At our 3rd October meeting Brenda (McKenzie) led an initial session on Garden Planning. Brenda had attended external Garden Planning sessions a few years ago,
![Brenda's lovely garden](https://i0.wp.com/www.maghullandlydiateu3a.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/15-Aug-16.jpg?resize=169%2C291)
Brenda’s lovely garden
following which she planned out and achieved the garden she wanted. Some of the key messages were:
- keep it simple and be flexible
- decide what you want to use the garden for
- plan for future seasons and years
- focus on achieving what you want.
Brenda reiterated the importance of drawing your garden and existing or intended key features to scale before starting to think about plants and using garden magazines and other sources to decide what you like and want to include. Garden Planning sessions will continue. The group generally want to make sure they are getting what they want from their own gardens whilst also using ‘to scale drawings’ of one or two of the group who wish to replan, to develop discussions.
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