Gnome Match For Me

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This is the results of our efforts so far. Our outline plan is to put in a meandering path of grey gravel matching our courtyard and surround it with cottage garden plants; lupins and delphiniums and hollyhocks at the fence with plant height reducing towards the retaining wall which will have ground covering planting such as creeping phlox and campanula.

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Some of the roots and stumps are going to be really hard to remove and will be trip hazards for any one walking through. I suggested we turn them into features: every root and stump which we can’t get out to be planed flat and an ornamental garden feature stuck on with the path will curving round delightfully. I was thinking of something like this:

Or this:

Geordie Smallholder agreed this would be a good idea, but he was thing of something like this:

Or this:

GSS suggested we get some gnomes, paint their clothes black then arrange them looking down a hole as if they were at a funeral. GSS can be very dark.

I’m just terrified we end up with this:

I wanted the front garden to be an oasis of tranquility for the Geordie Smallholder family, but maybe we should get gnomes to represent each of us:

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‘Nuff said. Cheers for now.