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Oh together again nobody likes a bold spot and I’m not just talking about hairstyles here take a look at this front garden we’ve got a really lovely house set on a fantastic street but nothing seems to grow certainly does need a little bit of garden rehab so I’m going

To use my ideas and bring old baly here back to Life so what are the problems in this Garden well number one is lack of direct sunlight we’re south facing here and although it’s nice and bright we don’t get any direct sun at all the second one and this is the biggest killer of so many plants and that is bad soil it’s so

Compacted here we’ve even got moss growing on the top and the only that’s thriving of these weeds the homeowners they really want something that’s low maintenance so I’m going to put on my thinking cap and come up with something pretty specialone at of your prom ring Shin

PR for Maximum Impact I’m keeping this Garden really really simple I’m Mass planting it out and then I’ll have a lovely spot to sit down relax and enjoy it all we’re going to have Stepping Stones through the garden bed that’s like second hierarchy compared to the

Main path that goes to the front door and then in the center we’re going to have a bench seat just on some PLS which James is going to Mark Out I’m putting three steppers in front of our bench seat seat so when we sit down got a nice place to put your feet so I’m just going to lay out all this mud Throughout now you don’t want it perfectly smooth but you do want it level just like that now I’m going to add in some of this to my mix this is Brick tour you normally use it on brick work but think of it like reinforcing in a concrete slab it’s just going to make

This mud bed incredibly tough and stop any cracking from twisting now you’d only do this where pavers meet like this I wanted about 1,200 long chop it with some tin snips and then this gets pressed into the mud it’s going to add extra Strength A Milli found but where do I go from here I’ve left James to finish up the paving and to start turning over the soil and I’m just popping off to the Nursery liwe I’ve picked up the one key ingredient this Garden really needs to give it a boost the problem with compacted soils is they just form a really hard crust on on the surface water can’t get in Roots can’t penetrate out and you just get lack glass to growth so the first thing

To do which Master James is doing perfectly is turning the soil over you want to get the whole blade of the shovel into the ground turn it right over and then break up any large clouds of soil now this is actually not too bad is it it’s pretty good but no matter

What your soil is like if it’s Sandy if it’s Clay if it looks great like this you really need to be adding some compost to it now you can make your own but trust me you can never ever make enough of your your own so the next best

Thing is this this is Rich Gro black Marvel garden compost we’ll mix it through the soil it’s going to help hold on to water help hold on to nutrients and really give your plants the Boost they Need sun bright we’re heading out for good times we going with Sunshine bright so hold on to my lifeline I’ll show you something The Good the stepping stones are in and it’s given our front garden some real definition we’ve also corrected the soil so now we’re ready for some

Planting these magnificent Palms are known as lady Palms they given us this great vertical accent and the color of the foliage against the wall of the house just looks fantastic now these Palms they don’t like direct sunlight that’s why they’re going to suit this position so well they’re also down here

To give us some instant Privacy you’re a giant you’re a lion you’re looking good how you how look if you haven’t guessed already I’m going for a tropical theme with this garden and that’s because it suits the location there’s not much light so these lovely big leaves are perfect for the conditions and because we’ve improved

The soil so much as well it holds on to all the moisture these plants need this one is called filad dendrin Rojo Congo got these amazing bronzy purple stems to them and to contrast these thick leaves we’ve got lovely silver lady ferns it’s just going to be a riot of foliage

Through here to finish it off these lovely native violets that are going to creep around the stepping stones and fill in all the gaps now if you don’t know what plants suit your spot at home don’t be scared to go to the nursery and ask them cuz us gardeners we’re happy to

Give out the Information now the finishing touches always mulch but you’ll notice here these stepping stone pads for our bench seat is set 15 mil lower than everything else that way we can put a bit of mulch over the top we still get a nice sturdy pad for our bench seat but the pads are hidden

Okay oh not to be okay when everything’s broken oh and you don’t Know lovely rest up there Charlie you’re too kind you know by adding in a bench seat like this we’ve really given the garden a destination and a purpose a reason to come into the space and it seems like all these plants have actually made the space feel bigger together there we

Stand it’s how we carry the you know this was an unloved unused patch now we added some definition with some stepping stones we really improved the soil with lot to good quality compost and the right plant choices now we’ve got the perfect spot to sit relax and watch the world go By