Modern Gardens - April Digital Sampler

How we did it...
READER GARDEN
4
THE GARDEN
room replaced a
dilapidated shed. It took
two days to install, and
has been adopted by
Neil as his official ‘man
cave’, complete with
dart board and bar!
SPRING
APRIL 2015 “This is how the garden looked when we moved in.
Garden designer Christopher Rixton and his team cleared everything
in less than a week. Experts took away the shed as it had asbestos
roofing. The ground was excavated, a new drainage system was put in,
and the foundations were built for the new garden room.”
LATE SPRING
MAY 2015 “All the brickwork was installed, including the raised beds
and walls. The garden room went up in two days and then the fencing
arrived. The sandstone patio areas were laid and the huge old olive
tree was manoeuvred into place.”
THE 90-YEAR-OLD olive tree took four men to lift into pride
of place in the raised bed. It’s the undisputed star of the show.
SUMMER
JUNE 2015 “The fencing was erected, the artificial grass was
installed, raised beds and planters were painted in white and grey, and
the plants were put in place. Everything was completed by the end of
the month, taking a total of 25 days from start to finish.”
WORDS: FIONA CUMBERPATCH PHOTOS: WWW.GREENBIRDGARDENING.CO.UK
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