So… the stumpery!  It only has one stump in it and that is not for lack of trying.  I phoned around loads of places that you would expect to have stumps but alas only one to be found.  I did however manage to get some lovely mossy logs from Gosford (with their kind permission) as the backbones for the new area – which used to have the greenhouse and vegetable patches on it.The basic design was a kind of reverse ‘D’ shape; the path wide enough for my wheelchair to get through once it has plants tumbling over the edges.   The lovely Gardens by Water Gems did the hard landscaping (and the pond but that is another story) and I love how it has turned out and it is great to be able to keep adding new plants to it.  The area is now a jumble of mostly woodland plants and I have to say the birds just love it.  I know the logs will eventually decay but I can always replace them.  I am still making mistakes with my planting though.  What I thought was wild garlic turned out to be few flowered leek and I am still ripping the stuff out.  I wanted some lovely red campion but it grew massive and overcrowded everything else around it.  I would like proper bluebells in there but I am waiting until I get all the the non-native ones out first which may take a while yet.  The Vancouvera hexandra is a bit of a thug now so I need to take more of that out.  Can’t wait till spring as it has loads of spring flowers in it.