Just moved into my new home and was hoping for some advice on creating a plan of action for this garden. The main source of concern is the hedging. I believe the back hedge are conifers and the side hedge is English Ivy.
there is a ton of potential here. first step is clean up trash and mow the grass. dont touch the trees. cut back the ivy a lot. remove the ivy/eunonymous(?) on the short stone wall by the shed – both invasive.
use a plant id app to see what you already have. dont make major changes until spring when the garden comes back to life.
Illustrious_Beat5298
Clean up the yard
ontariopiper
That’s a rubbish tip, not a garden. You need to clear all that junk and overgrowth before you can even begin to plan a garden.
Sea_Soup8873
There is a certain decrepit beauty to this that needs to be preserved and enhanced. Clean up garbage like plastic bags and such but make changes one at a time and keep on the look out for odd gargoyles and other classic planters/features. You’ll NEED hollyhocks. A big clump. The shed and random assorted fencing has to stay. Rip out the ivy and add a killer climbing rose in the sunniest spot. A circle of pea gravel with a round bistro table, a couple of chairs and an endless supply of Gruner veltliner. You must get a birdbath.
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Level the lot and start fresh.
there is a ton of potential here. first step is clean up trash and mow the grass. dont touch the trees. cut back the ivy a lot. remove the ivy/eunonymous(?) on the short stone wall by the shed – both invasive.
use a plant id app to see what you already have. dont make major changes until spring when the garden comes back to life.
Clean up the yard
That’s a rubbish tip, not a garden. You need to clear all that junk and overgrowth before you can even begin to plan a garden.
There is a certain decrepit beauty to this that needs to be preserved and enhanced. Clean up garbage like plastic bags and such but make changes one at a time and keep on the look out for odd gargoyles and other classic planters/features. You’ll NEED hollyhocks. A big clump. The shed and random assorted fencing has to stay. Rip out the ivy and add a killer climbing rose in the sunniest spot. A circle of pea gravel with a round bistro table, a couple of chairs and an endless supply of Gruner veltliner. You must get a birdbath.
Do you like birds?