The garden is very messy but we have fallen in love with it - this is why we have purchased this house - we can immediately see its potential. Neither of us are gardeners, my parents love their gardening now although for most of my childhood their garden was a football pitch - that's what happens when you have 6 children - 4 of them boys. I think my passion for gardening stems from watching the wonderful Percy Thrower on Blue Peter in the 70's/80's - that private walled space that he created always intrigued me. I think we all have that mentality that it would be awesome to discover your very own secret garden . My partner originates from South Africa and remembers amazing flora and different exotic plants but was never really bothered about gardening. Very overgrown with hideous life-draining Conifers. Just to the left of the picture above is a huge Holly Tree, its branches almost touch the upstairs windows of the house and extend over o...