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Have a go at Hard Landscaping!

Posted:21 April 2014

Well it’s almost finished, and what a big undertaking it has been!  I’m talking about our beautiful new pathway, created from a patchwork of recycled paving, old Victorian terracotta tiles, pebbles – and a lot of hard work it must be almost 80’ long!

The project has been undertaken largely by the women of the  ‘Friday gardening group’ under the creative eye of GH friend Vicky (who incidentally also designs our amazing leaflets and seed packet covers), and with the muscles of Joseph!

Like so much of the hard landscaping at The Garden House, which has been created organically bit-by-bit over the years, this path not only makes for a highly practical and safe through route (the old grass and often mud path was treacherous at times!), but is also testimony to the ‘we can do it’ determination of the women involved.

Hard landscaping is not for everyone, and some projects definitely need some expertise, such as our outdoor wood-burning oven, below but once you realize that other projects can be relatively simple and decorative, such as our pebble ‘compass’ in the top garden and decorative mosaic stepping-stones, below it’s very satisfying to have a go!

 

 

 

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