Alan Titchmarsh and his wife Alison have moved from their Grade II-listed property in Hampshire to a new home in Surrey, according to multiple reports. According to Daily Express - Showbiz, Alan Titchmarsh described the new garden as a classic English cottage garden with nooks, crannies, beds, borders, and a pond with ducks, creating a sanctuary. He also found a withered tree with two chairs underneath it, which he described as sad and tired.
In planning his garden, Titchmarsh has ruled out several plants. He stated that he will not introduce hydrangeas because the sandy soil is unsuitable for their water needs. He will not introduce pampas grass, describing it as looking like feather dusters in an umbrella stand.
What I love about this garden is how it compliments the house, the way in which it has been softly sculptured. There are no hard edges. There's lots of fraying into trees and shrubs and then lower perennials and the pond with the ducks dabbling. You feel, when you walk into this garden, that it's a sanctuary.
Additionally, he will not introduce gladioli, except for certain magenta varieties. Titchmarsh plans to introduce eucryphias, magnolias, and hamamelis to his new garden. According to Daily Express - Showbiz, Alan Titchmarsh advised gardeners moving to a new plot to start with the area visible from inside the house, such as from the kitchen sink.
Specific alterations beyond tidying flowerbeds and adding these plants have not been detailed.
Who wouldn't want to park underneath a gnarled old tree, I think we can do something with it really, it's just a little bit sad and tired now.
Start with the bit you look at when you're inside the house. Generally speaking, one of the places you are at the most is the kitchen sink, and if the kitchen sink has a window in front of it, and that's what you're always looking out at when you're doing the washing up etc, do that bit first.