put London (or anywhere else of your choice) into the left hand search box, then click 'all dates' when that comes up. All the NGS open gardens in your area will come up. Click on any of them and most will have several photos of the garden. You can ignore the stately homes there are plenty of normal sized gardens
@aym, thank you. I think i will put some of those to brighten up any dark areas.
I looked at lots of gardens in the link given by nutcutlet. I felt they all have their own style and and that makes them have their own individual personality. There is no right or wrong or even best way of doing things. What makes them beautiful are healthy plants, nice combination and some balance and most of gardeners love.
Shelley, I havent yet finalized anything. So far I have made a little plan
- Wait for bulbs to emerge first so I dont slice them. Also lawn is so soggy then i better not walk on it.
- increase the size of border on right and make it like a deep curve either coming into or going out of lawn.
- increase the front border size and give it a curve as well.
- overall lawn should still roughly in golden rectangle (1x1.6 ratio) shape if i draw a rough rectangle over all curvy sides and should look like a ok background from my window and not a tiny patch.
- plant robust shrubs under the trees.
- Then order of planting will be clematis, big shrubs and rose then all winter interest little things like heuchera, hellebore etc.
- then leave it all like that for few days and be happy with it or alter their position till happy.
- then perennials based on size, colour, season or may be whatever i feel like doing at that time
- If dont sow packets of seeds of annuals or impulse buy those 36 packs, no way it will look too much.
After writing this i thought i would still do seed packets of nicotiana, wallflowers, sweetwilliams as i love their smell but stay away from any other seeds. I know they are the cheapest way and I have now got a hang of growing from seed but for a weak heart like mine, it is very difficult to pick 3 or 5 healthy plants out of the hundred little babies
I committed plant homicide after ordering packs of perennials; turned out by the end of summer, 2 summers ago, I hated lupins and hollyhocks. I have to like both the flowers and leaves off the plant for it to remain in my garden.
Anyway slowly my heart is getting stronger. Since i started gardening, i realised gardeners aren't that nature friendly. They play with nature to fulfill their wish. They need to kill a lot (weeds, pests etc) more than what they actually grow!
I hesitated a lot before I killed that first slug, but I have moved on...
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If you go here
http://www.ngs.org.uk/
put London (or anywhere else of your choice) into the left hand search box, then click 'all dates' when that comes up. All the NGS open gardens in your area will come up. Click on any of them and most will have several photos of the garden. You can ignore the stately homes there are plenty of normal sized gardens
In the sticks near Peterborough
there are really beautiful gardens
i am lost in gardens... i have loads to see during my commutes... thank you so much!!!!!!!
I've been lost in gardens for years
In the sticks near Peterborough
Newb, did you figure out how much borders to lawn? I'm having similar questions in my own small garden, and would love to hear what you've decided.
@aym, thank you. I think i will put some of those to brighten up any dark areas.
I looked at lots of gardens in the link given by nutcutlet. I felt they all have their own style and and that makes them have their own individual personality. There is no right or wrong or even best way of doing things. What makes them beautiful are healthy plants, nice combination and some balance and most of gardeners love.
Shelley, I havent yet finalized anything. So far I have made a little plan
- Wait for bulbs to emerge first so I dont slice them. Also lawn is so soggy then i better not walk on it.
- increase the size of border on right and make it like a deep curve either coming into or going out of lawn.
- increase the front border size and give it a curve as well.
- overall lawn should still roughly in golden rectangle (1x1.6 ratio) shape if i draw a rough rectangle over all curvy sides and should look like a ok background from my window and not a tiny patch.
- plant robust shrubs under the trees.
- Then order of planting will be clematis, big shrubs and rose then all winter interest little things like heuchera, hellebore etc.
- then leave it all like that for few days and be happy with it or alter their position till happy.
- then perennials based on size, colour, season or may be whatever i feel like doing at that time
- If dont sow packets of seeds of annuals or impulse buy those 36 packs, no way it will look too much.
Last edited: 30 December 2016 09:38:08
After writing this i thought i would still do seed packets of nicotiana, wallflowers, sweetwilliams as i love their smell but stay away from any other seeds. I know they are the cheapest way and I have now got a hang of growing from seed but for a weak heart like mine, it is very difficult to pick 3 or 5 healthy plants out of the hundred little babies
I always end up with too many seedlings, I can't commit murder.
In the sticks near Peterborough
It's nice to read your plans, they sound good!
I committed plant homicide after ordering packs of perennials; turned out by the end of summer, 2 summers ago, I hated lupins and hollyhocks. I have to like both the flowers and leaves off the plant for it to remain in my garden.
Anyway slowly my heart is getting stronger. Since i started gardening, i realised gardeners aren't that nature friendly. They play with nature to fulfill their wish. They need to kill a lot (weeds, pests etc) more than what they actually grow!
I hesitated a lot before I killed that first slug, but I have moved on...