It has been a year since we moved in, and what a wonderful one. I just love this garden and can’t wait to develop so many of my ideas. I know you are supposed to spend a year observing- and I have done lots of that, but I couldn’t help but do a few things, namely

• Weeded and underplanted the trees in the orchard
• Fenced the vegetable patch
• Cleared the raised beds and grew the first season of vegetables
• Cleaned and planted the green house
• Made a grass path in the woods
• Raised the canopy of the holm oak
• Planted a Tulip tree, two roses and Jasmine ( all gifts)
• Planted two hydrangeas, daffodil and crocus bulbs

Next year I plan to

• Make more beds near the house including a rose arch across the path to create a cottage garden feel
• Plant plum trees and other flowering shrubs in the ‘cottage garden’ area
• Continue to develop the orchard
• Put in hedges at the front of the house and in the back garden to break down the space into smaller areas
• Develop the pond area
• Have two large trees removed, the alder which competes with the orchard trees and a silver birch which overshadows part of the vegetable garden
• Propagate yew and lavender plants
• Have fun and get outside as much as I possibly can….