Can you help me please

Could I have a birds eye view of your garden please.

Okay people any chance of a birds eye view (taken from a bedroom window) of your garden I would like to see how they are set out.
Because guess what I have put my name down for a garden design course scary eh. And the part of the interview/application form is how we "use" our gardens so I thought I would use some of yours/lateral thinking maybe the key to acceptance. obviously won't be naming you.

Just want to get an overview of what people want/use their gardens for. I would like to have an idea what the "average" person has in their garden also what you use it for mostly and what if anything you would change.

Karen

Here are 3 Karen.







Garden has normal use-ie,relaxing,socialising and dog poo depository... Despite backing onto a playing field-its very quiet here and privacy is good with 7ft fencing.

ps,I know the grass needs cutting,but we've been having monsoons here recently...

Thank you Steve made a few changes since I saw it last I think, but yours sums up perfectly to me what most people want "privacy/sitting/green"

Thank you.

Garden equals private space. Those of us with kids are offered security, i.e a secure environment shaped by us for us.it is finding the balance between play space and relaxation space all within a private setting that leads to a successful garden.Obviously the environment itself is enriched through sensory experience as well as space.Just the ideas of what a garden means to me. Pics may follow if weather improves.

Thank you. All thoughts/views/ideas are most welcome and appreciated. Thank you Karen

I'll have to tidy it up a bit and get some pics for you!

Oh dear... I would do mate, but I'm soooooo ashamed of it at the moment It's like a building site (and has been for nearly a year! ), and if it weren't for the beautiful wild flowers that have seeded themselves there it would have nothing to recommend it at all!

Maybe I'll do a sketch of what I'm planning to do with it once OH gets round to building the fippin' steps!!!

The course sounds really lovely. You can always pop over here when you want to practise

The only bit which has changed Karen is the gravel stuff on left side of garden.The grass never really grew well along there cause of overhanging foliage and also Abe's ashes are buried infront of the palm tree so i didnt want them to ever be disturbed.

The garden is gonna need some serious taming end of this year though.I hard prune all the Elders (black and golden varietys) every couple of years and now they're due for a haircut.

Sadly i live in a ground floor house but am so envious of steve xx

i'll try and get some pics tomorrow Kazz (its dark now!)
Our garden fulfills a lot.
We have a patio at the house, which has a fence seperating it from the rest of the garden, we have a table etc on it but essentially it is a large dog loo! We then have a lawn and beds with a variety of shrubs on, which is slightly raised. My sons trampoline is on there. We then have a couple of steps up and an apple tree and another lawn (neither lawn is huge) with a climbing frame and a small pond. We then have another patio and a shed and then a raised bed at the back where the composter is and where me and my son are grwoing a few veggies this year...a few carrots, some broccoli, babycorn and pumpkins all being well.
WE use the garden to socialise and relax, to play, as a dog loo, but we also like to grow stuff as well! We also like it to be wildlife friendly and so there are a lot of wildflowers (many would say weeds but we know better than that!!!) We have bird feeders up and a bird box (which was used by blue tits this year who successfully fledged!) Dunnocks successfully nested in a confider on the dogs patio last year!!!
Our garden is a typical suburban garden, it isn't huge, but we cram a lot into it!