Author: Joanna Hazelton
Do I Need Planning Permission for a Playhouse in my Garden?
19 July 2023 - Joanna Hazelton
If you’re considering going down the route of the Beckhams with a 16ft high playhouse complete with tower, drawbridge, slides and swings in your garden for your children then, yes, planning permission would be needed. However, it’s pretty safe to say the vast majority of ‘regular’ playhouses do not need planning permission. A playhouse is […]
Tips for Laying a Base for a Garden Workshop/Shed
15 June 2023 - Joanna Hazelton
Hurrah!! The days of our garden doubling up as a workshop are finally over!! No more lathe. No more hammers and saws. No more power tools and extension cables. Peace, quiet and calm has resumed. Our garden table has become an outdoor pizza preparing space again rather than a workbench and we can now look […]
How to Create a Stunning Corner Feature in your Garden
26 May 2023 - Joanna Hazelton
The paranoia of being seen on our decking by our neighbours out of their bedroom window has taken grip. The bordering trees in their garden that always provided us with such welcome cover and guaranteed seclusion outside are now gone. And I am now racked with worry that we will no longer have any privacy […]
How to be Creative with a Garden Border Between You and Your Neighbours
3 May 2023 - Joanna Hazelton
Other than cry, what do you do when your neighbour decides to cut down the row of trees that has provided you with total privacy in your garden for the last 20 years?? And you are now faced with being overlooked by their house, their garden and bedroom window?? Gutted. I know there are far […]