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what would you do differently?

B3B3 Posts: 27,492

Knowing what you know now and with perfect 20/20 hindsight vision, ,what would you do differently in  your present garden if you were starting again from day one?

In London. Keen but lazy.
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  • WintersongWintersong Posts: 2,436

    Finished all the hard landscaping before planting although I'm happy now, it would have saved me a few heavy shrubby moves. image Also, wish I'd been wiser to the thugs, some are gone, others still need to be shown the red card image

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,492

    I know what you mean about thugs, especially those interesting wildflowers that abuse your hospitality

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • I wouldn't have let that sycamore sapling become what it is today - I feel I blinked and it is now a huge tree!! image

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    Nothing. but we've only been here 4 years.

    Devon.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    I didn't slip on it, I fell into it. image

    Devon.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039

    The mistakes are the things that you learn from and eventually if you are lucky, make you a better gardener.

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Not plant that tree in the front,not  pruneing the ones along the dyke (sorry streamimage)not  replacing  the hedging plants put in by the builders ,not erect the greenhouse next to the neighbours boundary,( their shrubs and trees are now tallimage)  not put down sooooooooo  much lawn , not getting in a garden designer  when the garden was a blank canvas  image where do I stop image

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    as  a trained garden designer. Maybe you got the wrong one?

    Devon.
  • When I first started gardening I wasted a lot of money on buying plants without really looking at the best place to plant them and their requirements in relation to soil conditions. I was a bit younger then and not that interested in anything in relation to the garden. That changed. I now advise people on their gardens and produce plants for them. I also carry out garden projects

    But I always think back to when I started and always wished I had got in to gardening a lot earlier

     

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    gr. steve - I think we've all done that at some point with the plant buying! It's how we learn though.  

    I only started a couple of years ago in this garden, which was a blank canvas, but I'd not change too much about it. I'd probably have bought fewer plants for the boundary border though as they've all grown so quickly that I had to leave a few out. image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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