Do you have a front garden?

davenport151

Yes

Yes, lawn and borders plus a bird feeder and patch left wild.
I know not everyone is able or wants to garden but I think it's sad that so many are paved over. We have lost so much habitat that way.
If you do pave them over do please try and leave a border or put some pots out with nectar rich flowers for the bees that really need our help right now.

Stoodles

Yes

Yes, and currently there are 31 different varieties of flowers in bloom. Moving to the country was the best thing I ever did.

aloiseb

Yes

I have a front garden, and so does everyone in our street. Most are planted with something, even if it's just weeds, and there are lots of sparrows and other birds flying about. I love our street and this is one of the reasons why.

The birds even nest in our roof. They don't cause any mess or damage (although my non-bird-loving DD complains the cheeping keeps her awake in the morning!) and I'm pleased to share the house with them.

The advantage of the front garden for the birds is obvious - when the babies leave the nest, they have nice soft hedges to crash-land into, not hard concrete. Also they can find insects, seeds, slugs etc in there.

We also have frogs and hedgehogs which regularly use the borders to hide in during their migrations.

For us, there isn't much garden maintenance, as it's all planted with shrubs and perennials, eg hydrangeas and geraniums. The hedges need trimming weekly or so in summer, and every few months I have a cutting back session of the shrubs. I occasionally do some weeding if things are looking taken over, but I don't lose sleep over it. I am no gardener but I do own an electric hedge-trimmer which speeds the hedge job up. (Tesco, £5, thank you for that bargain MSE!:money:)

Unfortunately I can see things are changing - for example, our previously junglified neighbour has just grubbed up ALL the plants in his garden. Also, 2 people so far have managed to park a car in their (paved over) front space......I can see why they do it (it's £35 for the permit for a first on-street car, but over £100 for a 2nd) but I wish they wouldn't. The cost is incalculable.

judyjetson

Small front garden here, that mysteriously takes on the proportions of a football pitch when it comes to mowing it.

themull1

Yes

I've got two front gardens with a little drive in the middle, the garden under the front window is gravelled with an acer in a pot, the garden to the side of the drive has grass in the middle, a red acer, and gravel round the edge, a seat and willow twig on a roll to hide the fence. Its still a bit of green but easy to maintain.

melanzana

Back garden is my friend. South West facing overlooking a park and the mountains in the distance. Bliss.

Front is paved with a shrub filled border down both sides for run off of rain, Fits two cars.

Terrace here. Suits me because before it was paved, getting the mower out and through the house was a right pain!