Hello
we moved into our house about 5 years ago and inherited a lovely 80 foot long fairly narrow garden. It has a standard layout- flowerbeds straight down on either side and a rectangular lawn in the middle. It has some really nice mature shrubs and is generally well kept.
However, the last 15 feet are a bit of a wilderness. There us a huge quite overgrown viburnum on one side before you enter the wilderness and a pretty overgrown pyracantha on the other, leaving a small gap in the middle to walk through- then you get to the overgrown area.
There is a shed base and we have chosen a shed to go on it. But I am really troubled by what to do with the rest. The whole are is maybe 15feet by 20 feet- 2/5 of that is shed base with a manky concrete path in middle. I was planning to have it cleared, the viburnum and pyracantha cut back and lay a memebrane with wood chip on top for all the DC toys. However, I am not set on this and think it will look a bit sterile. But grass might struggle to grow as we have holly trees behind the fence approx 60 feet high so its quite shady. Also, I really like the nature attracting aspect of it being quite overgrown- but we need an area for the childrens stuff etc.
Please advice- at the moment we are wasting the space . WWYD? Links to pics would be great!
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What shall i do with overgrown area of garden? Please advise.
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krisskross · 13/07/2012 13:36
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