My Garden is a Car Park: and other Design Dilemmas

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My Garden is a Car Park: and other Design Dilemmas

My Garden is a Car Park: and other Design Dilemmas

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One coastal spot on the edge of Lindisfarne nature reserve has views to Holy Island, another lies in a secluded spot on the banks of the River Till. The garden is landscaped to encourage cold air and frost to roll from the flanks into the centre of the garden and then down a central slope through metal gates at the lowest point of the garden. This leads onto the impressive Cedar Avenue, which is underplanted with 140,000 spring flowering bulbs, creating a spectacular blanket of colour in the spring months. The Glasshouse Moreover, the pond for water plants was removed from the right -top part of the garden and a children's play area was introduced in the right-top of the park, and near this area, a cafe was built. Instead of the pond, a water feature has been built occupying the bottom right corner. Interestingly, the number of rose gardens was reduced to two. Besides, an underground car park was built in the lower right corner of the park. The sculpture park was a huge hit, and it spurred on the creation of many more sculpture gardens in other cities around country. Recent Renovation

Don’t forget to comply with all relevant legislation before embarking on your design project to avoid troubles with the authorities!

Also, hanging baskets, trellises, frame structures, terracotta pots, plant holders are all going to resolve garden-space issues, of course. And surely, there will always be space for a flowering bush or evergreen shrub to grow in the corner or near that curve of your newly installed driveway. Keep it low-maintenance

No kitchen garden now survives; Allen's was built to the west of the house across Ralph Allen Drive, subsequently developed as Prior Park Farm. Dedicated to the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, the Temple of Flora was the first garden building erected by Henry Hoare II between 1744 and 1746. The GrottoTowering above you are majestic oak trees, their gnarled and weathered trunks reaching for the sky. The canopy of these ancient oaks provides shade and shelter, creating a sense of seclusion and tranquility. Pictures don’t really do the thing justice. In total, the huge spoon measures 52 feet long, 30 feet tall , and 13 feet wide. And it weights nearly 7,000 pounds. (The spoon itself weighs in at a whopping 5,800 pounds, and the cherry alone weighs another 1,199 pounds.) Few trees survive of Allen's extensive planting of pines over the neighbouring downs. The ridings he laid out around his extensive holdings on Combe Down totalled some 10 miles (c 16km) in length, but only a few fragments have survived C20 building development. A rustic bridge 250m south-west of the house, which stands over the lane now known as Pope's Walk, used to carry one such drive west from the house. Some 2km to the north-east, Sham Castle (1762, listed grade II*) was built as an eyecatcher from Allen's town house in Bath. As a rule of thumb, estate agents estimate that off-street parking can add the value of at least double the outlay to your property, obviously depending on parking availability in the area. It’s even suggested that off-street parking is even preferable to a garage, with the upkeep and buildings insurance a garage may require. Kyoto Garden opened in 1991, a gift from the city of Kyoto to Great Britain to honour the good relationship between Japan and the UK. Ever since then, it has been a tourist attraction and a public place for the community to enjoy.

Given two plans of the park depict changes that have been made to the park since it was opened in 1920. Through renovations and changes, the park's appearance and almost each and every facility changed other than the rose garden to the North West corner in the park. In this low raised bed (the rest of it is visible in the previous pictures) there are Ilex balls. “These are very similar to box,” Tom says, “but because of box caterpillar, we used this, which is a close alternative.” The maps illustrate the overall development of Grange park in Arnold avenue staged in two different periods - the first one depicts the park during its inauguration in 1920, and the latter portrays its present-day layout. As you follow this path, the dappled sunlight filters through the dense canopy, creating a play of light and shadow on the ground. The occasional rustle of leaves in the breeze and the earthy scent of damp soil underfoot evoke a sense of being immersed in a pristine woodland.In general, the park has been changed and renovated to offer people more possibilities and facilities than they used to have decades ago, and some of the facilities include a cafe, children's area, and playground. Originally home to the Dukes of Newcastle, Clumber Park is steeped in history with clues to its grand past dotted throughout, including this spectacular enclosed garden. Dating from 1772, it supplied the sorts of exotic and unusual foods that the Dukes could impress their guests with. From asparagus, to pineapples and strawberries at Christmas, this was an elite garden for an elite family. In its prime, the gardens would have provided employment for 30 people and had 6-acres under cultivation including a huge, heated Melon Yard and an orchard, which was re-established just outside the garden walls in 2021. The layout and techniques used



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