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  • GrayGray Posts: 19

    How are you doing BL? Nice to see you here.

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 23,966

    Hello Gray. Is BL me? I'm fairly new to this forum, but I've bought GW magazine for years. I think it's going to get a bit addictive! I've been gardening for 40 years, gosh time flies!

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 23,966

    Back to Duchess. If you don't like the path and you are willing to do the work, then take it up and any other bits and pieces you don't want. Then you would have a lovely blank canvas. I only suggested keeping it because in your first post you said you weren't keen on gardening, but you like visiting gardens! Ask for some really good books on garden design for Christmas, write down what you would like and what you don't like. Think of what you would like that you've seen in gardens you've visited that would work in your garden. However, I would keep the trees for all the reasons that you and others have said.

    Do you have to have anything deep rooted over the sewer pipe? Could you have lawn over some of it? If you must have a hedge over it choose smallish shrubs like Spirea Anthony Waterer or Spirea Goldflame. The first thing is to plan the design then the planting.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • GrayGray Posts: 19

    Yes it was Busy-Lizzie, sorry about that - are you the same BL that was on GardenersClick.com?

  • Thanks for all your thoughts, the pipe is only about six inches under the surface image and I know I will have to go over it at some point so I'm abit concerned about that. I bought the house (because I fell in love with it) but also I wanted to be able to have an amazing garden... I just don't know how yet but am willing to work hard and learn as much as I can image I'm thinking hedging already because I'd rather a living boundary so that's where I'm starting my ideas for what I want and where, but with the pipe issue I didn't know what I could use, I shall have a look at your suggestions thanks busy lizzie!
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 23,966

    Must have been a different BL on GardenersClick.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Oh ha ha... Your garden is lovely btw.....
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