‘This revamp cost UNDER £900!'

Heidi Stone followed a boho chic vibe in her stunning garden, filling it with relaxing seating areas and beautiful planting

- STEPHANIE SMITH

COME ON IN!

ABOUT ME I’m Heidi Stone, 42, a teacher. I live with my husband, Matt, 44, an electrician, and sons Max, 10, and Jackson, five, plus cats Flash and Ozzy, in a four-bedroom Victorian semi in Chertsey, Surrey, which we moved into in 2014.

THE CHALLENGE Giving ourselves a garden we want to spend time in, with plenty of seating options, a decent lawn and beds full of lovely flowers – and all under lockdown!

MY WISHLIST Some new garden furniture, a deck with a boho vibe we can actually use and enjoy, and a place to grow the flowers we want to see filling the new beds.

We had so much to do when we moved to our new home over six years ago and the garden was definitely bottom of the list, says Heidi. ‘We’ve worked our way through most of the inside of the house, putting in a new bathroom and en suite, sorting the hall, living room and the bedrooms.

We’re both handy, so have done much of the painting and some major jobs ourselves. When lockdown began, we decided to do something with our garden.

First moves