Lots of photos today but I like this one of Chris who was finishing taking down a (dying) conifer that was squeezed between the hydrangea and bamboo. Why previous owners tried to squeeze so much together I will never know! I have also purchased another blue hydrangea to balance off the colour

We are spending some time tidying up the shrub area and will be laying new matting / new gravel - few more weekends and it will be finished.