esupi
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So - all being well, I will be moving into a new house in about 6 weeks. The bunnies are coming with me, and although the house is perfectly fine, the garden needs some work. I'm not very good at figuring out how things will look nice, so thought I'd ask on here as I know some of you love this sort of thing!
The space is approximately 42 x 15 feet (7 x 2.5 fence panels!). These are my ideas so far/constraints:
-I need to build a new fence down one side and across the back. I will need to put a gate in to allow access from the back somewhere (this could be through an aviary if necessary.
-There is an existing tree in the garden which I need to work around.
-I will have a pair of buns (Tully and Kyla) living outside. Currently they have a 6x2 hutch inside a 7x5 shed (they don't have access to the shed though). They have a 5x5 run attached, and some runaround. From this I will be able to bring the hutch, and the Runaround - 12 feet of mesh tunnels, a 2 ft box, a 1 ft box and 3 ft of tunnel. The run can come in the short term but needs binning really.
-I like that the bunnies are cosy in their hutch in their shed. So could have a similar setup again. Or they could have a whole shed. Or just the hutch in an aviary. I'm open to options here.
-I will need somewhere to store garden 'stuff'. Either part of a bun shed, or something separate.
-I also have a 4x2 hutch requiring renovation which could be used - either inside a shed, or as a shelter in an aviary maybe
-I quite fancy having an aviary!
-The buns will get free-range over most of the garden when I'm home.
-If possible, I'd like to section off a small area of garden to one side near the house that the inside bunnies could go out in. I'm imagining maybe a central path with space on one side for inside bunnies, and the rest of the garden for the outside guys.
-I would like to pull the decking up and turn it into vertical planters - see pic below. This would let me actually have flowers/herbs that Tully & Kyla can't get to.
-I imagine I might like a couple of raised beds for trying to grow some veg. I have never had the space before and have no idea whether I'm actually capable so it might just be a whim.
-I don't want the buns in a playhouse - I like to be able to stand up in the shed without having spiders in my hair.
-I am not massively green-fingered!
-I would like some sort of patio/hardstanding that I can put a table and chairs on. One of my colleagues has offered me a circle patio that they have going spare but it's not essential I use this.
So - I have ideas, but can't work out how to put them together! I also have quite a bit of time to figure it out and am open to suggestions!
Some pics:
Garden from the house:
Looking the other way towards the house (the lounge doors are roughly central to the garden - they just don't look like it as when this photo was taken the fence panel nearest the house on the left was down):
Planters:
The space is approximately 42 x 15 feet (7 x 2.5 fence panels!). These are my ideas so far/constraints:
-I need to build a new fence down one side and across the back. I will need to put a gate in to allow access from the back somewhere (this could be through an aviary if necessary.
-There is an existing tree in the garden which I need to work around.
-I will have a pair of buns (Tully and Kyla) living outside. Currently they have a 6x2 hutch inside a 7x5 shed (they don't have access to the shed though). They have a 5x5 run attached, and some runaround. From this I will be able to bring the hutch, and the Runaround - 12 feet of mesh tunnels, a 2 ft box, a 1 ft box and 3 ft of tunnel. The run can come in the short term but needs binning really.
-I like that the bunnies are cosy in their hutch in their shed. So could have a similar setup again. Or they could have a whole shed. Or just the hutch in an aviary. I'm open to options here.
-I will need somewhere to store garden 'stuff'. Either part of a bun shed, or something separate.
-I also have a 4x2 hutch requiring renovation which could be used - either inside a shed, or as a shelter in an aviary maybe
-I quite fancy having an aviary!
-The buns will get free-range over most of the garden when I'm home.
-If possible, I'd like to section off a small area of garden to one side near the house that the inside bunnies could go out in. I'm imagining maybe a central path with space on one side for inside bunnies, and the rest of the garden for the outside guys.
-I would like to pull the decking up and turn it into vertical planters - see pic below. This would let me actually have flowers/herbs that Tully & Kyla can't get to.
-I imagine I might like a couple of raised beds for trying to grow some veg. I have never had the space before and have no idea whether I'm actually capable so it might just be a whim.
-I don't want the buns in a playhouse - I like to be able to stand up in the shed without having spiders in my hair.
-I am not massively green-fingered!
-I would like some sort of patio/hardstanding that I can put a table and chairs on. One of my colleagues has offered me a circle patio that they have going spare but it's not essential I use this.
So - I have ideas, but can't work out how to put them together! I also have quite a bit of time to figure it out and am open to suggestions!
Some pics:
Garden from the house:
Looking the other way towards the house (the lounge doors are roughly central to the garden - they just don't look like it as when this photo was taken the fence panel nearest the house on the left was down):
Planters:
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when we had outside buns we originally had them in hutch/runaround/run combos up near the house, which meant we could see them better, and it was closer to the house for mad dashes in and out in bad weather! Then we moved them to a shed/aviary at the bottom of the garden, and we couldn't see them so well, but it was better for cleaning them out and being able to sit with them. There are pros and cons to both I suppose. Maybe at first could you move them in the hutch and run they have already, and you can experiment a bit?
