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What are your garden plans for next year?

NormandyLizNormandyLiz Posts: 788
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My garden is very new, so I learned a lot this year that needs adjusting for next and also there's phase two of beds and planting. I'm also not the world's most experienced or best gardener so I will change some things based on mistakes made this year (there were plenty!)

I also have the greenhouse now, so that will be a big change for me

Looking at the photos from so many of your gardens, many seem to be well established (and gorgeous). What, if any, changes are you planning for next year?
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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    My garden in Dordogne is fairly new. I had a big mature garden that I made at my last house but I moved house nearly 3 years ago. OH gave me a gazebo for my birthday. I'm going to make beds around it and plant 4 climbing roses to grow up it. They are on order, should arrive in a couple of days. I've been in the UK for the last month, but I couldn't have done any preparation anyway as the ground has been so wet. Some towns and villages have had bad flooding.

    I must also move the American Pillar as it's in the wrong place. I ordered Darcey Bussell, a shrub rose, but they sent me a big climber by mistake!
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    I love your gardening style, @Busy-Lizzie.  The way you've planted it makes it look bigger... and so much more interesting!
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Next year I'm determined to catch up with myself, after a fairly miserable year for gardening (weather and illness conspired against me).  I have beds which badly need sorting, getting inundated with weeds, and roses in pots waiting for homes.  I'd love more beds but am aware that it might not be long before I'm too old and creaky to look after them.  
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • CrankyYankeeCrankyYankee Posts: 504
    I have so many projects going at once on different parts of the property, it's impossible to imagine anything will ever get done, much less need changing. :D   

    I did create a "hot" garden in front of my barn this autumn where grass struggled to grow.  I planted any red, orange, or yellow perennials I had that liked poor soil and full sun.  I'm eager to see how it looks this spring, and decide if the plants will all work as I hoped they would.

    New England, USA
    Metacomet soil with hints of Woodbridge and Pillsbury
  • ViewAheadViewAhead Posts: 866
    Goodness, that  is  lovely, @Busy-Lizzie! 👍

    @NormandyLiz, I have things that need adjusting every yr.  Either I am rubbish at gardening (quite possible 😉) or this is just a built-in given.  I will experiment with some new (to me) types of lobelia as I have done for the last few yrs.  I might finally take up my last two little patches of grass as strimming and edging it are a pain.  Then various plants keen to flow over it can spread unimpeded.  What the whole loses in formal structure it will gain in relaxed abundance.  Just need to ensure there is still room for me to tiptoe about between things. 😁  It's their space; I am simply a guest. 
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    My efforts will be to try and simplify things - less watering. The aim is always for fewer pots, but it seems humanly impossible. I haven't decided if next year I will be travelling anywhere, and that tends to dictate how much of a "big gardening year" it will be for me. Overall, I'm pretty happy with what I have - no major changes planned.
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    I’ll be simplifying my planting by only growing things that l now know are happy in the sandy soil and conditions here, after 10 years of experimentation. Moving things around, dividing good performers and restricting colour schemes are on the agenda, as well as more mulching to improve moisture retention and nutrient levels. I’m also finding that gardening on two levels is beginning to become tiresome, so a new garden on one level and south facing without neighbours at the back would be ideal!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    I'm going to continue simplifying both planting and maintenance. It also looks like we will need to get someone in to rebuild a sleeper wall which is now leaning forward away from the bank behind it. I think I will need to have two or three of our hedges professionally reduced in height so we can continue to manage the trimming ourselves.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    I have one border in almost complete shade and the only things to grow well there are weeds.  Plans for next year are to weedkill the entire border and then level and turf it.  I'm also planning to widen a border which gets full sun, using the turf removed from that area for part of the 'shade' border.  That's the plan.  Whether it happens remains to be seen.
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