Autumn is a great time to be out in the garden and this autumn I have decided to give the garden a revamp.
Choosing a starting point is always difficult when there is much today. But inspired by my recent travels exploring France, Spain and Portugal I decided to start with a massive tidy and clear out of overgrown parts of the garden.
Somewhere in the top border is an Acer Palmatum – Autumn should be a show of its glorious orange leaves. But shaded under the overgrown apple tree branches and surrounding shrubbery its glory was hidden away.
My supervisor, Salem the cat, watched on as I cleared away the undergrowth – ground elder, overgrown Astilbe, removed overhanging apple tree branches and cut back the spirea and lemon balm.
A Strines Garden 