the garden made new!

palminnie1 · **Posted: 29-03-2010 , 09:05 PM** #1

this is my concrete yard
paving from gumtree.
buddha from auction rooms sandycove.
second buddha half price.
pergola made from bits
sculpture painted broken boughs
bamboo from a jumbeltowner, thanks, i call it the beast!
water barrel - tip off, quarter barrel, thick skin i went and asked for!
waterfall, cracked but working, end of last summer sale.
ditto swingseat
thatch, reed screen, doesnt really work!

chairs, from skip, painted up
coffee table ceramic pot given free as cracked.
top a paving slab, Euro5
table by swingseat cut trunk - free, paving slab bought
two tree trunks, cutting trees down nearby - free.
pottery shoe planters was a jumblertowner gift. the planter with the stick sculpture, car boot E17 great.
wee buddha bartered down price, chipped at base.
star from charity shop a euro.
tin watering can, charity shop.
glass table mat 50p, charity shop!
wall sculpture, ragged old shrub stripped and preserved, gargoyle auction.
broken pot, given.
grass under swingseat and by quarter barrel placed on solid concrete but good run off slope hope it survives, saved from digging in the front.

Chris P · **Posted: 29-03-2010 , 09:15 PM** #2

Hi palminnie1,

For instructions re:resizing and uploading photos, please see #9 in the User Tips post...here:

http://www.jumbletown.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=6326

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Chris P
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Gormal · **Posted: 30-03-2010 , 11:44 AM** #3

Wow you are extremely resourceful! I love how you utilised the space and got so much into it.
Can't believe you got the chairs from a skip!! Bravo well done for a fantastic job.

Mickey · **Posted: 30-03-2010 , 11:51 AM** #4

Brilliant job Minnie! Such a lot of hard work and love gone into your garden :o)

sparkwell · **Posted: 30-03-2010 , 12:19 PM** #5

Great job minnie you are an inspiration!

Regards

Sparkwell

kildarechick · **Posted: 30-03-2010 , 09:59 PM** #6

its beautful

unapam · **Posted: 30-03-2010 , 10:05 PM** #7

You have made a unique and lovely garden there. Enjoy it!

palminnie1 · **Posted: 01-04-2010 , 05:11 PM** #8

this was bare concrete of beer bottles and glass and junk all over the place. came here last july, had to do the house at same time, so i know i have a long way to go with this 'skeleton' it now needs 'lush'!!!
xann

palminnie1 · **Posted: 03-04-2010 , 05:22 PM** #9

the nep of my dear dads best friend called today, he of mega Garden design fame, real mega. He was impressed with my yardenette, very impressed and i am so chuffed to bits.
really really chuffed, AND this time, didnt forget to pass the plate of bikkies, last time so flustered i forgot, and he only got ONE!!!

palminnie1 · **Posted: 07-05-2010 , 04:56 PM** #10

well we have grass, and fishies and a full water barrel now, the sunflowers are amazing and i must post some more pics soon!!
i love it but may have to leave as i was nearly attacked by a neighbour!!!
xpalminnie1

noddytown · **Posted: 13-11-2015 , 12:53 AM** #11

Well done , it's a credit to you, You're the mega garden designer. Don't you get more enjoyment out something you make yourself , Enjoy .

Leahsmam · **Posted: 14-11-2015 , 08:20 PM** #12

looks great

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	Posted: 29-03-2010 , 09:05 PM #1
palminnie1 Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Greystones, Co. Wicklow Posts: 367	the garden made new! this is my concrete yard paving from gumtree. buddha from auction rooms sandycove. second buddha half price. pergola made from bits sculpture painted broken boughs bamboo from a jumbeltowner, thanks, i call it the beast! water barrel - tip off, quarter barrel, thick skin i went and asked for! waterfall, cracked but working, end of last summer sale. ditto swingseat thatch, reed screen, doesnt really work! chairs, from skip, painted up coffee table ceramic pot given free as cracked. top a paving slab, Euro5 table by swingseat cut trunk - free, paving slab bought two tree trunks, cutting trees down nearby - free. pottery shoe planters was a jumblertowner gift. the planter with the stick sculpture, car boot E17 great. wee buddha bartered down price, chipped at base. star from charity shop a euro. tin watering can, charity shop. glass table mat 50p, charity shop! wall sculpture, ragged old shrub stripped and preserved, gargoyle auction. broken pot, given. grass under swingseat and by quarter barrel placed on solid concrete but good run off slope hope it survives, saved from digging in the front. Attached Images

	Posted: 29-03-2010 , 09:15 PM #2
Chris P Administrator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: JumbleTown Posts: 5,998	Admin Reminder - re: Uploading photos Hi palminnie1, For instructions re:resizing and uploading photos, please see #9 in the User Tips post...here: http://www.jumbletown.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=6326 Regards Chris P Admin

	Posted: 30-03-2010 , 11:44 AM #3
Gormal Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: North Kerry Posts: 686	Wow you are extremely resourceful! I love how you utilised the space and got so much into it. Can't believe you got the chairs from a skip!! Bravo well done for a fantastic job.

	Posted: 30-03-2010 , 11:51 AM #4
Mickey Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wicklow Posts: 1,421	Brilliant job Minnie! Such a lot of hard work and love gone into your garden :o)

	Posted: 30-03-2010 , 12:19 PM #5
sparkwell Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Portarlington, Co. Laois Posts: 713	Great job minnie you are an inspiration! Regards Sparkwell

	Posted: 30-03-2010 , 09:59 PM #6
kildarechick Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: kildare Posts: 584	its beautful

	Posted: 30-03-2010 , 10:05 PM #7
unapam Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,273	lovely You have made a unique and lovely garden there. Enjoy it!

	Posted: 01-04-2010 , 05:11 PM #8
palminnie1 Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Greystones, Co. Wicklow Posts: 367	thanks everyone on this this was bare concrete of beer bottles and glass and junk all over the place. came here last july, had to do the house at same time, so i know i have a long way to go with this 'skeleton' it now needs 'lush'!!! xann

	Posted: 03-04-2010 , 05:22 PM #9
palminnie1 Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Greystones, Co. Wicklow Posts: 367	honoured visitor impressed! the nep of my dear dads best friend called today, he of mega Garden design fame, real mega. He was impressed with my yardenette, very impressed and i am so chuffed to bits. really really chuffed, AND this time, didnt forget to pass the plate of bikkies, last time so flustered i forgot, and he only got ONE!!!

	Posted: 07-05-2010 , 04:56 PM #10
palminnie1 Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Greystones, Co. Wicklow Posts: 367	thanks! well we have grass, and fishies and a full water barrel now, the sunflowers are amazing and i must post some more pics soon!! i love it but may have to leave as i was nearly attacked by a neighbour!!! xpalminnie1

	Posted: 13-11-2015 , 12:53 AM #11
noddytown Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kilkenny city Posts: 148	yardinette Well done , it's a credit to you, You're the mega garden designer. Don't you get more enjoyment out something you make yourself , Enjoy .

	Posted: 14-11-2015 , 08:20 PM #12
Leahsmam Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: wexford Posts: 197	looks great