u/matthewsaaan

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I've been porting, modifying and extending the RMXP RTP to work in RMMV for my game with a 1920s vibe inspired by Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds.

My wife and I moved onto our house about two years ago but only started tackling the garden last spring/summer. The last image is the before.

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The previous home owner had mobility issues and had chosen to tarmac a good chunk of the garden and install a green house.

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We chose to tear up the tarmac (still need to finish and sort the edge out.) and put down a bit more grass from seed - which we shaped as a circle. I thought a circle would be a more interesting shape and gave us space to surround the lawn with plans and make it feel more private.

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With the larger flower beds we have been able to plant a great variety of flowers to attract the bees and we turned a large plant pot into a little pond too. We wanted to encourage biodiversity and did have a bug hotel, but it was destroyed by someone fleeing the police through our garden!

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I'm not a gardener, or at least I wasn't, but my wife loves gardening - she's the brains behind the operation I've just done the labouring.

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We started working on the garden last year as a sort of escape. We suffered a miscarriage at 11 and a half weeks. Our garden was calming place for us during countless hospital visits and in the aftermath.

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I've really enjoyed watching everything grow and the birds and insects come to the garden. Tilly the cat also loves exploring it too.

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Today we entered week 13 of a new pregnancy - we're very excited and very anxious. But the garden looks nice and I like to come out here and enjoy the quiet.