Hi there,
I'm about to become a full-time retiree in 1 month's time. Hence I have no more excuses about not tending to the garden! Other hobbies WILL include wine making (hence 'merlot madam') and doll's house making, and family history and cooking and entertaining and.... NO, I MUST get on with my garden!
Seriously, I live in a village with beautiful gardens - even a horticultural society and 'Open Gardens Day' - I have a lot to live up to!
First question - ideas for the front garden. At present small rectangular, west facing, boundary a low wall (not to be changed) covered in ivy and cotoneaster ( I think), several lovely rose bushes and a variety of shrubs arranged around the soakaway. The surveyor who came when I bought the house said it was 'old fashioned'. Any ideas?