GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS

In the beginning, there was ivy.

The Rose Garden

This is my project: to return our garden to its Edwardian splendour. The challenge is significant, considering the size the property. 

I endeavour to update this blog with pictures and plans, in order to prove my worth and show what can be done with a bit of determination.

The formal path



To start with, we have weeds, ivy and other strangling plants invading the beds and trying to pull down the trees. Cutting back the summer’s growth and pruning will keep me busy quite some time, best be quick before the frost!

The herb garden -
seems only rosemary

The garden is enormous, possibly too large for me to manage alone. Still I intend to give it a go, hoping for some help from my family but more likely to get some from the trusted man who brings the lawn mower and keeps the garden outside the house. I may have to pay more people.



I do appreciate comments and advice, particularly as I am a gardener of little experience and not that much strength.