Does anyone know anything about gardening?

Great idea. You can choose the size and shape then. Concrete has a nice aesthetic in a garden too.

Anticip.....ation

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I feel you

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I can't stop checking just in case they somehow go from bud to bloom when I turn my back for 5 minutes 😄

Something to upset @ColinTheBald
Basically made it up as I went along. Some of those bricks are set on soil, some on an inch of sharp sand, some of the pavers still have an inch of old mortar on the bottom, there are random bits of rubble embedded in the new mortar and I couldn't be bothered getting the level out of the shed so it's only vaguely flat and definitely not straight

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Spurred on by your comments, I liberated some during the week from another location with an abundance :)

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Actually, that looks absolutely fine and client expectations are why I attempt to get everything perfect (a smidgen of professional pride is involved). Don't expect it to last forever, it won't.

I am just in the process of sorting out the paths into my new home, which I rent, purely to avoid dragging half a sheep fields worth of mud into the house every time I come in. I can't afford me and can't charge the landlord, so compromises have been made. Pictures to follow, if it stays dry enough to complete the job this week.

It's mostly mortar. I decided it was easier to just mix more than make the levels sane.
Pavers are from an old garden path I lifted.
The professionally done patio has a slightly fucked fall which means water pools slightly in a corner

That is pretty much what I am doing. The paths were set out as stepping stones (allegedly) which were perfectly placed for neither my wife at 5' sod all or myself at 5' 10" to take them in our stride. There was also an area between the shingled drive (which is only just big enough to park the cars on) and the grass patch passing as a front lawn which appeared to be preloved by the local hippopotamii. Luckily, in the pile of rubble left by the previous tenant there were some usable slabs and rope twist edgings. Combined with a metre of leftover sandstone from a job, I should be able to make something functional.

Alliums ahoy!!!

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Love alliums. Need to get some bulbs in Autumn to plant out here. Still deciding on varieties.

/holds breath

I'm really happy with this little patch - sweet woodruff and lily of the valley under an apple tree. It's taken a 9 years for the LoV to properly fill the space and flower. This is the first year it's been real ground cover.

Both are thugs once established so it's going to be a battle keep them in just one patch but I'm here for it /cracks knuckles

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Plants:
Bay?
Something famous, forgotten what
Oak?
?

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I wanted the globes but couldn’t swallow the price. I wanted loads of them too so would have cost a fortune xxxx

Bay
Hazel
Oak
Not sure about this one - google thinks it's maybe Coralberry?

Possibly wild cherry?

Agree hazel. Last one maybe goat willow.

What's the bottom one? Foxtail lily?!

Looks like a yucca, nearly got one for my parents!
@moocher leaf looks like a prunus at least.

I never knew yuccas flower.

Yup, though it could also be a Beschorneria.

I’m pretty sure it’s a yucca. It’s been there about 5 years and never ever flowered

client expectations

. * waves *

Our patio is going fairly well, but given we over ordered slabs, plus the slab Co over-delivered, I'm a bit annoyed they didn't sort the rougher slabs so that they either weren't used or used in the less visible parts.

That said these 900x600 slabs are fucking heavy, and we're not paying a premium so begars can't be choosers.

While there isn't a 3"/75mm thick concrete slab, there is a very fat layer of morter underneath so I'm a bit happier about that.

I've also come to terms with the bay going. It was never in the right place and having more room for a table means I'm less worried about pruning our hibiscus as hard.

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Thanks for the plant confirmations. I'm considering transferring them to pots. Is there a rough guide of pot size to plant height?