ponds – Guy's Garden

April 2020: Spring flowers

April has been a glorious month; we’ve had lots of blue sky and sunshine to enjoy whilst spending time in the garden. The national lockdown brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic has made me so thankful to have this space to retreat to. The crab apples (Malus ‘Eversete’) that we planted around the wall in November 2019 have bloomed this

06/10/2019 pond plants / ponds / water feature

August 2019: Creating the ponds and oak sleeper bench

In August we built three interconnected ponds. As you can see in the photo, we situated them in the ‘L’ shape of garden sandwiched between the raised beds and the pergola walk way. We started by removing the turf and used these to mark out the overall shape. As we have a high water table and wanted to create water