Parents enlist the help of their children to turn their ‘weird pizza slice’ garden into an outdoor haven for £650 - complete with a cinema screen and fire pit

• Caroline Tiddles Hardie, from Greater Manchester, transformed her garden
• Turned outdoor space into a peaceful haven which she can enjoy with her family
• Covered the ground with pebbles to create a sitting area and gardening corner 
• Had help from two children and all now host socially distanced cinema nights

A family have proved to be the perfect dream team after using their free time to transform their small garden into a heavenly outdoor haven - all for just £650. 

Caroline Tiddles Hardie, from Greater Manchester, enlisted the help of her two children to turn their 'weird pizza slice-shaped' garden into the perfect family hangout. 

Taking to Facebook group Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK, the mother-of-two shared impressive before and after photos, and penned: 'We're a first floor flat with a garden you can't see from inside, and it's a weird pizza slice shape with a fence splitting the plot in half for some reason! Anyway here it is....' 

The savvy mother-of-two, who also had a helping hand from her husband, went on to explain that they used items from the likes of The Range, B&M and Asda and invested in a projector and screen, so they are now able to host movie nights in their garden.

Caroline Tiddles Hardie, from Greater Manchester, enlisted the help of her two children in order to transform their 'pizza slice-shaped' garden into the perfect family hangout (pictured at the beginning of the project)

After the family's hard work, the patch of land is now covered in gravel and equipped with stylist chairs and a fire pit - perfect to watch an outdoor movie (pictured)

Caroline's children helped every step of the way and even put together planters in order to do some gardening (pictured)

Caroline told how she had planned the transformation after winning a £250 voucher in a competition at The Range last year, but had not found the time to make her vision come true.  

However, the family set to work amid lockdown and used £10 compost, a large £10 weed suppressant roll from B&M, £50-worth of gravel, a paved circle from The Range - and they completed the dreamy appearance with some solar lights- £5 from Tesco.  

They also invested in some outdoor furniture from Studio costing £100, a fire pit and BBQ tripod from Argos for £60.

Meanwhile, the wooden pallet planters cost £15 each from a local community garden centre, which were bought  the phone and delivered.

MATERIALS THE FAMILY USED: 

Wooden pallet planters £15 each from a loca

l community garden centre bought over the phone and delivered.

Compost 3 for £10 at Asda (60l each bag)

More Compost £1.99 (40l)

Outdoor wood paint £2 a litre tin, from Asda

Lawn edging £4 each from B&M

Weed suppressant £10 a roll from B&M or the range (cant remember as purchased last year)

Paved circle £50 from the Range

Gravel £50 Travis Perkins

 

Garden furniture £100 for 2 chairs and a table from Studio

Fire pit and BBQ tripod £60 from Argos 

Plants and flowers were just from the garden we just moved them about.

Gnomes/statues from Asda all under £5 each

Projector and screen for £85 from Amazon

Fairy light curtain 

Solar light stakes 5 pack for £5 in Tesco