You're doing your bit @LynfromSea. Let your grandkids enjoy the lawn, and carry on doing what you enjoy doing to the best of your ability and bank balance
Thank you so much for your encouragement. I think most of us have got the message by now without drumming it into us. if I let nature take its course in my garden the perennial weeds would take over and suppress all my beautiful planting. It’s sounds wonderful but I think wild should remain in the natural environment not forced into our back gardens where they look out of place. That’s my opinion anyway. At the moment I have a contrast of the two, my garden and the fields around me and that’s how I like it!
I'm more than happy to be ignored by those who decide they've some right to censor those who hold differing opinions. In my life I've been ignored by far better.
If you read recent GW, Alan Titchmarsh, writes that, yes have some longer grass in places but if you watch the starlings and blackbirds, they definitely prefer the shorter mown grass. So the answer is have what suits you and your situation, don't beat yourself up over it. On tonight's programme, Joe & Monty, were discussing the best in show, and they both felt it was a clever recreation of a landscape, but not really a garden. A garden is of necessity a controlled space, not a wild landscape.
I don’t have access to any BBC channels but would love a quick look at the gold medal garden, any idea how I can do so? I understand that I don’t pay the license fee so can’t watch Chelsea but would love to see what all the controversy is about.
I love the natural planting and encouraging of nature. Nothing more boring that a square grass where nothing is happening.
It's horses for courses as the saying goes. After a hectic day it's good to relax and unwind, perhaps a glass or cup in hand on a piece of grass, long or short. It's all part and parcel of a garden that also encourages nature in whatever form. As a matter of interest, I don't have a lawn.
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if I let nature take its course in my garden the perennial weeds would take over and suppress all my beautiful planting. It’s sounds wonderful but I think wild should remain in the natural environment not forced into our back gardens where they look out of place. That’s my opinion anyway. At the moment I have a contrast of the two, my garden and the fields around me and that’s how I like it!
I always thought Mumsnet was quite fight-clubbish (except for its Gardening section, oddly- an oasis of calm) but this place is next level.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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What about Salvia pink Amistad on Wednesday? That will be popular.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/may/24/beaver-themed-rewilding-garden-wins-chelsea-flower-show-top-prize
As a matter of interest, I don't have a lawn.