A GREEN-fingered woman has revealed how she transformed her dilapidated garden into a tropical paradise on a budget. Vicki Collis started her huge home renovation back in 2020, focusing on one area at a time to spread out costs and take time with each space that needed renovating. Due to her love of the outdoors, tackling the garden was a priority of hers, and with help from her husband Matt, transformed their deprived garden into a tropical oasis.
As Vicki’s whole house needed renovating, she had to prioritise money for the bigger projects, so to keep costs low, Vicki and her partner used offcuts where possible and did all the work themselves. Speaking exclusively to Gardeners Dream, Vicki shared the ins and outs of how she transformed her garden from start to finish on a budget. Spending a lot of time abroad, Vicki, also known as @our_little_doer_upper on social media, was inspired by her travels, taking inspiration from the country's style and vibe to create a tropical paradise of her own.
“Me and my husband both spent a lot of time in Australia and New Zealand and loved the tropical vibes, so we wanted to create a tropical paradise in our own garden,” she explains. “As well as this, we also love watching home and garden TV programmes, reading magazines, and looking at home and interior social media accounts for inspiration, so we coupled this with our own creative flair to create a space we love.” After mapping out exactly what they wanted to achieve with their .