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ontopofthehill
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Hello, I'm a long time lurker!
Just wondering if anyone has any good ideas for what we could do with our garden. We cut down a load of leylandii last year and replanted portuguese laurel, weeded and laid down bark chip as mulch. We've planted two small apple trees to the right of the photo adjacent to the remaining cypress but that's basically it. The grass is a bit mossy and weedy but don't mind that too much as have kids. I'd like to stick a few more trees in and extend the beds out into the grass more cause have loads of herbaceous perennials etc growing in pots but beyond that am a bit intimidated by it 'cause it's a bit of a blank slate. The weeds are bananas but we're getting there slowly. Garden is south facing, sun much of the day, soil and drainage is fairly okay, neutral leaning acidic, but the site is exposed and very windy for a large part of the year. The area you can't see towards the bottom of the picture has two well established acers and the rest is weed membraned/stones by the previous owners. Will fix that at a later date but want to focus on the top bit of the garden this year. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
Just wondering if anyone has any good ideas for what we could do with our garden. We cut down a load of leylandii last year and replanted portuguese laurel, weeded and laid down bark chip as mulch. We've planted two small apple trees to the right of the photo adjacent to the remaining cypress but that's basically it. The grass is a bit mossy and weedy but don't mind that too much as have kids. I'd like to stick a few more trees in and extend the beds out into the grass more cause have loads of herbaceous perennials etc growing in pots but beyond that am a bit intimidated by it 'cause it's a bit of a blank slate. The weeds are bananas but we're getting there slowly. Garden is south facing, sun much of the day, soil and drainage is fairly okay, neutral leaning acidic, but the site is exposed and very windy for a large part of the year. The area you can't see towards the bottom of the picture has two well established acers and the rest is weed membraned/stones by the previous owners. Will fix that at a later date but want to focus on the top bit of the garden this year. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
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Basically it'll be sun loving plants on the left and shade on the right (as the cypress dominate on that side). We already have the decking and shed so in a year or two will get some vegetable raised beds and hopefully a greenhouse going over that end. Might reuse the pebbles lower down the garden for the seating area on the upper left but again that's probably a next year job.
Hadn't heard of Piet Oudolf before but that's a great list & we actually have a few of them already either in pots or growing from seed currently which is handy. Thanks again for your help!
Small update cause always like to see other people's progress but finished edging the beds up the back yesterday and have done some planting. There's a whole other part of this bed but haven't got a decent photo of it. Have planted loads of different grasses and perennials plus whatever I grew in my overambitious seed fest from earlier in the year. Also planted a gifted golden willow (right up back, bit scared of his potential cause he's flying already), a white and pink cherry tree, another small apple tree, a birch, magnolia and a dwarf blue conifer scattered about. Need to finish mulching and weeding but getting there slowly. The bracken is wrecking my head out this side of the garden and the bindweed and brambles out the front but we'll get there in the end!
Small update almost 1 year on. Not really hit into peak growing season so a lot of stuff isn't out yet but thankfully most of what I lobbed in last year has survived. Fingers crossed next year it'll have properly taken off! Thanks for all the advice, I always learn so much from this forum.