Bristol: A Wildlife Garden

It is a curvilinear design with a natural shaped pond almost in the middle of the garden. Step down outside the front fold gate, it’s a relatively formal dining terrace, with symmetrical topiary bay trees, Cornus hedge and rows of Euphorbia and Nepita. Structural trees and grass would half block the view from the terrace towards the rest of the garden and relatively independent the main functional area.The round patio for barbeque is between the pond and the dining terrace. The timber bench around the patio is facing the pond and all the space under the bench is log store. The very sunny North side of the garden is a wildflower meadow, with the mown lawn path meandering connecting all the areas. A gazebo half over the pond sits on the East side of the pond. The path goes through the gazebo and changes from mown lawn to loose gravel. There’s a bog garden on the Southeast side of the pond, next to the South stumpery garden. A featured green roof shelter for compost bins with bugs hotel sides is in the Southeast corner, next to the entrance of the garden. There’s also a featured climber pergola for recycle wheelie bins on the Southwest patio outside the kitchen.

 All the plants chosen are beneficial for wildlife and there are loads of wildlife habitats in this garden. Most plants in this garden bloom in spring or autumn, but also provide interest throughout a whole year.

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