Use of massive garden

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Would you buy a house with a massive garden .We are considering putting on offer on a property with massive garden .I didnt wanted a massive garden but got it by chance.Can I rent it out ?

I would give my eye teeth for a massive garden.

I would absolutely love a massive garden. Currently staying with family who have around 1/4 of an acre and my kids love playing in it. Our new house has a fairly decent size (around 25 m long), but I dream of an absolutely huge one. I know nothing about gardening but I'd learn...

I didn't wanted a massive garden but got it by chance.
A lot of large country gardens are mostly laid to grass, with the odd tree or shrub. On my lockdown walks I have seen a fair few robotic mowers.

We have just bought a house ( semi rural) which is two thirds of acre.
I am not a keen gardener, but love the thought of hiring it out for parties and small weddings using a marquee

You need a robot mower!

We had this issue

Fence off a smaller section for your day to day use. Let the rest of it grow wild, it will be a wildlife haven. Put a gate in the fence for access

@UrsulaBee

We had this issue

Fence off a smaller section for your day to day use. Let the rest of it grow wild, it will be a wildlife haven. Put a gate in the fence for access

God don’t do this, it will become so over grown very quickly. We made the mistake of doing it, as we bought the house this section was hip height. Two years later it was shoulder height and we had to get a clearance firm in. Once it goes wild it grows and the more it grows the more difficult it become to deal with it, and at some point uou need to deal with it,

Could you be more specific than "massive" to be able to give better advice. My idea of massive is over an acre but others might think of a 40m long garden as massive, it depends on what are acquainted with.

I'd love a massive garden too. Would make a huge pond, keep plenty for nature and just "maintain" a small area.

I grew up in a home with a huge garden and it was such a wonderful experience. Our friends always wanted to come play at our house because we had room to run, a treehouse and dens etc.
Obviously investment wise there is so much you can do, but I remember and cherish my memories of a large garden as a child

I’m torn, just been visiting friends in their massive garden. They love it, and it’s mainly pond and woodland. But they spend a lot of time on it.

I agree with bluntness actually. Whilst sectioning some off for wildlife is a good idea, don’t make the mistake of thinking you can then just leave it. You can’t. On the years when we don’t clear brambles in the woods they go crazy.

what about the big tress do they do any harm .The seller told us that we can cut the tress .is there any harm of them falling in the wind

Well they’ll do harm if they fall on your head. But trees don’t typically just fall down without warning.

Perhaps get a tree surgeon to check out th3 trees. Also do any have tree preservation orders? It sounds lovely.

Ours is quite big. Two areas totalling about an acre and a half. It doesn’t get much TLC and more or less sorts itself. My husband mows the grass. We have a gardener who does borders/ pruning but the orchard area and perennials look after themselves. Even the borders don’t take much work - lots of self seeding and spreading stuff that comes up each year.
The grass is mainly moss but nobody cares.
It means we can have a garden studio and shepherds hut without it looking crowded.
We are surrounded by large trees. They’ve been there a long time and never fallen on anyone yet. Every few years we get a chap to reduce the crowns to stop them blocking too much light but otherwise leave them alone.

I'd love it! Space between us and other bloody people. Bliss.

We've got a large garden and find that it isn't too high maintenance.

We keep things fairly 'English country garden' style, nothing too neat, no straight lines. So it's simpler. I like things to self seed as it's more natural and free! We have wood chipping down on some beds to spare the weeds. Gardener comes for 2hrs every two weeks.

Fruit trees do need pruning if you want decent fruit but this isn't very time consuming.

Large trees need TLC every so often or you suddenly realise they are enormous. Most of our garden has TPOs but we've never had a problem with permission.

We've not yet had a tree fall but have had some large branches on a village road and a few trees 'slip' before they fell which we quickly took down ourselves with a chainsaw. The tree surgeon comes round every 18m and casts his eye on anything big near a road or building.

Grass mowing (a few acres) is probably a few hours once a week in the summer. We set another section to wild grasses and flowers. That is zero upkeep.

Big trees are fine, unless about to fall on your house, or neighbours house/property, or a road
You need to be able to get through the undergrowth to check if they need thinning out/ cutting if dying/lopping if dangerously high, or for extra light.
You can get a professional to do this if you don't want to play with a chain saw