Renovating the Rill Garden

Post author By greenbenchramblings
Post date September 18, 2013
10 Comments on Renovating the Rill Garden

Our Rill Garden was beginning to look a little jaded, mostly due to the edging paving sinking and coming loose. In places the level of the edging was uneven and sloping randomly. We decided it needed a revamp. The first job was to take the old edging paving up and clean off the old concrete. It took no time to get up the edging but it took a long time to chip off all the old concrete and chip off each bit until the back of the slabs were clean enough to re-lay.

“Matilda”, our sculptured figure admires our handiwork. She looks satisfied with how we have cleaned up the slabs.

We had to get the plants up so we lifted them pots and all into some of our plastic garden trugs. They need dividing so this proved to be a good opportunity.

After a few days we had relaid the slabs, all perfectly level and even looking, but we did discover a problem for when we put the pump back in which provides a gentle movement to the surface of the water in the rill, it failed to work so this will need replacing.

So, let us have a look at our Rill Garden now it has been re-vitalised.

Tags garden photography, gardening, outdoor sculpture, rills, water gardening, water gardens, water in the garden

By greenbenchramblings

A retired primary school head teacher, I now spend much of my time gardening in our quarter acre plot in rural Shropshire south of Shrewsbury. I share my garden with Jude my wife a newly retired teacher , eight assorted chickens and a plethora of wildlife. Jude does all the heavy work as I have a damaged spine and right leg. We also garden on an allotment nearby. We are interested in all things related to gardens, green issues and wildlife.

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10 replies on “Renovating the Rill Garden”

I always learn something new reading your posts. I was not familiar with a Rill Garden so had to Google it. You did a lot of work, and it shows. It is beautiful.

Thanks for your kind comment. We enjoyed the work and were pleased with the result. Malc

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I love water in a garden and your rill looks beautifully renovated. I love all the architectural stuff you have in your garden. 🙂

Seeing your results is a real inspiration for starting and completing work like this in my own garden. I really love your garden design.

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A job well done – looks lovely now! I like the rusty bowl – birdbath?

It looks gorgeous! The whole garden is enchanting.

Very nice job, it’s a nice focal point to your sitting area. The whole area looks so well designed! How do you like the gravel? I would like to create a similar area but there are a lot of gravel haters around here and they’re starting to make me doubt myself.

What a beautiful little garden. I have never heard of a rill garden before, I am always learning something new on your blog. What a great way to add a water feature to a small space.