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Lauren Bradbury

How to tackle an overgrown garden - tame an unloved outside space and restore it to its former glory

Garden weeds in a plastic tub with gardening glove and fork in a rural garden .

Whether you’ve just moved house or not given your garden the attention it deserves, you might be wondering how to tackle an overgrown garden. And we can assume that you’re probably feeling pretty overwhelmed, too.

After all, even the best garden ideas can be ruined by time. You only have to head off on holiday for two weeks to be greeted with a messy, out-of-control garden when you get back - and this just gets worse if previous owners or novice gardeners ignored their overgrown greenery for months or even years on end. That’s why it’s so important to sort it out sooner rather than later.

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