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Our Backyard Retreat
Loading…We created this garden when we bought our new-build house back in 2020. It started as a muddy slope and 4 fences with terrible quality, clay and rubble ground. We terraced, landscaped and improved the soil to get it ready for planting. The planting is heavily inspired by our love of New Zealand with evergreens, ferns, semi-tropicals and white flowers.
St Austell, ENG, UK
ConditionsCoastalSuburbanCourtyard (walled)Patio / TerraceSunny / Full sunPart shadeShade / Deep shadeSheltered (low wind)Tropical / Subtropical style
SoilClayLoamHumus richNeutralAcidic (ericaceous)Poorly drainedModerate drainage
A garden by:
Tiny Turnips
Member since March 2026
Improving Gardener · 6 years gardening
Hey, I'm Tiny đź‘‹. I love woodlands, tropicals, and almost anything green. I find foliage much more interesting than flowers. Currently gardening on the South Coast of Cornwall in the UK.
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Courtyard Gardener
Maintains a sheltered, walled courtyard/patio planting palette (many tags list Courtyard (walled) and Patio / Terrace conditions) that supports shade and subtropical plants.
Coastal Subtropical
Garden expresses a coastal, tropical/subtropical style in St Austell with species such as Phormium, Fatsia, Dicksonia and Zantedeschia thriving in sheltered conditions.
Fern Collector
Curates a notable fern collection (Dryopteris spp., Dicksonia antarctica and Polystichum luctuosum among others) well-suited to a sheltered, subtropical courtyard.
First Tag
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