Help with a garden
Hi everyone,
We moved into a renovation property a year ago and now its time to start on the garden.
Is currently over grown and will need clearing, but how to fill the space is the hard bit.
Its a good size garden, all be it a strange size but I've measured below for you to get an idea.
Things we would like are, a greenhouse, veggies patch, garden room and some lawn space for kids to play.
The garden has hedges all around which we like but other than that......I need some help.
Thanks,
And this is the current garden looking back at the house.
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