Every garden needs a resting point - a place to pause and 'smell the roses' and there is no better way to do it than with a garden bench. I've finally completed and installed our bench constructed from an offcut lump of sheoak and a jarrah railway sleeper cut in half and then sealed with an exterior grade oil.

It didn't cost a lot to create, although it did take a fair amount of procrastination until I finally completed it, but it will give many years of enjoyment as we sit and watch the garden grow.

The next part of the this landscaping project will be to install an arbor over this to allow a wisteria to envelope it and to hide the hideous metal wall. It should look quite the picture with the garden bench nestled inside a growing arbor.