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?
Finished all the hard landscaping before planting although I'm happy now, it would have saved me a few heavy shrubby moves. Also, wish I'd been wiser to the thugs, some are gone, others still need to be shown the red card
Not plant that tree in the front,not pruneing the ones along the dyke (sorry stream)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 tall) not put down sooooooooo much lawn , not getting in a garden designer when the garden was a blank canvas where do I stop
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
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.
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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Finished all the hard landscaping before planting although I'm happy now, it would have saved me a few heavy shrubby moves.
Also, wish I'd been wiser to the thugs, some are gone, others still need to be shown the red card 
I know what you mean about thugs, especially those interesting wildflowers that abuse your hospitality
I wouldn't have let that sycamore sapling become what it is today - I feel I blinked and it is now a huge tree!!
Nothing. but we've only been here 4 years.
I didn't slip on it, I fell into it.
The mistakes are the things that you learn from and eventually if you are lucky, make you a better gardener.
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 stream
)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 tall
) not put down sooooooooo much lawn , not getting in a garden designer when the garden was a blank canvas
where do I stop 
as a trained garden designer. Maybe you got the wrong one?
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
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.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...