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I turned my dull newbuild garden into a countryside oasis for £4k... but my favourite items did NOT cost a fortune

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A green-fingered couple have gone viral after transforming their 'grey' newbuild garden turn into a 'beautiful' flowery oasis.

Charlotte Owers, 34, and her husband Ben, 33, bought their Hertfordshire home in June 2020, with the goal of elevating their outdoor space from 'a 基準 new build 陰謀(を企てる) into the cottage garden of their dreams'.

The garden was 簡単に mud - a 'blank space' she dreamed of transforming into a countryside garden.

Charlotte from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire said she 'fell in love' with gardening and created different spaces 含むing a vegetable garden, entertaining area and workshop area.

She spent an 概算の £4k transforming her garden - by getting things second 手渡す and doing any building work themselves.

Charlotte Owers (pictured), 34, and her husband Ben, 33, boug ht their Hertfordshire home in June 2020, with the goal of elevating their outdoor space from 'a 基準 new build 陰謀(を企てる) into the cottage garden of their dreams'

工場/植物 マリファナs (機の)カム from Facebook - and she upcycled old 沈むs and dustbins - with a patio made from 海難救助d bricks.

The couple have spent more than three years working on the 事業/計画(する) and are 追加するing new elements to their piece of land. 

Charlotte, who 作品 as a 上級の creative said: 'We had this blank space and because of lockdown we were spending so much time at home.

'I 設立する newbuild gardens to be such a stereotype. I 手配中の,お尋ね者 to buy a cottage in the countryside but the reality of 存在 a first time 買い手 was that new builds were the easiest way for me to get の上に the ladder.

'We 手配中の,お尋ね者 to create cottage vibes rather than a sterile love island aesthetic. I 手配中の,お尋ね者 the garden to feel like it had been there forever.'

The pair started their garden 変形 by 追加するing a seating area at the end of the garden as it soaked up the sun in the evenings.

Charlotte said: 'Our garden is south 直面するing so we get sun all day and in the evening we realised that the sun was at the end of the garden.

'We built the seating area at the end so during the day we can sit on the patio and then the evening we could sit at the end of the garden.

The couple have spent more than three years working on the 事業/計画(する) and are 追加するing new elements to their piece of land

BEFORE: Charlotte said she it is a 'shame' that some newbuild gardens are left untouched

One of Charlotte's favourite parts of their garden is the 温室 Ben built himself - it cost them だいたい £700 to do, which they say saves them at least £1,000 and it's 'much better 質'

Charlotte from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire said she 'fell in love' with gardening and created different spaces 含むing a vegetable garden, entertaining area and workshop area

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'Then we ripped off some turf and put 負かす/撃墜する some gravel that would lead us to the seating area. Doing that, we were then 奮起させるd to do the 残り/休憩(する).'

There is also a potting shed, entertainment area, green house, vegetable garden and workshop area.

Charlotte said that her favourite part of the garden is the 温室 and kitchen garden.

She explained: 'Those are the parts of the garden that look the least like a new build garden. That is where I spend most of my time as I am growing seeds.

'I just love all the areas for 工場/植物ing - I think I have about 80 different マリファナs in the garden for growing.'

Charlotte said she it is a 'shame' that some newbuild gardens are left untouched.

She said she feels the 責任/義務 to create a garden that is 野性生物 friendly.

追加するing: 'One of the 推論する/理由 we transformed out garden is because new build 開発s are built on green spaces.

Charlotte said that her favourite part of the garden is the 温室 and kitchen garden

The 上級の creative said: 'I just love all the areas for 工場/植物ing - I think I have about 80 different マリファナs in the garden for growing'

Impressed gardening fans flood the comments of every ビデオ wihth 賞賛する for the 'incredible' 進歩 they've made

'I do think I have a 責任/義務 to create a garden that is 野性生物 friendly.

'A big 使節団 of 地雷 is to make the garden 栄える. When I look out my window and see the 欠如(する) of trees and biodiversity it is a shame.'

The couple have amassed a social マスコミ に引き続いて of thousands on their TikTok account @new.house.home, where they keep テレビ視聴者s updated with their garden design 旅行.

Impressed gardening fans flood the comments of every ビデオ with 賞賛する for the 'incredible' 進歩 they've made.

One 使用者 penned:  'A new build garden with actual character and real 工場/植物s? Looks amazing!'

A second 噴出するd: 'The best new build garden I've ever seen,' with a third 追加するing: 'That green house is so nice'.

'It’s incredible, I can’t believe you managed to do that yourselves!,' exclaimed someone else. 

一方/合間, another fan wrote: 'Charlotte this is 絶対 beautiful! I would never think a new build garden could look like this! Wow!'

'Looks lovely and 伝統的な for a change,' 賞賛するd someone else. 

Charlotte's 最高の,を越す tips and favourite garden items

TOP TIPS

- Don't 急ぐ - think about how you want to use the garden.

- 始める,決める a 目的地, think about what you want at the end of the garden and work backwards.

- Remember a ga rden is never finished

- Think about what you would like to use the garden for and what you need the garden to do.

FAVOURITE ITEMS

1. 'All my マリファナs are my favourite - I get them from Facebook, or antique shops or car boot sales. I use old buckets, water 戦車/タンクs, 沈むs, dustbins etc. gives the garden more character and cheaper than buying マリファナs from the garden centre.'

2. 'My 温室. 温室s are thousands of 続けざまに猛撃するs, and I 手配中の,お尋ね者 one to fit a 明確な/細部 space so Ben managed to build one for approx £700 saving us at least £1,000 and it's much better 質.'

3. 'The 埋め立てるd brick patio - an 代案/選択肢 to usual 厚板s. We got these second 手渡す and laid them ourselves and it has 追加するd much more character to a once boggy corner of the garden.'

最高の,を越す

I turned my dull newbuild garden into a countryside oasis for £4k... but my favourite items did NOT cost a fortune