We also run a boarding cattery and like to keep the entrance looking smart and presentable. With a mature plane and horse chestnut tree looming overhead this is a shady part of the garden and doesn’t suit most plants, so we’ve decided to go for low maintenance slate. We’ve also ordered some low growing junipers to soften the look of the area.
We had some large ironstone boulders moved to this spot when our builders were here with a big digger to lay the cattery foundations. They had previously formed part of a pheasant pen/orchard but ended up being in the way. We tried to sell them to our local reclamation yard, but they weren’t interested so, in time honoured fashion, we finally worked out a way to ‘make do and mend’ and have repurposed them into our very own ‘Stonehenge tribute’.
Foxglove Farm 