I love my back garden. It’s where I learnt how to garden and I see it as a process that has led to where it is now. And it has turned into a philosophy – or at least a way of thinking (more on that later). But looking back at pics of what it used to look like and what it looks like now, I wonder if it does look better….
I know it’s full of life and variety so that’s a plus but I’m not sure not sure it looks as good. Also, it looks very lush but very CROWDED… I think a lot of things have outgrown the space. And there is a real question of balance about gardening for nature and it being gardening, which is not the same thing as leaving for nature. Jon Little, who’s garden I went to see in the summer does this in a fab way and I need to learn more.
SUMMER 2020
From the roof terrace 
At the back 
Roses etc 
Kids eating in the jungle 
Luke and Cei destroy the lawn
What it used to look like…
So it used be a bit more conventional….Obviously these were taken when it was looking good (with a camera not a phone!).
It looked bigger! 
More conventional! 
This is now the pond 
It was less crammed… 
…with more flowers
My Garden 