Very Overgrown Huge Garden!

[crisgal]

Hi all. Just moved into a rented property with a huge garden. It's very neglected but interesting with lots of trees and bushes. I like it's wildness but does need tidying up. I'm no gardener and haven't a clue where to start. There are loads of bluebells? Crocus? Do I just strim them? There are exposed roots from a huge tree that I think is dead but the birds love it. They are definitely a trip hazard.  Is there a way of shaving them, to make them flatter? I've no money to pay a professional so will have to do it myself but it's all very overwhelming!

I have photos but don't know if I can add them on here.

[Tilly2]

Enjoy it, Crisgal.💐

[Gill1941]

That looks a great garden. Neither huge nor very overgrown.

This time of year a lot of gardens look drab. Its certainly not a wilderness. When tidying up please think of the wildlife.

[Chipchopper]

It sounds like a voyage of discovery for you, embrace the Widnes, I think you are very fortunate.

Maybe hang up some bird feeders and watch the variety of birds it attracts, as you dine alfresco or look from your widow, personally I would leave the surface roots of the tree, as it could prove to be detrimental to it, but rather place something nearby to avoid any mishaps, bird table, perhaps?.

Enjoy

[Chipchopper]

Ps let the bulbs die down natraly, so they come up yea after year. sometimes less is more.