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  1. jb1468

    jb1468 Apprentice Gardener

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    Hello everyone,

    I am a complete newbie to gardening with no experience whatsoever (unless a few house plants count). I have been doing a major renovation on a property I acquired in County Down, Northern Ireland over the last 12 months and till very recently my back garden had been my building site/dumping ground during the renovation. That’s now changing.

    It’s a smallish back garden – about 50 Sq metres, rather square in outline and now on two levels. I have just completed the hard landscaping and hope now to gather some knowledge to bring a bit of pleasure and colour to the garden. My skill base is in the building/hard landscaping area (in the garden I have just finished building all fencing/division areas, shed, decking area, wooden planters, retaining wall etc and laid down a decorative pebble). I have always used forums on the house build/renovation side and naturally came looking for one for gardening now I have got to that stage. I will be looking to create a few border areas for climbers and other plants and utilise several planters, a few window boxes and no doubt many pots.

    That’s were I am at the moment and look forward to tapping into a wealth of knowledge and advice to brighten up my little space. Big thanks in advance.
     
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  2. Phil A

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    Welcome to Gardeners Corner JB:)
     
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  3. PeterS

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    A very warm welcome JB. We have all been through the same stage of starting from scratch - so we know the feeling.
     
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    Hi jb and welcome to the forum!! I pretty much started with houseplants too. Now I'm a plantaholic....... and proud of it!
     
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    Hi, welcome to Gardeners Corner:D:thumbsup: There's all sorts of levels of gardeners on the Forum, from the complete beginner, to the experienced and knowledgeable, and the Specialists, who are all very friendly and helpful so you're in the right place.:hapfeet:
     
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    Welcome to the forum, :)
     
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    Hello :) You'll find yourself spending hours reading the threads on here. I only joined last night and have spent most of the morning browsing and getting fantastic advice :heehee:
     
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    Welcome! :D
     
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    Penny in Ontario Total Gardener

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    Welcome JB.....i would love to see some pics.
     
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