Sheds and a short history of the garden - Part 2

Sheds and the short history of the garden – Part 2

As we moved into the late sixties and the early seventies the garden shed was still a vital part of the make up of the garden; more of the British population started to go abroad in increasing numbers, ideas from abroad started to invade the British garden. Holidays to Spain became a very popular destination.

Holidaymakers must have been impressed by the concrete patios and patios started to become evident in the British garden. Patio is actually a Spanish word.

The patios were mainly built from concrete however as the idea developed flagstones then became more popular The shed still remained an integral part of the garden and the patio became an ideal place to put a shed on.

It was in the late seventies and early eighties the garden started to become used as an outside room. The barbeque made sure of that. The shed was now even more important than ever before. The shed was the obvious place to store a barbeque once summer had been and gone. In that shed could be put all the garden furniture in addition to the lawn mower and the garden tools.

So we had moved from the garden where it was the place to spend time pruning and maintaining a garden to show off to the neighbours with bright and sometimes garish coloured plants, to a place where the garden was an extension of the home. A place where you could relax after a hard days work and sat in that corner was still the garden shed.

Indeed for many the garden has become the place where you work with the introduction of log cabins that allow a very cheap alternative to the renting of expensive office space. The shed is great as a workshop but not so good as an office where you would be sitting down.

The shed is still there though and through all the changes the shed has remained through each generation.