I lived in House 2, East Acton for 10 years until I was 22 years old and I got married and purchased a three bed semi detached in Greenford , five miles heading out of London in the suburbs. This house had a big garden in London terms . The key features were a small pond with a small waterfall, cherry trees and apple trees, a large lawn and a rose garden. It was hard work to keep this garden in a reasonable condition. My brother in law got me a Ransomes petrol powered lawn mower. This was an antique but top quality and I had stripes on the lawn.
At the rear of the garden there was a double garage with an apex roof and a two car covered port that had a good established grape vine growing through the trusses. I lived in this house for ten years. We moved another 5 miles out , away from the centre of London to a wonderful 4 bed detached house in a place called Eastcote. This was a particularly wide and deep plot with large gardens back and front. We transported Orange Lily`s from our Greenford garden to the new garden. Over several years we transformed these gardens into a beautiful landscaped space. We added a pond, flower beds and even a tree house when we had kids ( two boys two years apart )
We were fortunate to purchase a house that backed onto our rear boundary fence and my wife`s parents came to live there . The rear fence was taken down and my children had the run of two gardens ( lucky kids ! ). The grand parents loved this arrangement and and had unprecedented access to their two grandchildren. The garden had to be changed a little to suit young children. The ponded had a metal grill installed covering it completely and we reduced the rose garden back and made it safe ( out of bounds ) with picket fencing. The greenhouse was protected with a second layer of perspex sheeting at the lower levels.
My wife , Linda did the majority of work on this garden and grew her own plants from cuttings and seeds. I did the lawns , both gardens !. I will look for some photographs . It was truly beautiful and I enjoyed sitting watching my kids and their friends playing and running through both the gardens.
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