In a clip on his Gardening with Alan Titchmarsh YouTube Channel, the horticulturalist noted there were almost “mini gardens” scattered throughout the grounds.
Alan is reluctant to “spoil” the existing garden at his new property but has already begun tidying up the flowerbeds and planning alterations he wishes to make. He said: “What I love about this garden is how it compliments the house, the way in which it has been softly sculptured.
“There are no hard edges. There’s lots of fraying into trees and shrubs and then lower perennials and the pond with the ducks dabbling. You feel, when you walk into this garden, that it’s a sanctuary.” Wandering through his garden, Alan came across a withered tree with two chairs positioned beneath it. He told viewers: “Who wouldn’t want to park underneath a gnarled old tree, I think we can do something with it really, it’s just a little bit sad and tired now.”
Alan has previously revealed that gardeners often make one “mistake” when moving onto a new plot. He urges them not to “do it all at once” and instead concentrate on what you can see.
He explained: “Start with the bit you look at when you’re inside the house. Generally speaking, one of the places you are at the most is the kitchen sink, and if the kitchen sink has a window in front of it, and that’s what you’re always looking out at when you’re doing the washing up etc, do that bit first.
“When I first made this garden, looking from the kitchen sink, you looked out of the window and, coincidentally, there was an apple tree right in the centre of the view, perfect.””I designed a path that went up to the apple tree, round it, and then to a greenhouse, and the greenhouse became the focal point from the kitchen window.”
The broadcaster acknowledges it’s “very tempting” to strip back an established and “overgrown” garden upon moving house, but advises gardeners to “take time and look” before making any rash decisions.
He elaborated: “If you move into a garden in the dead of winter, you can’t see what’s underground. You can’t see how much beauty is lurking there, waiting to erupt in spring and summer.” The beloved gardener returns to screens with Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh from .30am today (April 5). Joining him will be actress Sheila Hancock and West End star Julian Ovenden.
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