I'm moving house - And moving gardens!!

[Victoria26]

Finally i'm moving house. In two weeks I'll be going from a 2 bedroomed semi to a 3 bedroomed detatched. The best bit - My garden is twice the size!

Just wondering if anyones ever moved gardens before? All my plants are quite well established and i'm taking them with me.

Goodbye north Yorkshire - Hello south of England!

I'll post some photos of my new garden - Maybe you can help fill my head with even more idea on how best to use the space!

Victoria x

[Claire72]

how exciting!!! Never moved gardens, as only when I moved to our current house I developed an interest in growing veg!!!
One thought though, would your plants appreciate moving from cool yorkshire to warm southern england??? You will probably find that the things which do well in Yorkshire, don't do so well in Southern England.
However, I am no expert, so other Grapes may well be able to advise you better

[lynda66]

can just imagine the faces of the new people when the beautiful garden they bought turns into a bare expanse of land lol

good luck with the move xx

[RedThorn]

Start getting what you can into pots now then...how much are you digging up...... *has visions of a building site*

[Victoria26]

Building site is about right - I've also taken down my 6ft willow fence to leave the poxy 3ft chainmail thing.
Most of my prize items are already potted however I have a 6 ft by 6ft patch of turf which is missing...(Thats where my leeks were up until last week)
I bought a new cherry tree and am desperate to get my hands on this new garden. I'll take photos of it tommorrow and post them on here!

[piskieinboots]

ditto RedThorn

As a military gipsy, oh so used to moving and starting new gardens - get all that you wish to take in pots - now! The rest will formulate before you

[RedThorn]

cannot wait to see the pics.... perhaps give the new owner a box of grass seed and say it's a DIY lawn

[Rhona]

Hurrah! We're doing the same thing. I'm taking everything I reasonably can. Most of it is in pots already but I've got my eye on a few things to dig up!

And sooo many plans for when we finally do move... exciting isn't it?

[Herbie]

Congratulations on your new garden Victoria. Enjoy. I live in the south west and have moved house and garden several times. Still trying to finish garden number 3 as I moved in 2004! I found that depending on what time of year you move dictates the treatment of the plants. My garden is heavy clay which has been improved by using raised beds lol
Do a soil test if your worried about any of your plants, if your gardening on clay add plenty of grit and organic matter. Good luck with your new project and move. Moving can be stressful so make sure you know where the kettle is or a good bottle of vino!

[jackie j]

Good luck with your move. Where in the south are you moving to. My sister has moved a couple of times in the last few years and has taken loads of plants with her. Now she says never again if she moves the plants stay, and she loves gardening, they now live in a large privately owned block of flats with a very large garden, she has joined the gardening club and out of all the residents she and another lady are the only ones that do anything. There is a gardener that comes twice a month to do the hard work. The ground is rock hard and needs a lot of work, it has lots of very boring bushes all the same no colour but green. She has already made an improvement by adding bits that she brought with her. They have a budget so its not even her money that she spends even better.

[Flummery]

The inly time I did it I had 10 months to take cuttings etc. Housing market wasn't terribly mobile at the time (sound familiar!)

[SlugLobber]

Good luck with it all, Victoria! I must say, you're very brave taking the garden, too. I'm also an honorary Southerner (I got citzenship this year, as I've been here ten years - still need me passport, though).

[Glutton4...]

Good for you . At least it's the right time of the year, as many of your beloved plants will be dormant, so shouldn't suffer too much with the upheaval.

It's worth remembering to bring plenty of your own soil with you, and incorporate this into the new planting holes, this will help your plants adjust gradually to any changes in the soil. Sprinkle a little general fertilizer around them too and water it in.

Good luck .

[Irie Jan]

cannot wait to see the pics.... perhaps give the new owner a box of grass seed and say it's a DIY lawn

Hi Steve! that comment mad me laugh DIY LAWN lol

Victoria26 Good luck with the move I'm sure you will have fun sorting out your new garden!

[coreopsis]

Looks like you're going to be pretty busy
Good luck,at least you'll have some more growing space.