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Ive got a garden and i dont know what to do?!!

booacabbylbooacabbyl Posts: 2
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Hi,im a new member and this is my first post so sorry if ive posted in wrong place.I moved to this house a year ago,Went from a 12 ft yard to a massive garden.There is well established shrubs,lots of trees and many,many rhododendrons!! Ive had some big cypress trees taken down and now have a huge,bare piece of ground on a slope.Thats my 1st question.how do i go about reseeding it?

The rest of the lawn seems to be mostly moss so i assume im to rake out the moss and reseed?

Then,the rhodies..Everytime i cut some out it just lets light in for more to grow.That part of the garden hasnt been touched for at least 20yrs and was very overgrown.I cut paths through but now there seems to be twice as many!!I dont want to completely clear it as there is pheasants and hedgehogs living there.Is it going to be a neverending battle to keep a path?

Thanks for reading and any advice would be appreciated !

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  • Beaus MumBeaus Mum Posts: 3,554

    Hi Boo, I'm not really sure what you are asking image image

    Maybe if you could post pics we could help more image

    Did you want to make changes to your new garden or just find a way to make paths around it as it is?

  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039

    Sounds like you have got a fab garden, post some pics. and we may be able to give you some help.

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

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • booacabbylbooacabbyl Posts: 2

    Sorry,not atall clear!I picked 2 things i needed advice on and rambled.

    1st question would be,The bare earth under the cypress tree hasnt had light for years and is pretty dry,What would be best to do with it?I have no idea how to go about reseeding and how to prepare it.the staff at the garden centre it  mentioned returfing it?

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    Then the bushes.Im going slowly as im not sure what to do with the space.I guess i shall keep paths going and see what develops

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  • PalaisglidePalaisglide Posts: 3,414

    My goodness you certainly have some work to do. Firstly that bank needs stabalising, heavy rain over a period will wash the top away downhill. You may need to terrace it, there could be a nice surpentine path up it with low walls, sections above the walls levelled a bit then grass in rolls laid on it. Depends on your budget a weekend digger hire and a couple of helpers could do the preperation work although a plan of work would be needed. You have some heavy roots showing, if you cannt get a root grubber to get them out then drill them fill the holes with a root killer from the GC and cover with heavy plastic nailed on, otherwise you could find it growing. Make a feature with pots some ivy, gravel or slate to cover the eyesore, I did that and the wood rotted away over time.

    Take the garden in sections, work on one part of the project at a time and finish that bit, you will have achieved something and feel good about that, a bit here and a bit there never completes anything you lose heart and interest. At first it will seem little although trying to complete the whole garden should be divided over more than a year, that is unless you can afford to get people in for the ground work. Tackle the bank first grass beds, a flower bed, plants in pots and containers that can be moved about, it will begin to look like a garden.

    Frank.

  • a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108

    Hi, try and get an idea of what you want overall, but only do a bit at a time. Go and see some woodland gardens, and some sloping gardens, you will get an idea what can be achieved. Invite the local garden centre round for advice. I also had a plantsman round, who wrote me lists of what plants would go well in what areas (and with each other). 

    Paths through a woodland wildlife habitat makes a fabby garden. you have the start of something which could be lovely. Take your time and enjoy it. 

  • Excitable BoyExcitable Boy Posts: 165

    hi booacabbyl, regarding your lawn I think you will find that turfing such a large area will be prohibitively expensive. I would be inclined to ask one of the specialist lawn maintenance services to come and have a look and advise you which they will do for free. Seed will be much much cheaper although it will take a year to establish. If you haven't much gardening experience I suggest it is well worth paying lawn specialists to care for your lawn quarterly as they use better feeds and weedkillers than you can buy without licence and, more importantly, they use the right ones in the right amounts at the right time!

    You may need to do some terracing first I think.

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