Lockdown design

What else do you do when in lockdown but redesign your garden?

We had already decided to change the design of our Reflection Garden - the sleepers were rotting around the raised beds, the reflection pool had caused us problems over the previous two years and to be honest I no longer liked the design and impact of the decking.

The Solution

Out with the decking - now destined as kindling for the winter and in with a wide shallow set of steps linking the top garden with the bottom.

Out with the pool - going to have to think of a new name for this area of the garden now - and in with a new water feature - a 55inch wide digger bucket and a beautiful trough made by Payne.

Out with the rotting sleepers and in with 10mm thick solid steel plates as the new retaining walls - think they should definitely see us off this planet!

We still have to extend the seating around the new fire pit - another great auction find, finish the steps, put in the finished surface and create a screen sculpture for the entrance. Then I get to play with the plants and borders.