Back Garden Update

We have started to put in a new back fence and have had to be a bit creative around the stone wall. I think it looks great. We still might stain it although are leaning towards a marine varnish to keep the natural colour of the wood.
We've also managed to build up the raised bed with the York stone that we had. When we moved in we found the stone in the garden, spread like a crude crazy paving beneath a carpet of weeds. It's well weathered and we are still finding more as we continue to dig! Great find as it's kept the costs right down.
Since building the beds we have put in a Ceoanthus and a Callicarpa. I am really excited about the latter as i have wanted one for ages. I saw one peeping over a fence one Christmas and it took ages to identify! It is deciduous but sports a profusion of tiny purple berries in the winter on long bare sticks. They look amazing!
The other two shrubs are inherited from the previous owners. There's a lovely purple Hydrangea and a large Rhubarb which we have been making crumbles from!

Back garden 1


Back garden 2


View from inside the house


Close up of the fence


Ceoanthus and Callicarpa in the new bed!