Blogs on front garden ideas

Diversity of GOY members marvelous gardens- Part1

Little bit of nostalgia. I thought I will do this blog of early entries to GOY website which caught my eye at one time or...

Low maintenance border - spotted as I drove past.

Driving through one of the villages yesterday, I spotted this low maintenance border, on the edge of a driveway. Loved the...

It's been a while!

Hello everyone, and hope you're all good, I feel i should almost re-introduce myself as my last post was way back in 2013...how...

Garden in May

A walk round the estate before the wind and rain.

Inspired combination.

I went for a walk to collect some twiggy sticks which had fallen off the trees in our avenue after the strong winds last...

Back to the Front.

The bed at the front of the garden was dominated by another large conifer. The grass in the bed was very poor and cutting...

Monthly favourites.

I've been trying to sort out my old photos on my computer, and as you can imagine there are more photos of plants than of...

Bracknell prairie - July and August

This is the third in a series of blogs about the prairie planting in my front garden. This one covers the summer months...

Bracknell prairie - April to June

Back in March, I wrote a blog on how I had replanted my front garden as a prairie. This new blog records its progress during...

A walk aound the garden before the rain arrives.

The garden is looking much fuller now ,rose buds just ready to open with clean,shiny foliage,hopefully will stay that way!

Bracknell prairie - planting day

While parts of the country had heavy rain today, here in balmy Bracknell it was cloudy but dry (and incredibly windy). Back...

Bracknell prairie - the plan

My front garden faces due south and gets all the sun going. It was all grassed over when I came to 'Devonia' in 1984, but...

The Front Garden

This is a few photos of our front garden. The lawn is barely in existance. I hope the rain comes soon(preferably in the night)...

Front Garden Photos in August

Here are some photos of my little front garden. It isn't big but I try to make it look interesting :) It faces east and gets...

Before, During And After......The Front Garden Revamped.

Well, to be fair, garden seems too grand a word.It is basically a small patch, approx 11 feet wide by 8 feet deep. When...

A trip around the old neighborhood.

Some of the plants around the corner you might say. King-Bangalow palms,Euphorbia ingens- the big cactus like plant. You...

My front garden at the beginning of August.

I've been planting some hardy Fuchsias and herbaceous perennials in my front garden. I was hoping for some colour there this...

My front garden looking wild

Some photo's this evening of front garden looking a little wild after a night of wind and rain my 20 year old peonie has...

Front Garden in 2014

These days, with it getting quite dark by 4.00 in the afternoon, and the weather being so cold-it's all very depressing isn't...

The front during July

Things slowing down a bit now but still looking good At the end of June things were still looking fine, clematis still blooming I...

The front during June

A couple of weeks in June. The Alstromeria looks brill Trumpet lily wasn't as high this year but looked good anyway lots...

Explosion

When my little grandaughter came the other day with her mum, She informed me.. ' Grandma, your garden's exploded!' When I...

A vast improvement :o)

I'm sorry to disagree with most of you, but the tall annuals in my front garden looked awful ... so I got rid of them, and...

My little patch

This is my garden i am pleased with the amount of colour I have is such a small garden There is my little friend asleep...

Some views of my front garden taken this morning.

I sprinkled a few seeds about the place in the front garden, to fill in the gaps ... and they're coming up now. A bit small...

Hi everyone I am back

I have had so much go wrong lately but never mind i am back now. I thought you might like to see my little garden and my...

Summertime in My Little Front Garden

My front garden is not very big, but after a revamp earlier in the year it is now looking at its best. Earlier in the year...

Ruschia radicans in my garden

Ruschia radicans is a great little mesemb to have in the garden. Mine has made a little mound with time, while slowly spreading...

changes to help flooding

GARDEN CHANGES My front entrance, which is an access point for another house unfortunately, gets flooded regularly and we...

PROGRESS IN FRONT GARDEN AT LAST

Today's the first day I've been able to garden since borrowing a pick axe. Saga so far: Men who did front garden last year...

The Front garden

some of what I have been doing :) Thank you for looking :)))

Front garden

The guys who are doing the back garden, did the front for us last year. Some before and after pics. The end of the 1st...

You`ve got a CHOISYA !!!!!!!!!

This is a photo of my Choisya "Sundance" a lovely yellow evergreen shrub it was taken from the front bedroom window, shown...

Front Garden.

Probably the last pics of the garden this year, everything there is to flower has flowered and haven't they done well lol.. Mainly...

ITS THE TURN OF THE FRONT GARDEN

Seeing as we all have very little to do at present-no gardens to open for visitors, no veg or flowers to water, no plants...

Alpine Garden

Last year I decided that as my front garden suffered from prevailling North East/East winds.....an alpine bed would be a...

The front garden in early May

I have been busy planting in the front garden over the last few days mainly due to the fact that you could hardly stand up...

CONKER invites you along to see his front garden ...

Hello ... we sneaked out early into my front garden ................................................................... ......

Front garden before and after

I was looking through my photos this week and found some that I took back in March when I decided to give part of the front...

Changes made to the Front Garden,

Over the last two to three weeks I have made changes to the front garden. I wasn`t sure wether to show them or not as I...

A Year In The Life Of A Sunny Border

Last November, I published a blog showing the changes in a border in my back garden over the course of a growing season....

My Front Garden, September 2010

Would you like to have a look at my front garden today? This is the side that I have gravelled, the plants here did very...

pics of the front lawn

trying to use my new camera and the front looks good after 6mths hard work im waiting to see what the winter brings as...

Front gardens

This is doldrums month for the garden. It's been so dry for ages, and there's been so much cloud for so long that it's not...

meager beginnings

As some will know we started our journey 2 years ago, and yet I feel like I've got nothing done, except the brick pathway,...

CHANGES MADE TO FRONT GARDEN, am I pleased,

Yes I think I am. I feel it has a more balanced look about it. All I`ve done is make the centre bed a little larger and more...

Take a tour of our Spring garden Part1 - 14th March 2010

Our Garden is looking really bare and empty :( There are a few bits coming up but they are only small yet. I will take more...

(8) My evolving garden

As I have spent so little time on the forum in the last year I thought I'd do a blog showing how my gardens coming on. I...

photographs - back or front?

Just an observation here? While looking at front and back gardens for Goypeadia it struck me how much more we photograph...

Beautiful day - Front Garden Update.

The months are rolling by for us all. Already it is April and the devastation caused by the severe frosts we had in the...

Front Garden Looking Better

This is really a follow on from a previous blog that I wrote during the heavy frosts we all suffered in the UK this year....

Front Garden Project

Well this is a follow on from an entry last year. I posted a question about what I could do with the front garden in our...

Don't you just love it when a plan comes together!

Ideas can change the world. They don't need to but they can. It is odd, then, that we don't celebrate our ideas more often,...

Symmetry or Not?

to assist me in selecting a landscaper, i would really like some opinions as to whether i should use a symmetrical design...