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Anyone can become a gardener and create
a great looking garden, you don't need to
be an expert or be able to pronounce big
Latin words. I have picked up
all that I know from other gardeners over
the years, and of course reading books and
magazines.
My garden here in Yorkshire, six years
ago was just three foot grass. I cut the
grass down and moved out the rubbish left
by the last owners and then dug out my first
border, put some plants in it, watched them
grow, put another border in and it went
on from there.
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I design gardens as I go along. The problem
with designs on paper is that they look
good on paper but they don't always look
right when you have completed your landscaping.
I prefer to spend some time just looking
at the virgin space with a cup of Yorkshire
tea and letting my mind imagine what would
look good here and there. Designing your
garden is like an artist would create a
painting on a blank canvas. I created my
garden the same way. I started furthest
away from the house as an artist would start
with the painting of the sky and eventually
finished near the patio, the foreground.
I believe that a big secret in having an
eye catching garden is to create a garden
that doesn't lead your eyes straight to
the far end of the garden too quickly. Again
like an interesting painting, your eyes
drift from once side to another then up
a bit and so on , eventually reaching the
horizon or a focal point. Put this same
method into gardening and you can expect
a masterpiece. If your not artistic and
clever at designing your dream garden
then call in the professional garden
designers!
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There are rules when planting but again
just do what I have always done. If I buy
some plants and think they would look good
in a certain spot, then I plant them. If
they don't grow to well then I dig them
up and move them. I am forever moving plants
around and if a plant is doing well then
I leave it alone. You learn by your mistakes!
Happy
gardening, Dave Thompson,
Doc' Greenfingers
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