You have had very good advice already, I would just add that perhaps when you have recovered from your studies you may like to invest in a couple of good texts. May I recommend the RHS Encyclopaedia of Gardening, this covers all the basics from soil & tools to basic design, gardening techniques etc. The other text that is often recommend is Alan Titchmarsh "how to be a Gardener". These are available as second hand copies as well as new.
@Dovefromabove, The snow drops look wonderful can you please tell me what the pale yellow flowered plant is with them?
I'm hoping to be a barrister and finish my BPTC in June and then start my pupillage in October, and with any luck I might be offered a tenancy at my chambers in the summer of 2021 take up my tenancy in the that October and then in 2051 be appointed to the high court bench
Thank for the advice regarding reading matter @Allotment Boy I will look them up as you can probably tell I need all the help I can get
You're very wise to get hard landscaping next to the house done, right at the start. And beds next to the house will be great for getting you started with gardening - not too far to walk, to do half an hour's pottering on a sunny day! Your bed and path width sounds generous, and appropriate to the house.
What a lovely, exciting opportunity! Please keep us posted if you need specific advice in the future. Looking forward to seeing those climbing roses in flower...
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@Dovefromabove, The snow drops look wonderful can you please tell me what the pale yellow flowered plant is with them?
Hellebores. Dove will probably be able to tell you exactly which hellebore when she's back, but in principle they are lovely woodland edge plants and come in lots of colours, including reds, pinks and lime green as well as yellow and white
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Yes... hellebores ... the double white towards the back of the photo is Helleborus x hybridus‘Mrs Betty Ranicar’ and the one towards the front is Hellebore argutifolius (I think). Hellebores are great plants for damp woodland edges. However they are addictive so beware ... I’ve just been seduced by this one and they’re so promiscuous ... they cross pollinate each other and you get hordes of babies ... some of them even more gorgeous than their parents.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
From what you say the plans for the house are all complete with the external hard landscaping the idea of boarders all round the house sounds great and sensibly you have allowed room at the back for maintenance so many people don't think of this when the have a wide border.
Can I ask what you have chosen for the paths etc you mentioned the house was going to be materialistic and modern I was wondering if this applied to the hard landscaping or are you going more traditional?
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
Pleased to hear that you've got all your security arrangements in place @Philomena K. You seem to be very well organised so I'm sure everything will go to plan. Keep us updated with photos please when you have time, I'd love to see before and after pics.
@Liriodendron I want herbs and things by the back door to the kitchen for obvious reasons the east and west sides will be mixed cottage and contemporary the south side will be very contemporary / mediterranean without obscuring the views out to the countryside.
The guys who are going to lay the paths suggested the size of paths, and seating areas from their experience and what I want to do with each the two on the East and West sides will be quite small with room for a table and six chairs the main terrace on the south side will be much larger to allow access from the lounge, dinning room and extend out six meters lots of room for sun loungers ,table and chairs etc
@Dovefromabove They sound wonderful I will defiantly be having some of them in the new garden, do they have any scent?
@Hampshire_Hog The paths and seating areas are all resin-bonded 6mm shingle the ground floor in side the house will have exactly the same shingle added to the concrete that will then be polished so that the effect and colour will be seamless between inside and out.
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I think, with any large space my best advice is to take time to get to know it and to understand how you’re going to get what you want out of it.
And yes, snowdrops are perfect for woodland edge planting. Four years ago I had no snowdrops here so my OH bought me some for my birthday
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm hoping to be a barrister and finish my BPTC in June and then start my pupillage in October, and with any luck I might be offered a tenancy at my chambers in the summer of 2021 take up my tenancy in the that October and then in 2051 be appointed to the high court bench
Thank for the advice regarding reading matter @Allotment Boy I will look them up as you can probably tell I need all the help I can get
What a lovely, exciting opportunity! Please keep us posted if you need specific advice in the future. Looking forward to seeing those climbing roses in flower...
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Hellebores are great plants for damp woodland edges. However they are addictive so beware ... I’ve just been seduced by this one
and they’re so promiscuous ... they cross pollinate each other and you get hordes of babies ... some of them even more gorgeous than their parents.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Can I ask what you have chosen for the paths etc you mentioned the house was going to be materialistic and modern I was wondering if this applied to the hard landscaping or are you going more traditional?
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
@Liriodendron I want herbs and things by the back door to the kitchen for obvious reasons the east and west sides will be mixed cottage and contemporary the south side will be very contemporary / mediterranean without obscuring the views out to the countryside.
The guys who are going to lay the paths suggested the size of paths, and seating areas from their experience and what I want to do with each the two on the East and West sides will be quite small with room for a table and six chairs the main terrace on the south side will be much larger to allow access from the lounge, dinning room and extend out six meters lots of room for sun loungers ,table and chairs etc
@Dovefromabove They sound wonderful I will defiantly be having some of them in the new garden, do they have any scent?
@Hampshire_Hog The paths and seating areas are all resin-bonded 6mm shingle the ground floor in side the house will have exactly the same shingle added to the concrete that will then be polished so that the effect and colour will be seamless between inside and out.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.