Charlie's Gardening Neighbours - (1)

Programme 1 Charlie Dimmock presents this new gardening series from Chapel Lane, Crick, in Northamptonshire. She guides six sets of neighbours through the stresses and strains of transforming their uninspiring plots into designer gardens. In the first programme, four of the neighbours get started on their designs, which range from traditional cottage to authentic Japanese. Charlie provides the inspiration whilst local landscaper John Sanders gets all the stress and grief!

Unlike Ground Force, there are no colourful design sketches from Alan Titchmarsh in this new gardening series. Computer Aided Design images illustrate how the finished gardens should look. Michelle Morley's garden is to be two circular lawns, separated by an arbour with large leafed plants to create structure. All these gardens will have a Charlie Dimmock water feature!

There's no Ground Force team on hand, and no building work from Tommy Walsh either. It's a real case of Do It Yourself. The budget for each garden was £4000, of which £1000 had to be spent on plants. John Sanders, (project manager, pictured below) renamed the street Grief Street because of all the complaining and moaning. Allan and Deborah Flint's garden will have a bark covered area for their children and fabric sails on a post to provide shade.

The pictures below show John and Cynthia Marson's proposed Japanese garden, plus Fiona Nolan ( who spotted the BBC's advert in a local shop) and the computer's portrayal of her traditional garden. The trellis will provide privacy and break up the long, narrow plot.

Images © BBC Television - Charlie's Gardening Neighbours
and Associated Newspapers Ltd. - Daily Mail

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