Readers from Chickerell and Weymouth show off their havens in My Beautiful Garden

Here, Ken tells us a little about his garden of three sections while Bridget talks us through building her garden completely from scratch.

Ken is proud of the pond in his Weymouth garden. He says: "My garden is split into three sections with a patio at either end and a lawn with borders in between. Each section brings its own part to the garden. The top patio is where we have breakfast/lunch and is home to a wall of pots. The bottom patio is where we have the sun beds for late afternoon sun. The lawn is split with a winding path."

Ken has a wind vein and wind charm in his garden. He says: "I love that the garden offers so much with not too much hard work. A place to sit. A place for wildlife with a bird feeder and flowers for bees.”

Ken's top patio wall of pots. "This is my pride and joy bringing a bright splash of colour to the garden," he says. "The garden does not need much work but brings pleasure in the results of what work that I do. A nicely trimmed hedge or mown lawn gives a sense of satisfaction.”

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Below is a pergola re-erected at the bottom of Bridget Penney's garden in Chickerell. It was due to go to the tip but Bridget asked her neighbour if she could have it and re-erected it at the bottom of the garden.

Here's a picture of Bridget's garden before she got to work....

And after! She said: “I’m very proud of the fact that I created this garden from scratch. The earth was just clay, so I used wooden garden edging to build up each bed to about 9 inches high, lined them and filled them with compost. I then bought the turf and laid a small lawn. We are now three years on and the wooden edging has almost disappeared under the weight of the plants.”

Bridget says: “During lockdown my garden has been the one place that I could go to, relax and feel safe. I love all plants, they give me so much pleasure.”