WAS IT WORTH IT.....WE THINK SO.....

I never regretted taking out our privet hedge many years ago, Daisy. It gained us loads of garden space.
Yours now looks really nice.

Looking good!

looks really good...:))

Great improvements, Dotty... well done :o)

its great Dotty and dont think you made the wrong choice either, all the new plants and stepping stones, it will soon settle in and look like its been there years :o))

You did the best thing in removing the hedge. It's much better like this. I enjoyed seeing your new plants and stepping stones.

what a lovely variety of plants, is that a banana leaf?
i love that red climber and your lovely red arch

No, I think you made the right choice taking out the hedge. It now looks great - just wait until next summer!

I'm gobsmacked - how did you do all that in the time? Brilliant.

Looks really great, you did the right thing, love the selection of plants, the fence is a beautiful colour it goes very well with the planting scheme. Well done.

Definitely the right decision DD, lovely choice of plants it looks great :-)

Oh that looks really nice DD. I shall look forward to seeing it next year.

Definitely did the right thing DD! It has given the garden a whole new lease of life and more opportunity for your lovely jungly plants and evergreens. I love you new fence panels, and the colour of the arch is also lovely! My new Graham Thomas climbing rose arrived today for my triple arch. I'll get it planted tomorrow and hopefully it will flower next summer. I also moved my jasminum revolutum on to the arches and am hoping it will survive the move and enjoy the sunshine. It's evergreen which is a bonus!

I think I said 'dont do it Dd', but on reflection, you made the right decision Dd. The fence and surrounding area look fab and come spring things will grow and you would never know you even had a hedge there! Brilliant.

Bulbaholic although it was hard work at the time I am pleased to have more garden and no more hedge cutting for OH.
Ojib, Michaella, and TT thanks for your comments.
Thanks San and Hywel, Sticki yes that is a banana leaf you can see we have left the Musa's in the ground this year.
Sheilar, Steragram, Cazcat pleased you liked the fence and the planting, should look so much better in the Summer, Simbad thanks.....Cinders it will look much better when you see it (I hope!!)
Karen thank you glad you think we did the right thing......Grandmage thanks for that, so many of our friends and family said not to take the hedge out, but OH was getting fed up with cutting it four times a year.

You definitely did the right thing! Looks wonderful!

I agree. You definitely did the right thing. It's all looking really good.

We have a laural hedge edging one side of our garden that I would love to replace, the trouble is, it's not our hedge....

I think it looks great DD and so much more interesting than the hedge. Love all the colours together. Seeing your Silver Birches has reminded me how much I like them so hopefully after the move..

Looks absolutely fantastic now Dotty.

Looking brilliant Dotty, what's the red plant growing up the tree ????

Nariz many thanks, Diggin luckily for us the hedge was ours.........Annella it will look so much better in the Summer, I too love the Silver Birch the one in the picture was a sapling which we found in a plant pot with another plant, when we moved here 11 years ago, so it reminds us of our old garden.Thank you Frybo pleased you like it.
Stripes it is a Vitis Vinifera, cannot believe it still has all it's leaves........might not after this weekend lol

What a difference Angela ,it's added a whole new dimention to your garden and made a lot more space for more plants , isn't that a shame Lol ... I love that little hut in the corner it makes me want to peep inside .....

hope the musa survive Dotty, fingers crossed as they are surpose to be quite hardy arent they, certain ones :o)

Amy thanks, it has certainly changed the back of the ga rden, made it more interesting, the little hut is one of three sheds all identical, did not have room for a large one.
San and so do I......it came through last year ok.

Well, in my humble opinion you definitely did the right thing with disposing of the hedge, Dotty! ... I have just looked back at the blogs of your Open Day last May and the space you have gained for planting is incredible ... I do like the stepping stones and the new arch ... hope to see it 'in the flesh' next year ... :o)

Like everybody else above I agree that you did the very best in getting rid of it! Apart from giving your husband a rest from cutting it so often it has opened up so much space to grow lots of interesting things! I love how you've made such a difference! Anyway I believe Privet is a soil impoverisher. Few plants can survive near it. The paving stones are also a nice touch! :-))

Shirley bless you.....so pleased you approve, it would be lovely to see you and your OH again, as long as the wind leaves us some plants, we have a very strong winds and heavy rain here at the moment....how abut you?
Balcony you are right about Privet it had ruined the soil, it was like sand, glad you like the stepping stones.

Very windy here at 6pm ... blustery showers too with a forecast of 70mph winds from midnight ... I hope there is no damage to our gardens ... :o((

Rained all night, gale force winds.......lovely this morning though but a very cold wind, looks as if Winter has arrived.

Much the same here, Dotty ... dark as night still ... at 08.45 ... :o(((

Some rain here overnight, too. Winds still strong during most of the day but now they have calmed down & the sky is clear.

Shame they weren't clear last night as there was a meteor shower - the Geminids. They come around every year about this time. Never managed to see them yet! ;-((