I think being a hobby gardener is a compliment [ even if not meant to be ] Many of our best garden designers have no qualifications or formal training and many of the countries best gardens have been made by amateurs.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Yes indeed. That said, I find Longmeadow claustrophobic.
I don't mind untidy or even messy as a manicured garden is just unnatural and he does have some cracking plants and has clearly worked hard to improve the soil and make a shelter belt for his garden but there are too many tall hedges, short hedges, "ornamental" grass hedges for me and I really dislike how he's done his paradise garden.
It is his garden and his taste. I just prefer Adam's garden.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I agree with @Obelixx . For me , the hedges are far too tall . A good high hedge on the outermost edge for shelter but surely as long as the hedges are above head height, they effectively shield the views from one " room " to the next ?
I think the paths are far too narrow, even the dogs have to walk in single file.
Husband described the "wild garden" as " a total car crash of a mess" I agree.
I love some of his planting and I'm not concerned about a bit of shagginess in planting but some of it crosses the line into abandonment IMHO.
Thank you for your all your comments. It was very interesting reading them. I like to stir up a little controversy. My main objection to Longmeadow and gardens like it is that they are very high maintenance. I have never seen another gardener working with Monty, yet I find it difficult to believe that he looks after it all himself. If it were left to me it would be a jungle in a couple of weeks.....Good luck everyone.
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Many of our best garden designers have no qualifications or formal training and many of the countries best gardens have been made by amateurs.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I don't mind untidy or even messy as a manicured garden is just unnatural and he does have some cracking plants and has clearly worked hard to improve the soil and make a shelter belt for his garden but there are too many tall hedges, short hedges, "ornamental" grass hedges for me and I really dislike how he's done his paradise garden.
It is his garden and his taste. I just prefer Adam's garden.
I think the paths are far too narrow, even the dogs have to walk in single file.
Husband described the "wild garden" as " a total car crash of a mess" I agree.
I love some of his planting and I'm not concerned about a bit of shagginess in planting but some of it crosses the line into abandonment IMHO.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My main objection to Longmeadow and gardens like it is that they are very high maintenance. I have never seen another gardener working with Monty, yet I find it difficult to believe that he looks after it all himself. If it were left to me it would be a jungle in a couple of weeks.....Good luck everyone.