The Gardening (including Allotment) section

Lawn Edging and Trellis

April 2005

In order to improve the left hand wall of the garden and make it easier to mow the lawn without fouling the wall baskets, it was deemed to add trellis to the wall for climbing plants. Climbing plants require a border, so the best edge to the border was going to be a line of bricks, either moved out from the old position or new ones laid in. At the same time it was decided it would be easier to redo the lawn edging all round and try to even out some of the large unevennesss in the lawn on the right hand side.

These photos were taken late evening so may not be as well lit as possible. More to come later and will be taken earlier in the day.

First section of bricks laid on right hand side nearest the house	Top right hand section laid. Also extra earth/sharp sand mix and seed laid on top of existing lawn surface to level out worst of the unevenness.
Top Left of the garden, just about visible is the gap from excavated bricks at the lawn edge. The piles of pinkish bricks on top of the wall are piles of paving bricks at intervals awaiting laying.	Left side of garden showing the wall with trellis sections with sections cutout to go around the wall baskets. The piles of pinkish bricks on top of the wall are piles of paving bricks at intervals awaiting laying.
Bottom left section of trellis over patio, which has been treated (rest still to be done). Note extra small piece to assist climers over the buttress sections, which was a part cutout of other trellis sections to go round the wall baskets.	General view from the lower patio level, showing the potato barrels on the upper patio level. The piles of pinkish bricks on top of the wall are piles of paving bricks at intervals awaiting laying.