Thecottagegardner's Profile

About me

We live 7 miles outside Dumfries - SW Scotland. Pretty much in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by woodland & countryside. Garden grounds are 165 ft x 135 ft, made up of lawns, lots of flowers, shrubs, roses, fruit & vegetables. We moved here in April 08 & as you can see from our photos it was just wasteland ..... but then we love a challenge. A lot of hard work over the next couple of months saw the main part of the garden transformed (see pics July 08). This year we have developed it even further & started working on another area of wasteland. We're making it into an orchard with mixed fruit trees and large herbaceous island of foxgloves, dalphinium, phlox, hollyhocks, lupins, hostas & lots more. Not got many photos of this yet as just young plants this year. We have a large greenhouse, polytunnel & 2 coldframes - all needed as we plant up all our own baskets, tubs & beds & grow all our own plants from seed. We have lots of wildlife - red squirrels, deer, woodpeckers, jays & nuthatches all being regular visitors. Our 2 dogs love to watch for the squirrels.