Robertr's Profile

About me

Fanatical gardener since my grandparents first got me to tidy the edges of the lawn as a child (it was all a ploy to train me up to do the whole garden in the end). Followed by annual visits to the Southport Flower Show each August and spending my pocket money on bulbs and plants.

The current garden is attached to a solid red-brick detached 1920's house, with a busy main road to the front and fields behind.

Much of the current garden was laid out over 15 years ago by the previous owners, so the minature conifers they planted en masse have grown to dominate one border, some shrubs have responded well to quite severe pruning back over a couple of seasons and a few overbearing trees have been removed last Autumn (2006).

In the process of revitalising my back garden by enriching the soil, redesigning and replanting the borders, and looking into finally creating some form of water feature. That and fighting a battle against celandine and lily beetle (caught my first 3 in the last week of April!)