That looks great fairygirl. Can you post a pic when it's all in bloom, it look s gorgeous!
Thanks Gina, I like the idea of being able to change things when we get it in some kind of order. Slash and burn is still the order of the day, but I'm a bit more optimistic after reading all your comments.
Friends cautioned us not to buy the house because the garden was too big and would drive us mad. We'd always wanted a sea view though and couldn't turn the opportutunity down....and how scary can a garden be?
Planning is always going to be key - I would recommend making sure you have everything ready and organised.
If you want to make it easier on yourself, you can check out websites such as Designerborders.com; they provide all plants and borders.
According to their designer info page, they have plenty of experience - you might want to consider contacting them on their Twitter page as well if you have any questions.
You'd think that if Stuart Franklin was a satisfied customer giving a personal recommendation he'd say so .... maybe he's a proud relative .... it looks as if he's been trawling the net looking for changes to talk about this company .... which would make it advertising which should be paid for
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Glad the thread has risen to the top though, it's really interesting. I'd love to hear how Blueboots is getting on! My garden is daunting as well, I'm concentrating on getting the bits closest to the house in order first but can't resist venturing into the wilderness sometimes.
It is interesting looking back at earlier threads isn't it? Sometimes people come back and let us know what's happened sometimes they don't and all we can do is wonder
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have a large back garden, maybe 45 metres long and fairly wide. It's an old established garden as the house is fairly old. The previous owners were retired and spent a lot of time tending the borders, veg patches, lawn and generally maintaining the garden to a high standard.
I have a young family, little free time and I am not particularly knowledge about border planting. Over this summer I have simplified the planting as much as possible, pulled up some of the old shrubs / perennials, however I am now left with a very large and somewhat empty garden.
I'll take a better look at that designerborders.com website as I find the internet very helpful when researching problems such as this. Their kits are perfect for me as I do not have time to plan out planting schemes.
Hi, yes I thought that. I have some photos on my iPad that I'll upload when I get a minute. What I actually need is a full garden re-design, but I'll post some pictures and you'll get an idea.
My main concern is turning a high maintenance garden into something manageable that won't take all of our time to keep on top of, but looks nice. I always wanted a big garden, but had no idea the amount of time it would take to look after.
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That looks great fairygirl. Can you post a pic when it's all in bloom, it look s gorgeous!
Thanks Gina, I like the idea of being able to change things when we get it in some kind of order. Slash and burn is still the order of the day, but I'm a bit more optimistic after reading all your comments.
Friends cautioned us not to buy the house because the garden was too big and would drive us mad. We'd always wanted a sea view though and couldn't turn the opportutunity down....and how scary can a garden be?
Planning is always going to be key - I would recommend making sure you have everything ready and organised.
If you want to make it easier on yourself, you can check out websites such as Designerborders.com; they provide all plants and borders.
According to their designer info page, they have plenty of experience - you might want to consider contacting them on their Twitter page as well if you have any questions.
Do I spy an advertiser picking up an ancient thread?
In the sticks near Peterborough
You'd think that if Stuart Franklin was a satisfied customer giving a personal recommendation he'd say so .... maybe he's a proud relative .... it looks as if he's been trawling the net looking for changes to talk about this company .... which would make it advertising which should be paid for
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Glad the thread has risen to the top though, it's really interesting. I'd love to hear how Blueboots is getting on! My garden is daunting as well, I'm concentrating on getting the bits closest to the house in order first but can't resist venturing into the wilderness sometimes.
It is interesting looking back at earlier threads isn't it? Sometimes people come back and let us know what's happened
sometimes they don't 
and all we can do is wonder 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have a large back garden, maybe 45 metres long and fairly wide. It's an old established garden as the house is fairly old. The previous owners were retired and spent a lot of time tending the borders, veg patches, lawn and generally maintaining the garden to a high standard.
I have a young family, little free time and I am not particularly knowledge about border planting. Over this summer I have simplified the planting as much as possible, pulled up some of the old shrubs / perennials, however I am now left with a very large and somewhat empty garden.
I'll take a better look at that designerborders.com website as I find the internet very helpful when researching problems such as this. Their kits are perfect for me as I do not have time to plan out planting schemes.
a connection maybe
In the sticks near Peterborough
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Laura, do come back and tell us how you get on - maybe some before and after pictures - authenticated personal recommendations are so valuable
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hi, yes I thought that. I have some photos on my iPad that I'll upload when I get a minute. What I actually need is a full garden re-design, but I'll post some pictures and you'll get an idea.
My main concern is turning a high maintenance garden into something manageable that won't take all of our time to keep on top of, but looks nice. I always wanted a big garden, but had no idea the amount of time it would take to look after.