A mere snippet of projects completed over the years and the Nature Matters’ allotment garden.
Allotment strawberries in blossom before fruiting – always a real treat to be picking and enjoying one’s own berries!Fruiting strawberries at the allotment.Clematis in bloom.Whitehall Street before: High maintenance, unimpressive, impractical.Whitehall Street after: a practical and low maintenance upgrade as requested by the customer without creating any additional water run off. An important consideration, as this can add to flooding or drainage issues down the street or road etc.Lawn maintenance: remedial work to remove lots of moss and thatch, before addressing issues with the soil – no chemicals required!Allotment vegetables: food production at the allotment, all organic of course!This dwarf apple tree in blossom was saved and incorporated into the newly landscaped garden back in 2004. It was pruned, the soil improved and mulched and it went on to be prolific year after year as we maintained the garden for over a decade after completion.Before: this chaotic and dysfunctional garden was formalised into a courtyard garden which suited both the house and customer’s needs very well.After: this chaotic and dysfunctional garden was formalised into a courtyard garden which suited both the house and customer’s needs very well.Allotment vegetables: lettuce and kale, both easy to grow and reliable.Aruncas at the allotment garden – a real bee magnet.An old Rhododendron in full bloom.Tomato plants in the potting shed.A small, busy, working back garden can still be attractive to both people and wildlife with relatively little maintenance. Many birds visit regularly without putting feed out for them.Not at all related to gardening or landscaping, but in my previous occupation I was a panel beater, which came about by chance, and back in 2001 my finale was the bare steel restoration of this car that I owned for many years. All work was carried out by myself, including painting it and re-building the engine with many modifications, increasing the power output from around 90bhp to a dynometer tested 138bhp. It proved to be totally reliable and I had many great trips and holidays in it. My current occupation I chose to do, and am very glad I did…
