above: Beechside garden from east corner, 2014

above: Beechside garden from east corner, 2016

above: pergola added to the existing patio with new raised bed. 2016 

above: widened border gets reliable sun all day. Model railway line forms an unusual lawn edging. 2016

above: patio area with water butt in forground with trailing fuschias. 2017

above: we are collectors and hoarders of all sorts that all end up in the garden, plus things my artist wife makes as well. 2017

above: with no front garden, only a parking area, this entrance to the front door was heavily shaded by overhanging beech trees. 2015

above: the same entrance leading to the front door one year later, now a sunny place for our herb bed. 2016

above: apart from our resident hedgehogs, we don't get the range of mammals of our last garden, but there is plenty of birdlife including this sparrowhawk