Author: Tamsin, Secret Garden

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New Build Garden Design in Lyde Green

This new build garden had a straggly lawn that didn’t grow very well, due to builders waste and poor soil that was originally added into ...
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Update: Modernising an Urban Garden

This raised border is shaped to work with the layout of the garden, which will give added interest when seen from different angles. The champagne ...
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Creating an Orchard

Over a couple of sessions we took on the big job of cutting our way through the undergrowth. The aim of this is to find ...
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Secluded Garden Design in Southville

This nice, chunky timber raised bed was constructed and lined, and is now being filled with soil, ready to plant in the coming days. The ...
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Modernising an Urban Bristol Garden

We’ve finally got some pretty hot consecutive days and have been busy smashing out the old materials that need removing. First of all we removed ...
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Laying Meadow Turf in Your Garden Design

The hard landscaping consisted of taking out overgrown shrubs and vegetation, creating timber raised beds at both the top and bottom edges of the steps, ...
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Urban Garden Limestone Patio

The boys got to work, levelling the area, removing soil and prepared it for the new limestone paving. A thick layer of ballast was wacked ...
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Garden Transformation in Emerson’s Green

As you can see, this garden was quite a blank canvas to begin with. Just a weedy lawn and an small old patio. The kind ...
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Major Mulching Session

  We brought in a tipper load of mulch from a nearby farm, and got to work moving it around the garden. Although it’s almost ...
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Roman Tiled Garden

Team Glenn stepped in, to get to work in her garden. All of the old pavers were removed and stacked up, ready to be recycled ...
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