Property News · July 1, 2017

Front garden a mess? Here’s how to fix it | Alys Fowler


Our gardening expert looked out one day and realised radical action was needed…My friend Lucy came to give me some advice about my tired interiors. She has inherited her mother’s good interiors genes and finessed them at the National Trust. When she visited, she took on an entirely professional, practical air. She drew back the net curtain, looked out on to my front garden and said something so blindingly obvious, I still can’t quite understand how I missed it. “You don’t need net curtains if you have a leafy, tall front garden,” she pointed out. “Plus, your front garden is a mess – you should redo it.” To hell with the interior: I have a garden to design.My front garden is north-east-facing with good morning light. The soil is heavy clay, though thanks to the compost I’ve added over the years there is a good top layer. There’s a fine apple tree I planted four years ago. The roof water drains straight into the garden, to slow down the amount of run-off into the wider system, so one side of the garden sometimes gets very wet, while the side nearest the front door remains rather dry. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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