Yesterday Steve and Lucas did a fabulous job of getting rid of the ugly dead trees ( where the thuja hedge had died)  and turning them into a wonderful pile of logs.

The space looks so much better already now that we can see the elder, hawthorn and hazels that the county council planted by the busway. It’s interesting how your eye is always drawn to the largest visual elements and as these were the dead trees it was these that I saw. I plan to fill this area with more trees and shrubs to make the boundary more interesting than the straight-line that it currently is. I would like something a bit more undulating and curved so that the garden feels a bit less like a long corridor. This will mean more planting that goes across the garden, if not all the way then at least coming in in curved arcs rather than simply following the boundary.

Steve and Lucas also removed two wild cherry trees that were shading the wisteria pergola. Even in the winter you can tell that there will be so much more light in this area with them gone. Steve has been persuaded to come back a week on Sunday to clear the area under and around the pergola ready for my more formal garden. Better get planning…