389 sq m terrace garden dream, I am slowly making it come true

By chance I was drawn to everyone growing flowers on their balconies, and from then on I resolved to buy a house with a terrace.

After two years of working at it, I moved into my current house, in the city center of Jinan, with shops right downstairs, leaving me a super-large terrace for my own exclusive use, and making my garden dream come true.

Because the terrace was too big, with an area of 389 sq m, the greening and fixing-up workload was too heavy, and it once made me want to give up. Every time, it was only after looking at encouragement again that I slowly kept going with the terrace construction.

View of the sun deck from indoors

On the empty sun deck, I had only bought a parasol and a set of outdoor table and chairs

The effect after opening the parasol

Design sketch, not drawn to scale

Dimension drawing, please fellow forum members help design it

I bought bamboo fences online and used them to divide the terrace. I found some water tanks and planted roses and other flowers and trees, making some temporary decorations.

With the sun deck in place, I bought a black purebred Labrador dog to guard the house and watch the yard

The dog wandering around on the terrace

When bored, it lies on the wall and looks out. At this time the dog was exactly 4 months old.

I installed a wooden dog house and gave the dog a home. That was 1000 yuan too!

I also bought 6 anti-corrosion wooden flower boxes online. That cost nearly 2000 yuan more, like flowing water, my heart aches! But the terrace was no longer so bare. I got a few canna lilies from the municipal greening workers. Looking at the yard, it began to feel green, and the heartache slowly faded!

Looking at the yard from afar, it no longer looks abrupt

With the parasol open, it feels like a villa courtyard, and this is my dream

Close-up

From another angle, if the area is large you do not have to fill it all up

A bit of blank space is also nice

Chinese trumpet creeper has started climbing the trellis, and there are flowers too

A distant view of the terrace garden

A contented dog

I installed sunshade cloth on the pergola, protecting the flowers and plants and also giving the dog a cool place. When the dog sees me, it always carries its food bowl in its mouth asking for food

I could not agree more. My current dream is to have a big house with a terrace!