Remodelled front garden

Here are some piccies of the remodelling we've had done to the front garden.

As you can see, we've had a large planter built between our front path and the one next door. It's been called Hadrian's Wall by some of the villagers, apparently; and some are wondering if we've fallen out with the neighbours. But if you look carefully, you will see a nice new wrought iron gate by the front doors, so we can easily pop across. Before this was done, Denise was still lithe enough to be able to duck through the gaps in the old fence, but I'm not able to do that any more (I won't comment on the neighbours!) so it seemed like a nice idea. Don't care about anyone who might move in after we've moved on (hee-hee) - if we ever do. The postman likes it too. We've also had new paths laid, in keeping with the planter; extended the drive sideways to give us more parking space, and space to shuffle the cars around; and the border beds have been re-shaped.