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Yeahsurewhatever · 25/08/2019 16:41

We have a South facing garden
So most of the garden is in the sun all day.

However due to high fences and trees behind them, there's about 2-3 foot at the end of the garden that never sees the sun

Even in the summer it's boggy, not much grass, lots of moss etc.
We won't be staying here very long (3-4 more years) and we won't get much/ any return on any money we spend on the garden when we sell.

Any cheap ideas of what we can do?
I thought about getting all the back paved, but it's a bit of a big job, and as we are lease hold we'd need to check we can do it anyway.

I've put a load of bamboo screens up for now, as no matter what I do the fences seem to grow mossy stuff.
And I've moved the shed down there to at least make more space in the sun.

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DonPablo · 25/08/2019 16:43

Let it be a woodland area? Bluebells, ferns, ivy, maybe even a gunnera would like it down there!

I'm a big fan of working with what you've got.

missbattenburg · 25/08/2019 16:43

Ferns! Lots of different varieties and all lovely imo

cardamoncoffee · 25/08/2019 17:41

I have a similar area that is really dark as shaded completely by a tree. Are ferns fast growing?

Yeahsurewhatever · 25/08/2019 19:08

Will be heading to b&q in the morning to see what I can do

Debating digging it out and putting wood chippings down and planting some ferns amongst that

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