{"id":357,"date":"2017-02-21T23:25:37","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T23:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/?p=357"},"modified":"2017-02-22T09:54:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T09:54:55","slug":"feb-2017-wild-flower-front-garden-with-hard-standing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/?p=357","title":{"rendered":"Feb 2017 &#8211; Wild Flower Front Garden &#8211; with hard standing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The clients needed to be able to move a caravan onto their front garden from time to time but wanted it to remain a wildlife friendly place and not be hard landscaped.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 So we have installed hard wearing, recycled plastic grid and planted it up with a selection of wild flowers that will withstand the rigours of the caravan whilst being a beautiful wildflower meadow where wildlife is always welcome\u00a0 &#8211; and fed.\u00a0 This is the story.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_359\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-359\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Before...-e1487716105632.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-359\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Before...-e1487716105632-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Before...-e1487716105632-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Before...-e1487716105632-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Before...-e1487716105632-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before&#8230;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We dug out any wild flowers that were in the current lawn and dug out the area, moving the top soil to the back garden for use in some raised beds and keeping the sub soil for later.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-360\" style=\"width: 156px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Cherry-roots-excavated-and-starting-to-be-dug-down.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Cherry-roots-excavated-and-starting-to-be-dug-down-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"88\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Cherry-roots-excavated-and-starting-to-be-dug-down-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Cherry-roots-excavated-and-starting-to-be-dug-down-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Cherry-roots-excavated-and-starting-to-be-dug-down-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Cherry-roots-excavated-and-starting-to-be-dug-down-1038x576.jpg 1038w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cherry roots excavated before protection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_368\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-368\" style=\"width: 99px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Roots-under-wet-towels-for-the-night-e1487716189530.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-368\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Roots-under-wet-towels-for-the-night-e1487716189530-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"99\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Roots-under-wet-towels-for-the-night-e1487716189530-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Roots-under-wet-towels-for-the-night-e1487716189530-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Roots-under-wet-towels-for-the-night-e1487716189530-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 99px) 100vw, 99px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roots &#8216;put to bed&#8217; for the night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some of the shallow roots of the cherry tree were excavated and undermined to let them drop down a little to be under the base layer, then given extra layers of protection&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_361\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-361\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extra-protection-under-the-revetment......jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-361\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extra-protection-under-the-revetment.....-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extra-protection-under-the-revetment.....-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extra-protection-under-the-revetment.....-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extra-protection-under-the-revetment.....-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extra-protection-under-the-revetment.....-672x372.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Extra-protection-under-the-revetment.....-1038x576.jpg 1038w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Extra root protection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_358\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-358\" style=\"width: 72px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/and-under-the-gravel-e1487718604805.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-358\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/and-under-the-gravel-e1487718604805-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"72\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/and-under-the-gravel-e1487718604805-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/and-under-the-gravel-e1487718604805-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/and-under-the-gravel-e1487718604805-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 72px) 100vw, 72px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">and more<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>..then permeable layers of gravel and root zone were added and firmed into place.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_362\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-362\" style=\"width: 217px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gravel-layer-laid-e1487716249999.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-362\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gravel-layer-laid-e1487716249999-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gravel-layer-laid-e1487716249999-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gravel-layer-laid-e1487716249999-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gravel-layer-laid-e1487716249999-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gravel Layer laid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_369\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-369\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/sand-and-soil-root-zone-mixture-e1487717512263.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-369\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/sand-and-soil-root-zone-mixture-e1487717512263-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/sand-and-soil-root-zone-mixture-e1487717512263-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/sand-and-soil-root-zone-mixture-e1487717512263-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/sand-and-soil-root-zone-mixture-e1487717512263-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sand &amp; soil root zone mix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Recycled plastic grid was then laid down&#8230;..<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_364\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-364\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/grids-start-to-go-down-e1487717666736.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-364\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/grids-start-to-go-down-e1487717666736-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/grids-start-to-go-down-e1487717666736-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/grids-start-to-go-down-e1487717666736-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/grids-start-to-go-down-e1487717666736-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grid starting to be laid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_365\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-365\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/nearly-there...-e1487717647715.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-365\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/nearly-there...-e1487717647715-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/nearly-there...-e1487717647715-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/nearly-there...-e1487717647715-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/nearly-there...-e1487717647715-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nearly there&#8230;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/grid-complete-e1487717692627.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-363\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/grid-complete-e1487717692627-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/grid-complete-e1487717692627-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/grid-complete-e1487717692627-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/grid-complete-e1487717692627-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grid complete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>..filled with growing media and planted with wild flower plugs, the dug out plants, and seeds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_366\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-366\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/planting-medium-going-in-e1487717628890.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-366\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/planting-medium-going-in-e1487717628890-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/planting-medium-going-in-e1487717628890-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/planting-medium-going-in-e1487717628890-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/planting-medium-going-in-e1487717628890-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-366\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planting medium going in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_367\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/plugs-and-seeds-planted-and-watered-in-e1487717534339.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-367\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/plugs-and-seeds-planted-and-watered-in-e1487717534339-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/plugs-and-seeds-planted-and-watered-in-e1487717534339-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/plugs-and-seeds-planted-and-watered-in-e1487717534339-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/plugs-and-seeds-planted-and-watered-in-e1487717534339-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plugs &amp; seeds planted and watered<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By summer this should have filled out to be a lush &#8216;lawn&#8217;.\u00a0\u00a0 We will post photos of its progress,<\/p>\n<p>For ideas of how you can transform your front garden into a wildlife haven, whilst still meeting the practical needs of your daily life, please get in touch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The clients needed to be able to move a caravan onto their front garden from time to time but wanted it to remain a wildlife friendly place and not be hard landscaped.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 So we have installed hard wearing, recycled plastic grid and planted it up with a selection of wild flowers that will withstand the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/?p=357\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Feb 2017 &#8211; Wild Flower Front Garden &#8211; with hard standing<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=357"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":372,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions\/372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodgroundsandgardens.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}