My Garden photos

[Simba]

You should have kept the fake ones a secret Rachel, and let everyone marvel at how perfect they look....

[Rachelpalm]

Hello Simba
your garden is perfection , it is wonderful. It must take hours each week to maintain it.

Cheers

[Simba]

Thats very generous of you to say so Rachel.

Although it is only a very small garden, I do still have big plans....

[Rachelpalm]

My garden is quite small too. The back garden looks large in my photos as I do not have much in it, large things. I used to have 20 trees in my back garden, but removed about 10 of them over the years as the garden felt tiny and so hemmed in. The left side border had 4 large conifers and took 3 of them out and the right border had a huge holly tree and hebe hedge, which I cut right down. The back of the garden border had a huge cherry tree nearly touching the phone wires, so took that down too. I do sometimes miss the cherry tree but it only looked nice for 2 weeks a year when in blossom. I have ordered 2 banana plants and now fancy a bamboo or two after seeing Cordy's pics. My brother has a bamboo in his garden and it looks beautiful when the sunlight shimmers through it.

You have some amazing sized plants Simba. Looking forward to mine growing up, lol

[Simba]

I used to have 20 trees in my back garden....

Blimey, that sounds enormous Rachel....I would have liked some trees but don't even have enough space for an ornamental one...

I do have a lot crammed in here though, and I am also very keen on bamboo...

[Rachelpalm]

Here are some pics of my garden before I redone it all





here is my back garden a few years ago filled with trees






and the right border totally full, lol




my front garden before I redone it all

[Simba]

I think you have a great space available there Rachel, I reckon you have possibly three or four times more than I do, if not more...!!

Nigel Fear has been round mine a few times, he'll tell you, you can skate round in about 30 seconds flat...

But I am grateful for what I do have..

[Rachelpalm]

As they say good things come in small packages. Your garden look is what I am aiming for.

[Rachelpalm]

My 2 new banana plants arrived today.

[Adam D]

Is www.hardybamboo.com close to you Rachel?

I bought some shrubs and bamboos from them earlier in the year and I was very pleased with the quality of the plants they sent me. They also had a LOT of bamboo listed on their website.

[Rachelpalm]

Is http://www.hardybamboo.com close to you Rachel?

I bought some shrubs and bamboos from them earlier in the year and I was very pleased with the quality of the plants they sent me. They also had a LOT of bamboo listed on their website.

Hello Adam
yes it is pretty near me, thanks very much. Will go and have a look for sure,

Cheers

[Adam D]

My wife and I used to live down in Norwich from 1994 to 2000. I had my first job after university with Norwich Union.

I managed to find a few decent nurseries down there (I even used to go to "Roots and Shoots" which is now called Amulree), but never discovered www.hardybamboo.com. Looking at their website I can imagine their nursery and gardens would be interesting and inspiring to visit

[JungleNuts]

You also have Urban Jungle ( http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com ) very close .... well worth a visit

Welcome aboard ! Lovely garden btw (must admit was looking in envy at that red / white plant .... doh !)

[The Codfather]

I think it is quality and it will just get better & better every year......