Our garden is tiny as previous owners added a giant conservatory (which does house my many houseplants) and then patio so basically halving the original garden.
We had been renovating rest of the house for the past 2 years so just got to doing the garden before the newborn arrived two weeks ago!
Got quite clay-ey soil, so i put a whole bunch of farmyard manure, turned over and rotavated the grass before reseeding with microclover.
Got bare roots and 9cm plugs from J Parkers and an "orange dream" Acer from a local nursery (which i foolishly planted in full sun so going through a leaf scorch phase at the moment but new leaves are growing so I'm gonna let it be). We got Delphiniums, Achillea, Geranium, Encinacea, Thalictrum, Dwarf lilys, Passiflora Cerulea, and Clematis Montana Rubens. Also seeded some marigolds and Californian poppies but might be too late!
On the right are Hostas, Fatsia Japonica, and Brunnera "Jack frost" as well as another Acer.
Just waiting for everything to grow, I'm not expecting much in the 1st year but I'm hopeful.
by Kyaw25
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Love your sink wildlife pond!
That looks fantastic, I love your design, it really makes the most of and softens the space. It will take plugs a while to establish so you may not get flowers this year. Depending on your budget, maybe get some more established perennials to give you something this year. Less gaps between plants means less weeds too.
Thank you so much for taking the time to make space for the wildlife too. It looks amazing already and I hope it brings you much joy.
Cries in London terrace. This is bigger than my garden.
Looks nice good job
I love the demijohn trickle fountain, please tell me you have progress pics of how you made that, i have 3 that I was going to use as above water sections of a pond but now I want to use one like this in my future sink pond!