Garden Photos

At last we can now see the results of all our hard work in the garden, and to say we started out with just a basic idea of how we wanted it to look, we are well pleased with the way we have created it just by developing the design as we went along! Garden landscapers we are not, but we think we have managed to create our outside living space quite tastefully.

We have just had delivered 30 metres of marble at a cost of £100 which will be more than ample to pave a footpath from the front gate centrally dividing the garden, coming round the front of the house to the front entrance of the veranda and to the other side of the house to the rear entrance onto the veranda. Earlier in the week we dug out the footpath and laid the concrete footing for the path in readiness for laying the marble, which in this heat was no fun at all!!!

Still to be finished is the pergola. At the moment we are making a second planter in stone (the first one is already completed with two passion flower climbers planted) and the remainder of the wooden crossbeams need to be erected. The wood (which is eucalyptus) has been collected for us by a neighbour at no cost. The concrete bases housing the main wooden beams are being tiled in tradditional portuguese tiles (mainly of a blue and white design). The sitting bench has been built out of concrete blocks, white ceramic tiles with a stone top. On each side of the bench we had added a table, perfect for resting the glass of red wine!!! The soiled area in front of the bench will be grassed but at the moment it is way too hot to be sowing grass seeds!

Our later plans are to build a table and BBQ area next to the footpath and the remainder of the garden with the fruit trees will be ploughed over and become our veggie garden.

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