Blogs on small garden ideas

Recycled wheelbarrow - turned it in to a bog garden

The frame rusted off my wheelbarrow so as I had a Bressingham Blue Hosta and Polystichum polyblepharum (Japanese tassel fern)...

The darling blooms of May

A mix around my garden

My postage stamp garden

This is the first year of gardening here. We moved back in November 2015. Tiny garden with not much in the way of flower...

Bits and Bobs :o)

It's been a dry day so I've been tidying one of my Perspex shelters. I put all my Auriculas and Alpines in there. There were...

A Tale of Survival

This is a tale of the life of a more than half-dead seedling to a beautiful work of living art. (well I think so). The star...

A Fantasy of Fuchsias (or The Neglected Fuchsias of 2015)

Choose your own title ... Lots of photos :o( Because other things took priority this summer, my Fuchsias have suffered some...

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...

Before and after

These are my patio pots in early spring and now -despite the rain, wind and low temperatures we've been having! Unless...

More spring Colour..

This is my only shaded North facing border,so It's mainly used for acid loving shrubs..although my soil isn't naturally acid..I...

Milton Keynes Garden of the Year 2014 Competition

Hi Everyone. It's that time of year again for the Milton Keynes Garden of the Year 2014 Competition. Both my wife Jackie...

An Evening Wander

Just been for a wander around my small garden this evening, taking a few pictures as you do, and thought I would show them...

pansies still proliferating

I planted these in April or March; not done much too them, dead-headed them a bit once or twice, not given them any special...

back and front garden this morning :))

good morning all some photos of our garden this morning. can not wait for all to bloom :)))))

Iris Katharine Hodgkin' forgotten and neglected.

Sorry about the incorrect spelling of Katharine in the photos below. Is this iris very hardy compared to other reticulata...

The current T/V series Great British Gardens Revival

is very good, but mostly concern people with huge acreages of land. Most of us have small gardens. Therefore, to get the...

Revamped back garden part 2

Hi, folks, As it would appear I've not bored everyone to death, and as the weather isn't fit to turn the cat out, I thought...

Part two of the work done at the new garden.

Perhaps I should carry on with the arbour corner, and go on from there ! We placed both arbour seats where we wanted them...

Aerial views - by popular demand

In my previous blog (my August review) a few members asked if I could possibly take my life in my hands and get some aerial...

Some snapshots of my garden:))

I was bit upset this year because my garden was looking colourless . Today I went out and came back inside with some colourful...

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...

Have a look round.

Hi all. Well our little space seems to be shaping up quite well, so I thought I would share an update and a few pics. Its...

March records - main blog

Weekend pictures as I changed things around-new beans area for mother, and new path :) need this to see how things grow with...

Garden today:))))

Hi all just thought i would share some pictures of my garden on such a gorgeous sunny day:))))

My little front garden now.

This is my little garden today.

My Garden

At the risk of boring some of you, I will add a few more pictures, as requested, of my garden at the moment. Hope you enjoy...

APRIL FLOWERS between the showers :o)

Welcome to our front garden ... ............................................................ Here's the path ... ......

how big are all your gardens

well only been new to growsonyou i am so inspired by all your lovely gardens and the space you all seem to have wile i only...

Summers over

The weather is turning cooler (central heating on this week) and I wanted to make a blog entry before the growing season...

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...

My Garden today.

Hi, These are the latest pictures of our garden, its 80% in flower now and were going away for a few days, fingers crossed...

Changing the sky

I finally got around to reorganising my tabletop space. I’d used purple material as a screen because that was the only thing...

Changes that are satisfying,

I`ve made quite a few changes to the garden over the last twelve months, some I didn`t like and have re-done but all in all...

Tabletop lanscape

When I put the tables up in the garden, I just put the plants up as they came to hand, bigger at the back, smaller at the...

Garden revamp DAY TWO (cont'd)

Just a few more photos which I took this evening...we had been watering the turf and it really perked up and then I watered...

The RAIN is here at last ! :o)))

The gardens were very, very thirsty ... Everyone was waiting for rain ... ..................................................................... For...

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

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

APRIL DAYS ~ brief and precious

Early April ... my gardens are coming to life ...................................................................... This...

Yesteryear.

Hi, Here are a few pictures we have taken in our garden over the last 10 or 12 years. The quality of some is better than...

SORRY..SORRY..SORRY.

I'm so sorry for not talking to you all on G o Y. I've no excusses , other than I was going to cantact and contact and contact...

My First Garden.....for Whistonlass.....

Funny thing, I still have dreams about my old home. We lived there from before we were married until five years ago. 18...

Long thin garden makeover

Here's another garden I redesigned and landscaped for a customer a few years ago. The garden is terrace house width( about...

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...

GARDEN GUESTS

My dogs enjoy my gardens ... ... and, despite my home being in a fairly built-up area, lots of wildlife garden guests...

Memories of Rex - A Chelsea Courtyard Garden (part 2)

Back in 2001, the RHS were still inviting amateurs to exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show. This is the second of two blogs...

Courtcourt Gardens

Drc recently posted a blog to tell us that GoYPedia now has a section on Courtcourt Gardens, so I am sending a couple of...

Before and After

I've just been looking through some old photos and i found these 2 first ones ! This is my back garden and it shows what...

November

November 2009 The mild dry weather has turned to chilly then stormy. Rainfall has been above average but nothing compared...

Work in progress (our small garden) part three

This blog completes my description of the work that was necessary to begin to give shape to our garden. The images are of...

Our small garden (work in progress) part two

The hedge of Pyracantha was made to separate and, hopefully, create a shady area. But the work is long and not yet completed. What...

Work in progress (our small garden) part

Our little garden is relatively young, we were given, along with the house just completed at the end of June 2007. The reclamation...

Flowers all year: December

It has been raining here for the whole of November and in the last couple of days the weather has turned quite sharply in...

Growing berries and birdies on a Viburnum Plicatum

When I looked out of my window this morning I was rewarded with a perfect christmas image: a bare Viburnum Plicatum full...

Excerpts From A (recently discovered) Garden Diary (6)

May 14 2000 18.00hrs Sunday. "The timber steps leading down to the lower patio are now built. At Ikea I got convex...

October

October is one of my favourite months. The reds and golds are beautiful especially in sun against a blue sky. Autumn flowers...

September in the garden

I don't know about anyone else but the colours and flowering plants in my garden this september are amazing. They have...

The Carrot Crunch

This year I decided to start a veg patch and thought the unproductive left hand side of my garden would be perfect. First...

My garden a quick tour part 2 Willow dome to Tree ferns.

This is another quick tour of the second part of my garden. It starts off from inside the willow dome and takes you across...

Bigger Gardens

I guess we’d all like a bigger garden so that we could grow everything we wanted to. A few trees (or an entire wood), several...

A year (and a bit) of gardening

Well everything's a bit calmer after the wedding so no jobs today and I've just been out in the drizzle to see if I can move...