Shandon Garden
Shandon garden with cedar greenhouse
Morso forno pizza oven
Scottish whinstone sett circle with polished black pebble detailing
Shandon garden at night
Shandon garden at night
Shandon garden at night with cedar greenhouse
Original Victorian clothes pole
Cherry tree in blossom, uplit
Shandon garden at night
Scottish whinstone sett circle with polished black pebble detailing
Japanese acer up lit with slatted garden fence
Cherry and Acer up lit
Shandon garden designed by Carolyn Grohmann
Shandon garden in summer
Shandon garden at night
Shandon garden at night
Herbaceous planting in Shandon Garden
Pizza oven in Shandon Garden
Shandon garden at night with cedar greenhouse
Papaver Black Single
Shandon garden at night
Shandon garden at night
Shandon garden at night
Shandon Garden designed by Carolyn Grohmann
Shandon garden at night
Shandon garden at night
Shandon garden at night
Shandon garden in summer
Acer palmate and cherry tree up lit
Shandon garden at night
Chionachloa Rubra up lit
Shandon garden in summer
Shandon garden in autumn
Shandon garden in autumn
Our garden
This is our garden. It has a dainty footprint but is the perfect size for a city garden inhabited by Robin and me, our children and our dog, Maggie. It is an ever-evolving space in which we experiment and dream in equal measure.
Garden accessories
We have a pizza oven which looks like a spaceship and, until recently, we had a greenhouse. Strictly speaking the greenhouse is still there. But due to the increasing levels of shade offered by surrounding trees and the frustration of tomatoes stubbornly not ripening in it, it is in the process of being transformed into a garden sauna….
A labour of love
We started to work on the garden (properly working on it) at the start of lockdown in 2020 when Robin put up a new fence and then laid the Scottish whinstone sett circle with polished black pebble detailing, setting out the borders for me to plant. It is a wonderful place to sit and listen to the neighbourhood sounds and is on the edge of a disused railway line which is leafy and green and packed with wildlife. We have good privacy, get a good amount of sunshine, and love our little space. The garden lighting adds a really special extra dimension and extends our enjoyment of the space into the darkness of the winter months. Thank you MGD Electrical.
Will probably never be complete...