It’s been a while since I posted as I have been busy balancing both my garden designing and my art practice. For those interested in seeing my art work then please take a look at my instagram @gillmelling.creative. I am also currently exhibiting at the Thelma Hulbert Gallery in Honiton.
I am working on a design for a garden on a steep slope and very difficult access. This creates its own problems, but when you throw trying to use eco conscious products into the mix it becomes a minefield! Getting materials and machinery such as a digger into the garden is a massive issue and adds to the cost. We are currently looking at having to crane the digger over the house!
We are looking at using Hahn recycled plastic sleepers or L-Stones to create retained raised beds and also eco MSE bags to create banks. Working with a sloping site means having to think more carefully about movement around the garden, creating useable levels and how the levels are going to be structurally sound. This means a great deal more research and inevitably materials need to be involved.
We are including areas for children and adults to play and explore, a wildlife pond, a chill out seating area with a fire pit, vegetable beds, a greenhouse and planting spaces to tie it all together and soften any hard landscaping.
A bit more work to go but eventually I will post photos of the finished article!
Here’s a concept image.
