Our garden is mainly the creation of Sue's mum, Phyllis Annie Bull, who has lived with us since 1983.

We moved into the bungalow on 4th January 1970. We were the first owners' and the plot was like a normal building site, rubble and thinly scattered top soil.

We cleared the site of all the clay. We drained the back garden with a deep sump and a series of trenches, utilising the builder's rubble and planted lawns both front and rear.

Below is a tour round the back garden, clockwise from where you enter it. The back garden plants can be seen in more detail and the front garden is on another page.

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This is the Northern side of the back garden seen from outside mum's room. The wheelbarrow originally belonged to Steven, Sue's son, and was saved from the tip last year. It's got last years hanging basket in it at the moment. Next door's tree has been severly pollarded as you can see but already it is fighting back and full of life. We seem to have lost the clematis but the*** is doing well. The holly and honey suckle have survived a severe cut back as well. The tree heather has been scalped, sadly too soon as most of the flowers have been cut off. Michael's garden can be seen at the edge of the lawn. In the corner can be seen the bird bath and statuette. The magnolia is just coming into bloom.

This is looking from the entrance to the rear garden with the Northern side on your left and is a view along the Eastern border. the dark lady is again plain to see. Behind the magnolia is a winter jasmin, a climbing rose and the rampant lilac. Next to the magnolia is a pink camelia, whic has bloomed well this Spring. Behind and between is a white camelia struggling to get to the front. You can just see the ornamental weeping cherry. Beyond that is the rhododendrum, President Rosevelt, with the mahonia and the last of the daffodils in the corner

This is the start of the Souther border dominated by the eucaluptus tree. There is a small weeping willow set into the lawn. You can see the variagated leaf plant, phormium veriegatum, and above it you can just see the acer. Above the rhododendron is the yellow garryia elliptica. The fence in the background is new this spring.

Continuing round further the vast expanse of sky has just been revealed as next door but one have cut down their silver birch tree. Hidden is the rockery and the budlea tree. The pots are all on the patio outside mum's sitting room

On the left is mum's sitting room next to her bedroom. The unpruned wisteria is just about to break out into flower. We've not put the hanging baskets up yet or the colourfull display of plants on the racks, the left hand one of which you can see.