My Garden Journey

Recently moved into new house (summer 2025) and redeveloped the garden. Now time to watch it grow & develop over the months and years ahead 🌺🌼🌳🪴

[Weather Updates @Weather_Nathan]

That’s more like it… 🌡️😎

A taste a summer in time for bank holiday weekend?👀 ☀️

[My Garden Journey @NathsGarden]

Amelanchier ‘rainbow pillar’ & Prunus ‘ the bride’ looking great at the moment 🌸

[My Garden Journey @NathsGarden]

Amelanchier ‘rainbow pillar’ & Prunus ‘ the bride’ looking great at the moment 🌸

[Veronica in the Fens 🧚🏼‍♀️ My Heart in Nature @VeronicaJoPo]

So many daffodils Anglesey Abbey and Gardens it is truly beautiful, these photos are from earlier this week.
🌼🌼🥰🌼🌼
#daffoldils #spring #daysout
@AngleseyAbbeyNT

[My Garden Journey @NathsGarden]

Not bad saying this was taken early September (just under 3 months after planting) during one of the driest summers with a hosepipe ban🌸🌺🌼

#gardenmakeover

[My Garden Journey @NathsGarden]

Not bad saying this was taken early September (just under 3 months after planting) during one of the driest summers with a hosepipe ban🌸🌺🌼

#gardenmakeover

[My Garden Journey @NathsGarden]

Once the lawn was down it was time for the planting! 😄🌸🌺

Didn’t end up being good timing to lay turf and plant as a couple of days later hosepipe ban was put in place ❌💧

#gardenmakeover

[York Gate Garden @YorkGateGarden]

We’re looking forward to welcoming Friends of @PerennialGRBS back to York Gate for the first of our Snowdrop Days tomorrow ❄️

Friends of Perennial (plus guest): 5-8 February
General Public: 11-15 February

Visiting info: https://t.co/foiZQ3UjSx
#PerennialsGardens
📸 Sam Booth

[My Garden Journey @NathsGarden]

Once the shape of the lawn/borders was decided next job was to lay the turf 😄
(With a little help 🐶)

#gardenmakeover

[My Garden Journey @NathsGarden]

Once the soil was down and levelled it was time to decide & mark out the border and lawn size

Took a little time to try and get the right balance and size but we got there in the end

[My Garden Journey @NathsGarden]

Once the paving was finished next thing was to prepare the ground 🪴

The narrow existing border had membrane and bark down. This was removed and dug over 🪏

The rest of the garden was then levelled before 7 tonne of soil was delivered all of which had to be wheelbarrowed in!

[My Garden Journey @NathsGarden]

The existing garden had a raised paved area stepping down to rest of the garden

As we were reducing the paved area to make a smaller patio area we removed the raised paving and created a step down to the seating area 🪏

Also put a nice curve into existing paving 🪴

[🌿Helen Brown @Littleashgarden]

Under the Cunninghamia, reside various shade lovers.
Notably, Galanthus Greatorex Double, Helen Tomlinson, Sabine, Casanova et al.
Arum italicum Green Marble and Cyclamen coum

[My Garden Journey @NathsGarden]

Image above shows the garden before I moved in. Looks completely different now!

Follow to see the transformation🏡🌳🌺

[My Garden Journey @NathsGarden]

Last summer I moved into my new house🏠

The garden was nice & low maintenance but not quite what I had in mind🪴

So during the summer I started a project to create a garden to attract insects & pollinators while keeping an area to sit out and relax🌳🌸🐝

Updates to follow..

[My Garden Journey @NathsGarden]

Once all the concrete had been removed it was then time to start to remove some of the paving

The idea was to scale down the size of the current patio to increase border size and make way for a lawn!

[My Garden Journey @NathsGarden]

After a number of days hard work we finally removed the concrete base

[My Garden Journey @NathsGarden]

Once the summerhouse/shed had been removed it revealed a large area of thick concrete! All of which had to be removed

Safe to say it kept us busy for a bit!

[My Garden Journey @NathsGarden]

This first task was to find someone to take down and remove the shed / summerhouse

As much as I liked it I decided it just took up too much space in the garden

So the decision was to remove it…

[York Gate Garden @YorkGateGarden]

❄️ Snowdrop Days at York Gate ❄️

🌿 Friends of @PerennialGRBS: 5 to 8 February 2026
🌿 General public: 11 to 15 February 2026
⏰ 10am to 3pm
📍 York Gate Garden, Adel, LS16 8DW

More info: https://t.co/foiZQ3UjSx
#PerennialsGardens

📸 Sam Booth