As a new gardener with a rambling, once-cultivated wilderness to restore, you may be wondering where you should start. Reorganising a garden that has become overgrown is not always an easy task; however, with a little perseverance and by following a few guidelines, you will find the process both manageable and rewarding.
To start with you will need to get on with clearing some of the overgrowth. Once this process is underway, the original structure of the garden should begin to emerge. Use long handle shears and saws to cut through branches and a hand held electric cutting machine to deal with the grass.
You may need to hire a refuse removal company to get rid of the waste from your clearing exercise. Be sure to research this step before you take it: waste removal can be pricy, costing anything from the price of a month's supply of dog food and up.
Once the original garden layout has become discernable and the refuse has been taken away, you will be able to decide whether you want to model the new garden on the old one, or whether you want to create something new.
It may be an easier and more successful option to use the older structure as a blueprint; the alternative revision promises to be quite a lot of work.