Creating the round seating area

The design of the garden revolves around the central round border. But the garden is dissected by the main gravel path that cuts through the garden diagonally with the central round border at the very middle. At one end, in the orchard, will be a Summer House. At the other and sat within the gravel parterre of stone and box balls, is the round seating area.

Up until now it has been just a round area of gravel planted around with a circle of box. But now it is complete and thanks to the help of Richard the limestone sets are all expertly laid. Richard laid out the round seating area in our old garden at Linden Barn and we wanted to use his bricklaying skills again here at Ordnance House.

Thanks to Richard the result is exactly what we had hoped for, now the main path feels much more balanced.

This weekend I was also busy planting lots of Scabiosa columbaria in the front garden between the Yew cones we planted some weeks ago. They should do well in this sunny well drained border. I also managed to plant up some pots with Primeroses and Violas and immediately the yellow and blue made the garden sunny and spring-like. In fact the milder, warmer weather and longer days are generating lots of new growth in the garden and green shoots are everywhere. Next week is the Spring equinox with equal days of daylight and night-time hours. But this is the tipping point for thankfully from here on it is lengthening days and warmer temperatures. Cannot wait!