Another vote for the wider the better. This from someone who has spent years surreptitiously nibbling away at the lawn edge in the hope it wouldn't be noticed. Unfortunately it usually was, due to my inability to dig out a decent curve a bit at a time 🙄😁.
Having had a big garden with borders over 2m wide I have changed my mind about the borders I'm digging for my new house and garden. I'm no longer young and I like to weed on my knees, so my new borders are based on weeding distance from the edge, which is 1m10. That means island beds can be 2m20 and borders against the fence are 1m10. I used to put stepping stones in my wide borders to provide access and avoid treading on plants but now I want to keep it simple.
That fence looks great for climbing roses and clematis, but, as was said earlier, don't plant them too near the fence.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Well, no time like the present, have been out this morning widening it to 1.2m, much happier with it now. It definitely looks far better in terms of space to plant.
I don't want to go any deeper than that as the grand plan (next year? Year after?) is to put a pond in towards the middle-back of the garden, I need to leave room to be able to walk round it.
And as time goes on, I'm sure I will be doing the nibbling away at the lawn thingy as the borders fill up, but for now I'm happy.
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Unfortunately it usually was, due to my inability to dig out a decent curve a bit at a time 🙄😁.
That fence looks great for climbing roses and clematis, but, as was said earlier, don't plant them too near the fence.