Front gardens

Adey. · October 2021

It is sunday, im a lot bored and im wondering about my front garden. It is time to spice it up.
Show me your front gardens for inspiration!

Adey. · October 2021

Oooo gin! Great idea.

Doghouse Riley · October 2021

Ours is very small.

But well established, something that takes years to achieve working to a plan. It's north facing so gets little sun.

It's dominated by this tree which I prune a foot off all the way round each year to keep it that size.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/6030279/uploads/editor/af/vc16forvy2p5.jpg

There's three azaleas. One started off in a 4" pot thirty years ago and I layered over the first few years. Now I treat it like a hedge and prune it with shears when it encroaches over the pavement. There's two viburnums and two rhododendrons

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/6030279/uploads/editor/fz/j3dpsbawaqyj.jpg

It doesn't take much looking after. The lawn is bordered by brick pavers and paths, so with my Flymo I can run over everything.

Adey. · October 2021

@Doghouse Riley that looks great.

Fairygirl · October 2021

I'm in the middle of removing my blackthorn hedge in the front garden, so there's plenty of sloes if you want to come and get them @Batesadrian. Bit far for you maybe...

I don't really have many photos of the front garden. I don't really spend much time out there, and it's low maintenance - hedging and shrubs to filter the constant wind, and a border under the front window. It's mainly where I put odd extra plants or divisions from other planting.

pitter-patter · October 2021

I don’t spend a lot of time in the front garden, but I do like it as an additional place to grow perennials and roses. I’m not very pleased with how it looks at the moment and I know it’s not as tidy as a front garden should be (?), but I prefer to see the impact of all the seasons on plants. Apart from flowers, I also like to see dried seed heads and dying leaves, insects and birds etc. which may not always be compatible with most people’s idea of a front garden.

The quality of the pictures is not great, I’ve taken them through windows…

Fairygirl · October 2021

I think that's very pretty though @pitter-patter, and I doubt if anyone could possibly object to any seedheads or foliage dying back in such a lovely setting .

Totally different from acres of seeding willowherb and unkempt grass and general mess [ which is what my old garden currently looks like ]

I can see why you weren't taking the pix from outside too

Nanny Beach · October 2021

Am sure that clever Fairy can get them the correct way round. I know Alan Titchmarch and others complained about people paving their front gardens,but we live on the edge of an old village, narrow road,half is pavers,cobbles,plus half beach size 20ml shingle,exact colour match,doesn't drain into road, proper drainage. Yuccas,Cordyline,bananas. Driftwood. Oleander, dahlias in stone and concrete pots, Pittosporum, scented outside our bedroom window

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/6030279/uploads/editor/if/r1x4ml29j2yk.jpg

BenCotto · October 2021

The photos get heavily cropped when the original picture is skew-whiff.

Here’s mine. It’s nothing special and I hate the yellow privet but it has to stay because its roots bind the soil on a steep bank.

Adey. · October 2021

@pitter-patter @BenCotto both of your gardens look amazing to me.
Mine is full of shrubs (planted by the previous owner) and knackered mossy grass.
It also has a tricky slope towards the footpath.
I think its testiment to the fact how much i dont like it - that i have no pictures on my phone of it.

Nanny Beach · October 2021

Ben my pictures weren't scew whiff, the site insists they're heavily cropped
I did then rotate, but they wouldn't go back to "normal".

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