b'we do small and love surprisesThe writing was probably on the wallwhen my niece, and goddaughter,sent me the plot map for a new buildestate, totally excited at the prospectof buying her first house, complete norfolkwith garden.Uncle Rob, which will be the best plotto buy bearing in mind I want a We love going back to see how ourlovely garden (on a teachers creations have stood the test of timesalary!)? hence a trip to Norfolk where thisholiday home was transformed by aSix months later her husband had stunning but low maintenance designsecretly surveyed the plot and I had by Jo Alderson Phillips some five yearscasually posed some questions to ago.elicit a wish list of what was wanted.Christmas 2019 saw me surprise herwith a garden design, beautifullyillustrated by in house designer Jess.Bottom right: The garden before - quite a difference!Focusing on up-cycling and a Top left: A sea of Verbena.non-existent budget, creativity was Top right: A majestic Silver Birch, that had previouslythe name of the game. Limestone been completely obscured by undergrowth gonepaving was salvaged from one wild.project, whilst a stunning settle was Middle: Reclaimed groynes.rescued from a skip after another Bottom left: Party zone.client changed her garden furniturearound. Old scaffold planks createdraised beds, whilst scaffold polesmade the pergola. And at lastpleached trees that we had previouslyexhibited at Blenheim Palace FlowerShow found a new home.With much of the garden in effectpre-fabricated off site, we built thegarden in four days, JUST beforelockdown. Now Carlys a subscriberto Gardeners World magazine andhas certainly got the gardening bug!Bottom: Before; Carly gets a surprise.Middle: Jesss plans for the garden.Top: Settle rescued from a skip; poppies Beforeand Marigolds; scaffold pergola. Beforejoannealderson.com'