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The Front Garden and Driveway 
(well maybe parking space is a better word)
1996 : The ivy has been attacked with a machete, the rhododendrons have had a few good feeds, there is a bit more colour in the form of roses, hydrangeas, clematis and some bulbs. There's now a seat cum planter by the front door and the boring white paint work has been replaced by Grecian blue.
Spring 1998 : The ivy's back, the white clematis has gone mad, there are foxgloves, a climbing rose, honeysuckle, azaleas, begenia and a holly tree. Due to the number of small children that play in out street, there are not too many delicate plants. Retrieving a football from a clump of wafting delphiniums is not an option !

front garden in 2006

Summer 2006 The ivy has completely covered the front of the house. We've chopped the tree on the left down and now have a rose and a campsis growing up the (tall) stump
Geraniums by the front door Detail by the front door

Border edging consists of empty wine bottles !

Fun to make 'hic' and very hardwearing.

Simply dig a small trench, tap the bottles into place with a rubber hammer and refill the earth around them.