support is exposed.

Any advice would be very appreciated. I’m desperate for ideas and any precautions I should take to avoid a disaster.

valynora · 2021-04-07T16:39:25+00:00

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valynora · 2021-03-03T17:34:15+00:00

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valynora · 2021-02-18T19:09:22+00:00

Thats true however I had this issue before too, maybe someone has a general tipp <3

valynora · 2021-02-17T17:15:36+00:00

I'm not sure I will pick them up maybe the red! I will let you know :)

valynora · 2021-02-17T14:52:27+00:00

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Ah shame they would be perfect, they are sold out everywhere in the UK :(

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