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The Magnolias Garden Website

A small private garden in Brentwood, Essex in South-East England.

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Linda\'s new koi cushions Linda\'s new koi cushion Linda\'s new koi cushion Cutting it up to 1ft through Over Ashley\'s shed The shed that Roy Built Over Roy\'s shed job done - 18th Dec job done - 18th Dec job done - 18th Dec LED lamp - on - 18th Dec LED oil lamp - 18th Dec ist. Pagoda 1976 thick stem of tree dahlia blackened top os tree dahlia blackened tree dahlia slate pots - 3rd Dec all seats down - 16th Nov all seats up - 16th Nov 2 seats up 2 down - 16th Nov painted moon-gate in place - 22nd Oct moon-gate front prepared for painting - 18th Oct all four strips in place - 17th Oct two steamed strips resting - 15th Oct second strip in place - 15th Oct taking steamed wood from box - 15th Aug first strip fixed - 15th Oct wood steamer in action - 15th Oct decorative moon-gate supports complete - 14th Oct marking for radiating supports - 13th Oct marking moon-gate position - 12th Oct babboo embossed glass inside - 11 Oct babboo embossed glass - 11 Oct two piece wood steaming box - 10th Oct walls completed - 7th Oct one inner skin fixed - 3rd Oct inside of roof - 3rd Oct Insid wall showing battens - 3rg Oct one outer skin fixed - 3rd Oct Wall side out sides being painted indoors - 1st Ocy both rooves completed and painted - 30th Sept finials and ridge tiles painted for fitting - 30th Sept fencing cladding going on main roof - 17th Sept small roof completed and painted - 11th Sept finials and ridge tiles fitted - 3rd Sept small roof clad - 2nd Sept testing the strength - 27th Aug dry run with timberwork - 26th Aug temporary scaffold in use again - 25th Aug all joists made - 25th Aug main roof on temporary scaffold - 23rd Aug top roof frame, joists and centre post - 19th Aug completed walkway 19th Aug footway woodwork 28th July footway woodwork 26th July Pillar top 26th July Pillar top slab 21st July Walk way pillars 19th July two walkway pillars 17th July walkway pillars started 15th July Step built 11th July Uprights and top frame built 9th July bottom frame in place 6th July wood added to steel frame 2nd July Daryl grinding welds 18th June Daryl welding pagoda frame 18th June steel fencing cut and laid out 17th June controlled conflagration long live the pagoda homemade crane six bags of mud Orange and Lemon in new greenhouse Dahlia imperialis in mid May New greenhouse 2 New Greenhouse A little way into desilting pond pumped out May 2017 Bent badger fencing Epimedium 'Space Wagon' Top half removed Roger 'Hammer Man' Hammond Last quarter out Magnolia salicifolia Magnolia salicifolia Magnolia salicifolia Magnolia salicifolia Field Mouse Neocaridina heteropoda feeding on algae wafer Neocaridina heteropoda 'Rili' with eggs (berried) Neocaridina heteropoda various Neocaridina heteropoda blue Neocaridina heteropoda yellow Refurbished Aquarium Bridge with Linda 2016 Linda's attempt to recreate 1978 image! Completed bridge Mass painting of footway pieces Handrail fixing Footway nearly complete First Meranti strip fixed Paul using the band saw In her element Homemade clamps Bridge with Linda 1978 Two pieces of arch joined Two arches in place Two arches built Routing footway pieces Remains of old bridge Pond Silt in Ton Bags Epimedium grandiflorum \'Jennie Maillard New paving and epimedium bed New block raised bed New block raised bed 2 Epimedium Website Third Pond Bed Third Pond Bed Pond Silt in Ton Bags New Yorkstone Paved Area Ex Waterlily Pot Air Raid Shelter Steps and Raised Bed Air Raid Shelter Epimedium Bed Norfolk Plant Fair Epimedium Display RHS Hyde Hall Epimedium Display Epimedium x versicolor 'Versicolor' Epimedium 'Red Maximum' Epimedium grandiflorum 'Lilac Seedling' Bottom broken up Waterlily box being demolished Pond dry and most plants removed Pond being pumped out Freshly planted bed Bathroom debris being covered with pond filter stones Epimedium 'Wisley Imp' Colin and Billy by display area Epimedium grandiflorum 'Akagiza Kura' New Epimediums Paul & Valerie Guppy's Garden Dahlia imperialis 'Alba' Giant Magnolia Leaf Epimedium x youngianum 'Shikinomai' Old Goldfish Pond Raised bed ready for planting Concrete breaking Breaking the concrete pond bottom. Vibrating Pensioner Pond pumped out Pond before starting project Ex-pond just planted Magnolia 'Royal Crown' new growth New Epimediun Nursery Bed Planted Five Ex-water Plant Tubs Smaller New Nursery Bed Fibreglass tank in place Wooden frame constructed Tank filled with compost Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snowflake' Epimedium display at Hyde Hall 2014 Epimedium display at Hyde Hall 2014 Epimedium Nursery Greenhouse 'Monarch' apple and Hydrangea petiolaris Magnolia 'Royal Crown' New Epimedium Planting New Epimedium Planting Epimedium Pot Area Epimedium Pot Display Area 5 Foot Tank Bedroom Tank Amazon Sword Tank Crypt. Tank Cotinus 'Grace' Nyssa sinensis (flash) Treading down the leaves to get more in Leafmould Tower Magnolia sargentiana robusta leaves over a foot long Even More Slugs New AFK Arbor Seat New Air-raid Shelter Door Arbour Seat Base A use for your dead koi Feed the wildlife Rotted Old Seat Chusquea couleou Phyllostachys praecox 'Viridisulcata' Thamnocalamus spathiflorus Phyllostachys kwangsiensis seedlings Epimedium seedlings Shed Replacement Yuck Phyllostachys kwangsiensis seed pan Epimedium Seedlings Hostas after topdressing with sheeps wool pellets oldsite Frost devastated 'Athene' Karen & Denis, Hard Workers Karen Cleaning Hostas After Cureing Sarah Applying the Silicon Partially Welcome Visitors New Half Price Features Slow worm Epimedium Seedlings Frogs spawn Failed Experiment Hellebors niger double Camellia japonica 'Lily Pons' Daredevil Damn it's Cold New Labels Tied up Tree Fern Snowy Pagoda Bird table - Dec 2004 ist Pagoda Nov. 2005 ist Pagoda Nov. 2005 'Outback Cam' Picture of a Badger Tawny Owl-under-arbor-seat Tawny Owl Aerial view Celastrus on Pear Tree. Arty View up Ladder! Aerial View of Arbor Seat Aerial View of Water Lily Pond with Celastrus Shoots in foreground. 'Outback Cam' Picture of a Badger
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