Weekend #2: Day 1

The Plan for the Weekend: Draw and stake out all the key measurements for the garden, start edging paths.

The Equipment Required: Shovels, tape measures, spray paint, wood.

The Workers: Simon, Peter and Sarah
The Support Team : Jean

Progress Report Day 1:
A day with good progress, mapping out the plan onto the real garden, and digging out some of the areas more exactly where needed. Simon was acting as precision digger, while Dad and I did the measuring.

There were an interesting few moments when we realised that the garden plan doesn't match up to the shape of the garden. Two of the measurements, for how the house sits have been transposed, which lead to some interesting jigging around of the design to make it fit into the correct shape. I think we need to make a few additional adjustments tomorrow to even out the balance, but we're pretty much there.

We also took a trip out to the London Stone Company (where we have chosen the stone for the patios previously, to look at their fence, as I though that this would look really good for some of the fencing in our garden and wanted to take a closer look at it. With Dad on hand, we determined that it was essentially just made up of bits of 1x2" timber, and that it would look great through the whole garden, rather than what is currently on the plan. It will be time consuming to consruct, but I think will look great. Plus its the sort of job that can be done towards the end of the project, and gradually as time allows.

Fence Makeover Design

We've also got our shed design sorted, although we've not yet ordered it (or negotiated the price down):

We have shed!

What it looked like when we finished:

The all important time-lapse video: