How to describe the garden

[Peach2022]

I'm shortly going to put my house on the market and its lovely big garden is...fairly wild! This is partly deliberate - for wildlife - and partly because I'm on my own with the kids and it's too much for me to keep manicured. It looks lovely though (or I think it does) and it is full of birds and other wildlife.

So how do I describe it in the sales brochure; is it rewilded or natural or eco-friendly or wildlife friendly or is there a better term? Happily some of the Chelsea gardens take a similar approach...if not quite as "relaxed"...so it's not completely out there. I just don't know what to call it? TIA.

Mature?

An oasis of nature

Wild flower meadow

I think a photo would be best so we can look at it and describe it. You could say it's a wilded for wildlife but actually its 3 foot grass, brambles galore and actually just a state.

I probably come across as a dick by saying this but gardens make or break properties for a lot of people.

Just say sunny and large or something, don’t bullshit people , they can see the pic and decide, or see on viewing. Kept gardens can be equally as environmentally friendly if not more so with careful cultivation so pretending an overgrown garden is simply as you’re an eco warrior fools no one. Just put a pic up and say large and sunny or whatever.

I wouldn't worry about using a trendy name for a trendy concept because people may not recognise the term!

Drop in phrases like:
ecosystem. habitat. biodiverse. sustainable / permaculture. naturalistic. native.

If you can state that you have been using organic principles then that could be a selling point - it is something that money can't buy; only time can.

Thanks everyone, I'll try and add a photo later but it's chucking it down here atm! It is actively gardened for wildlife now, not just a state, but I completely see the distinction, especially as there was a period during my divorce when the latter was definitely the case! And wonderfully, since I haven't had time to keep it "kept", the wildlife value has increased immensely...it has been an absolute joy to watch the many birds, bees, butterflies and other creatures this last year or so, it's going to be a wrench to leave it, but needs must unfortunately. It has also been gardened organically for years so that's really helpful as I hadn't thought of including that.

Sounds like exactly the sort of garden we'd love, OP. We're on the verge of exchanging on a house that has a wild overgrown garden, and we can't wait to get in there and make it into something you've already got!

I wish my garden had wildlife! We live on a new build estate and the most we get are magpies and pigeons. Theres no other wildlife at all.

Actually thats a lie, i also get sawfly and aphids galore on my roses. If i had a single ladybird land on my rose they would never leave as theres hundreds of them.

I would mention organic as anyone interested in a wildlife garden or production garden (which is most people who are into gardening these days) would be keen to know the soil isn't polluted. Otherwise I wouldn't bother with any of the current terms. Most people will be interested in the size. I search by 'acre' a lot in rightmove - it's annoying how many large gardens don't include that but it's a very good filter. Even if it's only 1/4 acre or something, it's useful to know.

And I say this as someone who's in the process of buying a house with an acre, and it wasn't even on the original listing so we missed it when it was first posted on rightmove. The garden was barely mentioned and we assumed the land was someone elses!

Sounds like my type of garden! I would just say something like 'a haven for wildlife' or mention 'wildlife-friendly features such as (e.g. wildflowers, a wildlife pond, etc)'. And yes, definitely mention organic.

Thats odd. Most houses around here like to advertise gardens with zeal, especially mentioning that planning permission was previously granted / is granted for xyz.

I was looking at a house with a 2 acre garden and the estate agent told me 5 times that there was pp for a 4 bed detatched despite me telling him i was after the garden size. It turned out the house was so unstable we pulled out.

Another listing said planning agreed in principle and there were fancy drawings the seller had done. The estate agent was quite good and said if you're after the house for the pp to build then forget it as they have had every application submitted over the last 5 years declined but they still insist on the pictures and the wording in the application. We offered on the house based on comps with similar sized gardens at the rear instead of gardens to the side and they refused. It's still on the market over a year later at the same price and even more drawings added - madness.

@fromtheshires yeah we have found the same. Every large garden attached to a small house (which was the sweet spot we were looking for) had planning applications pending or granted. The house we're buying has agricultural land rather than garden which is fine as I was going for a low impact approach anyway, and there's no chance of building on it as it's green belt and national park, which is how we could afford it. But to leave it off the listing was madness!

That sounds ideal to me! I just wish there was some close enough to husbands work as he has to go to the office every now and then.