astro garden - part 3: construction

Let the great work begin!  Construction began in earnest on our astro turf garden.





In some gardens, there is very little we can salvage, so it has to be a scorched earth policy.  A certain portion of budget must be allocated to simply clearing the site before we can start building it up again.





The shed (on the left) was being retained and moved, so it had to sit in the middle of the site while we worked around it.  Where possible, we use a mini digger to clear the site.  It can do the work of three men in one day so keeps the clearance costs down.





Work proceeds apace on bespoke horizontal  trellis and the buff granite patio.





With the shed relocated to its new home, the granite patio is then completed. Work  now starts on preparing the soil for planting. All roots and stumps need to be removed and with a garden like this one - that's a lot of roots.





The bespoke narrow horitzonal trellis is finished and already affords privacy from neighbouring gardens.  The planting bed behind the patio is prepared and made ready to receive its bounty of plants.





This marks an end to the construction phase. The garden is finally ready for the last stage - planting. I will blog about that in the next post.