I'm losing my inspiration....

[prefectopop]

Trying to design a show garden - it needs to be showey through this winter, it's surrounded by trees in a dark damp corner and its trying my patience and testing my design skills to the max!

 

The only cool thing about it is there is an 80ft victorian well in the back of the garden - trying to think of some funky lighting to make a feature of it...

[Mk2Jo]

How cool is that Good luck with the design mate

[sambo]

That well is cool! Yeah, some lights in there would be fantastic mate!

[surfingturnip]

strobes and blacklights for the uk's first rave pit

[hotrodholty]

if you can get down it use tube lights in a spiral all the way down to the bottom, it would look like some kind of mad helterskelter, put a mirror on the bottom so it looks like the spiral goes on for miles, just an idea

or fit a toilet roll holder to the side add a couple of copies of retro ford in some water proof covers and you've got a nice big outdoor loo

[Boreham]

I can 't understand how you could be losing inspiration......

 

is there not light at the end.....of that tunnel...

[prefectopop]

It's not the well that's uninspiring, it's the rest of the garden - dark and damp. Think I have the well sussed now - just need to persuade the housebuilder of my plans... Wayney (CHUD) did offer to go down there but i don't think my health and safety policies or employers liability insurance would like it!

 

I'll get the electrician to do it instead lol

[surfingturnip]

why not a drag racing theme? some sort of decking or path running down the middle with some sort of flower bed alongside it to replicate the 'strip?

You could recreate the shed from santa pod as well as some sorta memorial

[Mr Sam]

you got a piccy of the garden?

 

 

your not a landscape gardner too are ya

[prefectopop]

you got a piccy of the garden?

 

 

your not a landscape gardner too are ya

 

aye for my sins that I am - let me see if I can find some photos...

[prefectopop]

 

 

The well is where the orange fencing is. got some nice scope to play with the levels. And I think it's going to be shady planting - ferns, hostas etc. Just a little bit uninspiring. Except for the well...

[over_head_cam]

I know its a bit old now, but what about lights that change colour, fading into the next?

 

As for the rest of the garden, what will be it's primary use?

[Dr Feelgood]

just level the well off so noone knows its there, sticka few bushes round and voila, instant solution to unwanted neighbours

 

"would you like to see my new garden? its just been done... "

[over_head_cam]

just level the well off so noone knows its there, sticka few bushes round and voila, instant solution to unwanted neighbours

 

"would you like to see my new garden? its just been done... "

 

 

*digging*

 

 

[cisco24uk]

Spot lights in a spiral going down would look good.

[Copey]

you should build the well up using some period bricks and make a big feature out of it, possibly surround it with decking, chairs, heater etc

 

then make like a moat of flower beds between the decking and fence and a small lawn towards the back of the garden where all that scalfolding is

[mk3cokebottle]

HHHMMM INSPERATION

 

escuse the paint drawing but i havent photoshop lol

 

 

[prefectopop]

Thanks guys for the ideas - I think I have cracked it now - the plan is on A2 so I'll draw a quick sketch to give you an idea. As for lighting, I've managed to persuade lighting for the well -I'm planning on a spotlight to catch the profile of the bricks. As usual, what I want to do and what the housebuilder can afford are 2 different things!

 

I'm planning on building up the area behind the log retainer and rather than having 2 levels the garden will swoop up to the well. Well thats the plan anyway...

 

Plan on its way!

[prefectopop]

 

damn the pencils - doesn't show up great but you get the idea

[Mr Sam]

how about a light doasge of dry ice from the bottom of the well

 

is it a show home on a new build development?

 

well deffinetly as a foacl point with a path leading to it me thinks

 

hmm stick some fish in the well

[prefectopop]

how about a light doasge of dry ice from the bottom of the well

 

is it a show home on a new build development?

 

well deffinetly as a foacl point with a path leading to it me thinks

 

hmm stick some fish in the well

 

Yeah it is new build development so as you can imagine - think of a number, then half it and you've kinda got my budget - they want the hanging gardens of babylon for bugger all. Still never mind... Like the idea of dry ice in the well, esp with haloween coming up at the end of october...

[pelvins]

is it just me but all this talk of gardens is making me feel sick

[Boreham]

is it just me but all this talk of gardens is making me feel sick

 

 

 

Old Skool Gardens....

[pelvins]

is it just me but all this talk of gardens is making me feel sick

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only because he never does any! you should c the state of ours!

 

jeff you r more than welcome 2 come and do ours! xx

 

mrs p

[prefectopop]

is it just me but all this talk of gardens is making me feel sick

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only because he never does any! you should c the state of ours!

 

jeff you r more than welcome 2 come and do ours! xx

 

mrs p

 

Do you know what - I have never seen your garden. But as always you know you can always call on me if you need your bush trimmed! lol