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Now clearly we aren’t going to be able to hide a shed quite this big…. so the trick is was make this border as interesting as possible. Alice wanted a really pretty, cottage style, easy care, low maintenance, football friendly border that was also a magnet for bees and butterflies … and that would also hide the shed….!
OK, it took a few stiff cups of tea and several chocolate hobnobs to get this one thought through.
and this was the result, shown here with summer and spring planting.
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and do you know the absolute best bit…. every plant we have used is scented and every flower or bulb is also great for the Bees and Butterflies
#DoingMyBit
So if we can hide this beastie of a shed…. just imagine how much fun we could have designing your garden!
I was lucky enough to win a competition recently… My prize… a design by Rachel. Her brief was a low maintenance, bee friendly, beautiful 20×1.6m bed. I have been panicking about how to do this, where to start, and how to do it without spending a fortune. Rachel came up with an amazing design really quickly which we then tweaked a bit to come up with something perfect. She then gave me a really comprehensive guide as to how to care for the plants, ways of keeping the cost down, future options etc. I am thrilled and found Rachel to be so friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. I would highly HIGHLY recommend her! A million thank you’s!!!
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We really do make gardening easier