New Projects !

As usual I decided on a new project. We had a couple of cool days so I decided to hire the turf cutter again (the hire shop did say they were going to visit as they didn't believe we could possibly have any grass left in the garden!) The lower area was crying out for development, and whilst I had promised the children I would leave them some grass to play on, I decided that I'd like a pond. Then decided 2 linked ponds would be nicer and a better use of the space. So this is the result of 2 days madness.
At the same time I decided that we needed a suitable entrance to the garden as when visitors get to the grass, they think they can see all their is to be seen and often don't bother going up and looking round and discovering all the other work and plants up towards the woods. I felt if we screened the area with a long arbour, leading the view away around the corner it would encourage them to investigate further. Later that evening after all the destruction we had a visit from a garden group who were a little shocked, luckily the colourful herbaceous gardens quickly calmed them.

The area in the bottom corner of the garden that I rearranged earlier in the year looks like it has been here for ages now, everything has blended in well, I'm still not sure whether I should leave the path through from the other border, the idea people would walk around the sunken area to get here doesn't work as people just take the short cut through the border....I'm still thinking about it. The woodland borders are now maturing, another 5 years or so and they will be stunning, its hard to believe these were planted only 6 months ago.