Hi Susanne and welcome to GoY, I hope you have a lot of joy with your new garden. I imagine, like us, your garden is under a lot of snow right now? Pruning should have taken place last autumn after flowering finished you can give it a prune once the weather improves in early spring but will probably lose some of this years flowers. Are they leggy or compact? If leggy I'd prune back by up to 1/3rd otherwise I'd leave until autumn.

What else is in your garden and can we look forward to seeing photos.

Welcome to GOY

Lucky you
Dont worry about it just enjoy and put your own mark on it.
If you put something in the wrong place and it grows a bit big or cant be seen dont worry as even the most knowledgeable do that, plants can always be moved.
Sometime you can plant things in the wrong place and get away with it now thats fun when it happens.
I am a bit naughty and do that all the time I like to see how far I can push the bounderies and the rules lol(bad gardener or bad girl ?)
Pruning lavender...
I believe its best to prune straight after flowering with Lavender never cut into old wood as it can kill or never recover that part of the plant. Cut 1/3 of plant down.
You must do it every year as it will go leggy in a matter one year, not flower as much, go woody and look a mess.
It will seem really hard in summer to make it naked but do it as it is the only way (they must be trimmed) Use trimmed lavender then for things like lavender bags as gifts for close friend or put it into home made soap etc. Lovely:)

I would suggest that you do your pruning on a day when you are feeling a little grumpy. When I am in a good mood, I cut too little. But when I get grumpy and impatient, I cut more off and it usually turns out to be right. I go by the rule that if it blooms in Spring, you cut after flowering. Summer in late fall; fall in spring.

Ohhhhhh, you lucky thing.
Post lots of pictures of your 'new' garden Susanne !

It sounds as if you have a nice garden, Susanne. When you feel comfortable with the GoY site it would be great if you could put up a picture blog about it, snow or no snow.

Wylie, if I pruned when I was in a 'grump' mood nothing would survive... ask Mr MB I'm a terror with pruning shears!

I just hope that you have time 'a confertable chair 'and longe warm summer evenings, I envie you.

the grumpy mood is a good idea for most of us because you never really want to prune hard do you
Even though you know its the answer.