Garden planning 2022

[Reluctantadult]

Anyone up for (or is there already) a garden planning-to-creating thread? To share ideas, tips, progress? Mine needs a lot of work! I'm sat looking out now with a couple of garden design books and a large coffee, hoping the dc don't find me too soon 😁☕📚

I'd like to join the thread!

We moved to a new build last year so have a blank canvas on the garden. The builders put in turf and the garden is 10 x 12. Part of me wants a stylish garden while the other part wants a wild looking garden!

I wanted to make a start last summer but DH wanted to get a landscaper in... we got a quote last month for £20k so I think he's on board now with having a go ourselves!

should ass that we are south facing so have sun all day which is wonderful!

add not ass {grin}

@pippinsleftleg maybe watch last night's episode of 'your garden made perfect', it had the same 2 options!

Sorry for your loss @Reluctantadult

I like your idea about painting the shed and adding some decor to make it a bit of a feature. I think for the same price as the quote, you could probably buy two smaller sheds to be honest. You could then place one either side at the back, and have the space in between as a play area/seating etc? Easy to hide slimmer sheds with some potted plants that you can move around as and when needed.

One one of the gardening shows, I forget which, they added a little simple pergola attached to the shed, which could be an idea? You could add climbers or hang decor etc as a way of screening it off slightly too.

Greenfingers is an online garden shop btw first time I used it!

Oh that's an interesting idea, it would mean I could keep the ceanothus and apple tree on the back fence, have one shed for bikes and one for gardening things, and seating in the middle. That hadn't actually crossed my mind!!!

The two sheds idea is a good one but if you want to keep yours to save money for other gardening goodies, we moved a large shed a much bigger distance than you’d need to.

We put 3 x scaffold poles underneath it and literally rolled it along. As one pole came out the back we’d move it to the front. If you have anyone who could help it would be almost free to do. I was only a teen at the time and did it with my DParents so not much muscle needed!

I don’t think you’d ever regret moving the shed out of the sunny spot.

If you're considering putting mirrors in the shed just be aware that birds fly into them and injure themselves sometimes. Personally I'd go for growing something up the sides of it instead.

@GodspeedJune

The two sheds idea is a good one but if you want to keep yours to save money for other gardening goodies, we moved a large shed a much bigger distance than you’d need to.

We put 3 x scaffold poles underneath it and literally rolled it along. As one pole came out the back we’d move it to the front. If you have anyone who could help it would be almost free to do. I was only a teen at the time and did it with my DParents so not much muscle needed!

I don’t think you’d ever regret moving the shed out of the sunny spot.

It would pain me to pay that to move the shed. The trouble is both dh and I have bad backs and are not big or strong people so may struggle for the necessary muscle.