What are front gardens for

Tell them to tut off!

For me the front of the house is more decorative and a buffer from the road. I don't sit out there but it seems quite normal that someone would if their front garden lent itself to it. Ignore the tutters.

It’s crochet now welbeck and some of them are so ornate and so beautiful really clever
There’s no room in my front garden for a seat but I do sit on the doorstep sometimes if I want to watch the world go by and lots of houses do have a seat in the front that they use although I m on a busy main road not a cul de sac

It’s crochet now welbeck and some of them are so ornate and so beautiful really clever
There’s no room in my front garden for a seat but I do sit on the doorstep sometimes if I want to watch the world go by and lots of houses do have a seat in the front that they use although I m on a busy main road not a cul de sac

as long as it's legal and decent, i reckon you can do anything you like in your own front garden.
anyone remember those guerrilla knitters a few years ago, who used to drape woolly coats on pillar boxes overnight; perhaps you could start a local chapter of front garden knitters, and thwart the nutter tutters.

We always sit at the back because it is cosier and you can’t see anyone at all. Mind you, you can’t see much in the front either but it is just a habit. We live in a cul de sac, too but rarely see anyone, just trees and birds. The tutters are nutters!

I wouldn't sit at the front of my house - I think the garden and parking area at the front are to separate the house from the road and to give me something nice to look at from inside.

I'd feel differently maybe if it was a cul-de-sac.

I’d have been telling them where to get off, Biscuitmuncher!

Maggiemaybe we were sat chatting and a couple went past and said * tut, they should sit out the back!"

i think the tutters are jealous.

What on earth are they tutting at?

All our gardens are at the front here - we just have yards at the back. We all sit out front, chat with neighbours and with walkers passing by. Two neighbours have had little parties in theirs this evening, one’s still going on. It’s great to hear laughter and chat and think that life’s getting back to normal.

We had a bench in the front garden at our last home, in 27 years no one made an adverse comment, on the corner in a cul de sac well back from the road we had lots of waves and smiles. Here we have two wooden chairs and a table under our kitchen window overlooking a landscaped area. What happens? Neighbours come for a chat, we often share a cuppa. Fine by us. Why not use a front garden to sit and watch the world go by?

Same here. Very small cul de sac. We had some wonderful front garden meetings. Played music as well, sometimes.

One of the saving graces of the first lockdown when the weather was so much better than this year, was sitting outside the front of our houses, having a chat and enjoying a drink with our neighbours. What D in London called “gin by the bins”

I live in a cul de sac of 12 houses. At any one time, there can be half a dozen people sitting or pottering about at the front. Most of us have been here since the houses were built 27 years ago. I love living here!

Where I live no one really uses their front garden at all, even those who don't get any sun in the back garden. It's a shame because it would be very sociable but its like an unwritten rule.

If you were nearer I’d give you some plants Marydoll
I don’t have a manicured garden it’s a bit come up where you may kind of garden front and back a lot has self seeded

I regard my front garden as a bit of light relief from the austerity of the solid grey road and pavement immediately outside. If I fancied sitting out there, I would certainly do so but, happily, I have sunshine and shade in various parts of the back garden at all times of day. That is, of course, when sunshine exists. Today has been my first sight of it for many weeks. Hallelujah!

I fancied buying some Lily of the Valley plants a few weeks ago. However, the price was extortionate and as I had already spent way over my budget, I resisted! Now I am regretting it!
I also have one random bluebell plant growing beside my bins! No idea how it got there! ?‍♀️

BlueBelle your garden is gorgeous. Lily of the Valley takes me back to my childhood and haven't Bluebells been marvellous this year.

My front garden isn’t big but at the moment full of bluebells and lily of the valley with the strongest perfume ever

I enjoy sitting in my front garden, where it's cooler later on in the day. Often people stop to chat or my neighbours tend to come out for a catch up.

Your house , so it’s up to you. where you sit. We were actually saying earlier today that it might be nice to have a bench in the front garden which is south facing.

I would have a bench at the front of my house if the orientation was such that I needed it there. As it is my back garden faces south-west so I get the sun at the back all day but a few neighbours have a bench at the front.

you get tutted at for sitting in your own front garden? what the?