It’s been a testing process but the stable conversion is now nearly finished; final electrics and plumbing should be completed this week… everthing has been difficult in the relentless rain and mud that has prevailed. It will be a happy day when the turfing is installed around the stable and glasshouse and I can actually start to plant up the beds.
The steps are done – modelled on recreating a beautiful moment at Sissinghurst :- )
And as building regs required a soakaway to be dug, entailing substantial invasive digging anyway, we decided to use the opportunity to install a subterranean tank to harvest rainwater. I had to use all my powers of imagination to hold the dream of an organic green paradise while the works were underway!
It’s all a far cry from the impenetrable jungle of just 18 months ago…. and I sometimes miss its wild improbability right in the centre of town, guilty for creating such devastation – but creation requires destruction and this project ensures protection from future developers and continuation into the future as a precious secret hortus conclusus. I must hold my nerve!
Huerto 
All looks truly amazing and we can’t wait to slumber peacefully in the stable!
Is there room service?!
J and Hxxx
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Stunning and what do you have growing in the greenhouse of dreams?
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Thank you, Sharon – you know all about massive transformations!
The greenhouse, for now, is still largely a dumping ground for electricians’ and plumbers’ stuff…. I do also have the last of the Christmas chrysanthemums and pots of paperwhites scenting the air. All awaiting a jolly good clean out ready for spring when they’ve finally finished!
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Ruth,
That is a marvelous transformation – a work in progress. And progress you have made. I love the brick work.
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Thank you, Fiona
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Wow. The power of your imagination worked. Been thinking of you, Pleased to see how far you have come. Congratulations ♥
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Thanks Ashen!
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