I think you should not rush to chop things down before you get a good idea of what's there. It looks like you get excellent privacy - something so many people want. I rather like the lush feel but it's your space. Just avoid doing anything you will regret later!
I think you should not rush to chop things down before you get a good idea of what's there. It looks like you get excellent privacy - something so many people want. I rather like the lush feel but it's your space. Just avoid doing anything you will regret later!
Posy. We definitely won’t be rushing into chopping it all down but I feel it’s too much. We’ve got our table and chairs there but not really set them up properly, they were just put there. We had little trees in pots and fruit trees in pots too which we’ve brought from our last house. They’ve just been put in the garden and not really set out. I took the pictures from inside. I will take more detailed pictures tomorrow after work and post them to show you fully the mass of plants etc all around. I feel it’s too much and also the overhung trees make it too enclosed. My pictures enclosed maybe do t show it fully. Thank you for your input and I appreciate your comments.
Sorry to add to the people telling you not to rush in, but don’t rush in! That garden has obviously been well planned and tended, and you may find the space a bit bleak if you rip a load of it out.
however, if you don’t like it you don’t like it, and who are we to say what you should like.
Maybe you could let us all know what kind of thing you do like (pics from Pinterest etc might help) and then people can offer advice as to how to achieve it.
It might be that some of those established shrubs can remain and you remove some of them to fill with other plants you prefer.
for identifying the plants, if you could take some photos just showing one two or three on each pic but a bit closer then iD and individual advice will be much easier. (Also number the pics when you post them as that helps enormously)
If it is feeling overgrown, it might be some pruning to open up the seating area will make you feel much better about the garden as a whole. Again, closer pics would help with advice on what and when you can cut back
As my dear late Mother would have said " Act in haste: repent at leisure "
As someone who did exactly this and regrets it, I concur. Really live with the space for a little while, especially if you aren't a gardener and are new to it all. Then slowly start making your own impression on things a little at time.
Sorry I am struggling how to reply to each persons comments as I cannot seem to work the site well. Is there a way to reply to individual messages please.
Sorry to add to the people telling you not to rush in, but don’t rush in! That garden has obviously been well planned and tended, and you may find the space a bit bleak if you rip a load of it out.
however, if you don’t like it you don’t like it, and who are we to say what you should like.
Maybe you could let us all know what kind of thing you do like (pics from Pinterest etc might help) and then people can offer advice as to how to achieve it.
It might be that some of those established shrubs can remain and you remove some of them to fill with other plants you prefer.
for identifying the plants, if you could take some photos just showing one two or three on each pic but a bit closer then iD and individual advice will be much easier. (Also number the pics when you post them as that helps enormously)
If it is feeling overgrown, it might be some pruning to open up the seating area will make you feel much better about the garden as a whole. Again, closer pics would help with advice on what and when you can cut back
Sorry to add to the people telling you not to rush in, but don’t rush in! That garden has obviously been well planned and tended, and you may find the space a bit bleak if you rip a load of it out.
however, if you don’t like it you don’t like it, and who are we to say what you should like.
Maybe you could let us all know what kind of thing you do like (pics from Pinterest etc might help) and then people can offer advice as to how to achieve it.
It might be that some of those established shrubs can remain and you remove some of them to fill with other plants you prefer.
for identifying the plants, if you could take some photos just showing one two or three on each pic but a bit closer then iD and individual advice will be much easier. (Also number the pics when you post them as that helps enormously)
If it is feeling overgrown, it might be some pruning to open up the seating area will make you feel much better about the garden as a whole. Again, closer pics would help with advice on what and when you can cut back
Sorry to add to the people telling you not to rush in, but don’t rush in! That garden has obviously been well planned and tended, and you may find the space a bit bleak if you rip a load of it out.
however, if you don’t like it you don’t like it, and who are we to say what you should like.
Maybe you could let us all know what kind of thing you do like (pics from Pinterest etc might help) and then people can offer advice as to how to achieve it.
It might be that some of those established shrubs can remain and you remove some of them to fill with other plants you prefer.
for identifying the plants, if you could take some photos just showing one two or three on each pic but a bit closer then iD and individual advice will be much easier. (Also number the pics when you post them as that helps enormously)
If it is feeling overgrown, it might be some pruning to open up the seating area will make you feel much better about the garden as a whole. Again, closer pics would help with advice on what and when you can cut back
If you type the posters name such as @mdmradford, as you type a list of users pops up and you can tag them individually. If you just reply using the name without the @ such as mdmradford most of us will read it anyway so don’t worry
You can address each person by typing @ then adding their name. They will usually get an email message and a notification on this site to say you've mentioned them.
Hello @mdmradford, welcome to the forum. When you want to post a reply to a particular person (and you can reply to several within the same post), you just type @whatever name etc followed by your reply. You will probably find a box comes up with a selection of names and you just select the one you want to reply to. For instance if you want to reply to me, just type @Lizzie27. I hope this is understandable!!
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however, if you don’t like it you don’t like it, and who are we to say what you should like.
for identifying the plants, if you could take some photos just showing one two or three on each pic but a bit closer then iD and individual advice will be much easier.
(Also number the pics when you post them as that helps enormously)
If it is feeling overgrown, it might be some pruning to open up the seating area will make you feel much better about the garden as a whole. Again, closer pics would help with advice on what and when you can cut back
eg. @mdmradford
I hope this is understandable!!