The mature garden – after only one year

On this page you’ll see the garden at its zenith in its first year and then a few more pictures from the following year.
As I look back on it now, there are of course lots of things I’d have done differently.
But that is the essence of gardening – it is all about experimentation and change, growth and progression.
As it turned out, we left this garden after only two summers. But I’m told it is still going strong.
No doubt with with lots of growth and many changes.
Click on the first image below and then click on the arrows to scroll through the series.




















For part five of this suburban garden makeover – the vegetable garden – click here.
For part one – the blank canvas – click here.
For part two – the transformation in progress – click here.
For part three – the maturing garden – click here.
Martin Cole has been an avid plant lover and gardener for more than 20 years and loves to talk and write about gardening. In 2006 he was a finalist in the BBC Gardener of the Year competition. He is a member of the National dahlia Society.
He previously lived in London and Sydney, Australia, where he took a diploma course in Horticultural studies and is now based in North Berwick in Scotland. He founded GardeningStepbyStep.com in 2012. The website is aimed at everybody who loves plants or has been bitten by the gardening bug and wants to know more.
Gardening Step by Step has been cited by Thompson and Morgan, the UK’s largest mail order plant retailer, as a website that publishes expert gardening content.