Walking to the end of the garden we found that the woodland area at the far end was less overgrown and had more potential than I had at first thought. It is less overgrown at this time of year and clearly full of wildlife. I think what I will do is to clear out some of the dead trees and then create a path with a strimmer to make a woodland walk that circuits the area making it accessible whilst keeping the wild character.

The area near the house needs pretty flower beds but I’m unsure how to arrange them. Also the ground here undulates a great deal and so I need to work out a way of working with the contours to avoid the huge ( and probably unnecessary) task of levelling it all. Somehow need to use the irregularities as a guide to the design. I had been thinking of a more formal style with geometric shapes and beds but I think that is unrealistic and probably also not in keeping with the character of the garden anyway.

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Two trees, larch and alder. Liking the larch very much- creates a lovely silhouette in the view from the house. The alder is very dominant and probably is taking water and nutrition from the orchard area so probably has to go.