Rhode Island here. These videos are terrific for so many important reasons. I’m sure they’re a lot of work, Mark, but please keep them coming if you possibly can. We need this calm, solid exposure to nature’s splendor.
Hi JM! I love Newport and Block Island! Bristol too! The videos.....I'm glad you like them. Thank you! A lot of work.....the filming is easy since I don't plan ahead with what I'm going to say. Totally off the cuff. The editing, that's a different story! I do plan to keep it going as long as it continues to grow. I'd like to see more people getting involved in gardening and therefore becoming more into natures beauty and be more caring of this planet. I appreciate you watching and of course, I thank you for the very nice comments. If you like my channel, share it with your friends. I would appreciate your help very much. JM, you have a great day/evening! Best, -Mark
@@marksgardenlife5971, great to hear from you. It’s not remotely possible that you do these vids off the cuff. But I will try to believe you. 👍 I live in an historic village called East Greenwich. My really good friends live in Bristol, but we are all transplanted New Yorkers! I moved here 5 years ago and bought a little house in the historic district, just inches from the cove and harbor. House was built by a freed slave in 1830. So the original shell is protected by the H district. I’ve spent the last 4 years renovating it and planting garden scenarios on the property. The house is now a little jewel so I’m glad for the design/build work and workers. The gardens are especially wonderful. Serene, elegant and rustic all at the same time. I’m a guy, but I’ve got a really close friend you might know about. Her name is Jan Johnson and she writes wonderful books on garden landscapes she has been installing for 25 years. So because of the books she lectures across the country a lot. You’d love her work. She was an artist from childhood and got into gardening decades ago as an expression of art. For years I built 2 Japanese gardens in suburban New York, in the evenings. They’re my deepest passion. Anyway, I saved 5 of your vids to tonight to send to gardeners much more skilled than I, including the Bristol couple who have a splendid big garden right on the water. It’s massive, yet almost rural and elegant in simplicity. So I’m hoping they will subscribe. So tell me how I can learn more about your farm in Maryland? Website, I Assume, but I don’t know the name of the company. Are you keeping yourself a secret? Don’t, because this broken world needs you. Nite
Absolutely beautiful! I just love trees. My sister lives eastern Maryland, we took a drive up north, just pristine and so picturesque. Thanks for sharing Mark. Love it!🌈
Hi Raquel! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. The eastern shore of Maryland is really a beautiful & unique place. Thanks for watching and commenting as well! -Mark
Hey! Yes, there is going to be a summer flowering tree/shrub video coming up. I'm glad you liked the video. Thank you! You have a great week! Best, -Mark
Yes I really like them too! We are now well into the middle of spring here and everything is blooming and looks so green and pretty. Spring would have to be my fav season...it just has a feeling of new beginnings to it. Whats your fav season Mark?
Hi Cynthia! Glad you enjoyed it! John has a very interesting selection of trees in his incredible yard. Thank you and thanks for watching and commenting as well! -Mark
@@marksgardenlife5971 we had about a week or so in June 90+ and humid. Finally got a few days rain; we've been in a bit of a drought. I have lots of green tomatoes.... just a bit of septoria leaf spot. No sign of early blight. Next year, I have to rotate the rows. It's daylily and hydrangea season 🥰 looking forward to a garden video update from you.
Great video Mark! I would have liked to hear John talk about that colorful beech tree behind the styrax obassia. The leaves on it substitute for flowers any day. I'm in love with that cornus kousa 'Venus' for sure. Some of my favorite spring blooming trees are the eastern redbud. I know they are pedestrian and common but are great harbingers of the season. The other is a fantastic Cornus kousa called 'Akatsuki'. It has the nice variegated leaves like 'Wolf Eyes', but the pink flowers just absolutely pop in contrast to the tree. Then there is Rutgers' kousa 'Scarlet Fire'. Both are great for small landscapes too. Loving your informative videos so far! Thanks so much.
Hi Jessika! They really were beautiful. I should have done more close-ups. I will with the next videos. Jessika, thank you for watching and commenting too! -Mark
Hi Zaleha! Nice hearing from you! It's been a while. I'm glad you enjoyed the flowering tree video. As always, thanks for watching and commenting. -Mark
@@marksgardenlife5971 You are most welcome.. I would like to inform you that at the moment my garden is a Mangoes season...And plenty of ripe Mangoes now... It's sweet and fresh... Have a great new week...All the best wishes to you and family...Mark's Garden
I love Mangoes! I bet they are much better than the ones I buy at the grocery store. Thank you! You have a great week also and all my best to you and yours as well! -Mark
@@marksgardenlife5971 Those ripe Mangoes in my garden i gave them to my Neighbours/friends and relitives free of charge....They love it so much... Thank you...Mark's Garden.
Wow, that Dogwood with the large flowers was amazing! Two of my other favorites are Smoke Tree (Cotinus coggygria) and Fringe Tree (Chionanthus virginicus), which I refer to as 'Grancy Graybeard''. Chris Webber (maybe you've heard of him?, LOL) lives near me and has Smoketree 'Royal Purple' planted in mass at the entrance to his property. Always amazing to see them this time of year while they're blooming. Cheers!
Hi Mark! Beautiful flowering trees, out of all the tress on this video my 2 favorite trees are the Dogwood that has the huge flowers and Styrax Joponicus, i love that bell look, and i also have 3 magnolia tree but a dwarf type in pots and its been in there for 10 years this year and doing just fine too. Thank you for this great tree tour i really enjoyed it very much. Gabriel
Hey Gabriel! I'm glad you enjoyed watching the video. The dogwood with the huge white flowers was my favorite too. I'm going to try and locate some of them for here at home to plant in a area of approx. 2 acres where a Japanese Garden is going. They would be perfect for that area. As always, thanks for watching and commenting! Cheers! -Mark
It may be a while. It's going to cover a few acres and be a major undertaking. It still in in the planning process. I flew out to the western US and visited all the best Japanese Gardens on the west coast to get ideas. I learned what worked well as well as what didn't as far as design. The area where it is going has huge old trees and it really is going to be a incredible area for a Japanese Garden because the trees provide the feel it will need to look as if it's been there for years and the entire area is a gentle hill, so the water in the stream can gently wonder through the garden down to a pond at the base of the garden.
Wow the cross Stella dogwood with beautiful huge white flowers is stunning, wish I had an area to plant it down so I can look at the layers. Would love to see a fall tree/shrub video!! Oregonian grown here, transplant to Missouri!
Hi Alyssa! Kousa Dogwood...The pictures did not do it justice it was so incredible! I have more tree videos coming. Love Oregon! I was out there 3 years ago along the coast and it was so beautiful. Alyssa, thanks for watching and of course commenting as well! -Mark
great. but it would have been more helpful if you pulled close ups of the flowers to get a good view of the flowers; appreciate the scaled back up views to show the size but I want to see the flowers ups close
Hi! You are totally right. I have realized that, but to be honest, to cut the editing time down per video until I have a video editor, (it can take up to 10 hours to edit some videos) I have to avoid doing certain things. If it's a short video, I do close-ups when possible. I really appreciate you contacting me about that. Things will get better as I go along, so hang in there if you would. I'd appreciate that! Thanks for watching/commenting! You have a great week! Best, -Mark
Rhode Island here. These videos are terrific for so many important reasons. I’m sure they’re a lot of work, Mark, but please keep them coming if you possibly can. We need this calm, solid exposure to nature’s splendor.
Hi JM!
I love Newport and Block Island! Bristol too! The videos.....I'm glad you like them. Thank you! A lot of work.....the filming is easy since I don't plan ahead with what I'm going to say. Totally off the cuff. The editing, that's a different story! I do plan to keep it going as long as it continues to grow. I'd like to see more people getting involved in gardening and therefore becoming more into natures beauty and be more caring of this planet. I appreciate you watching and of course, I thank you for the very nice comments. If you like my channel, share it with your friends. I would appreciate your help very much.
JM, you have a great day/evening!
Best, -Mark
@@marksgardenlife5971, great to hear from you. It’s not remotely possible that you do these vids off the cuff. But I will try to believe you. 👍 I live in an historic village called East Greenwich. My really good friends live in Bristol, but we are all transplanted New Yorkers! I moved here 5 years ago and bought a little house in the historic district, just inches from the cove and harbor. House was built by a freed slave in 1830. So the original shell is protected by the H district. I’ve spent the last 4 years renovating it and planting garden scenarios on the property. The house is now a little jewel so I’m glad for the design/build work and workers. The gardens are especially wonderful. Serene, elegant and rustic all at the same time.
I’m a guy, but I’ve got a really close friend you might know about. Her name is Jan Johnson and she writes wonderful books on garden landscapes she has been installing for 25 years. So because of the books she lectures across the country a lot. You’d love her work. She was an artist from childhood and got into gardening decades ago as an expression of art.
For years I built 2 Japanese gardens in suburban New York, in the evenings. They’re my deepest passion. Anyway, I saved 5 of your vids to tonight to send to gardeners much more skilled than I, including the Bristol couple who have a splendid big garden right on the water. It’s massive, yet almost rural and elegant in simplicity. So I’m hoping they will subscribe. So tell me how I can learn more about your farm in Maryland? Website, I Assume, but I don’t know the name of the company. Are you keeping yourself a secret? Don’t, because this broken world needs you. Nite
Mark great video looking forward to the next one. Great property
Hi Lou!
Thank you!
Have a great day! All my best, -Mark
Very beautiful trees. Can sit and stare at for a while.
Hi Rajish!
Yes, John has a beautiful yard. Thanks for watching!
-Mark
Wow such beautiful flowering trees
Absolutely beautiful! I just love trees. My sister lives eastern Maryland, we took a drive up north, just pristine and so picturesque.
Thanks for sharing Mark. Love it!🌈
Hi Raquel!
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. The eastern shore of Maryland is really a beautiful & unique place. Thanks for watching and commenting as well!
-Mark
Hoping to see some followups because this one was terrific! John's property must be worth the visit anytime of year! Good one, Mark!
Hey!
Yes, there is going to be a summer flowering tree/shrub video coming up. I'm glad you liked the video. Thank you!
You have a great week!
Best, -Mark
Nice video, love the huge flowered dogwood!
Really enjoyed this one! The trees are beautiful! Great collection..thanks for sharing this!
John really has a interesting yard. My favorite are the Kousa Dogwood in the thumbnail. You're very welcome!
-Mark
Yes I really like them too! We are now well into the middle of spring here and everything is blooming and looks so green and pretty. Spring would have to be my fav season...it just has a feeling of new beginnings to it. Whats your fav season Mark?
Wonderful video...i love Redbuds....i had several cultivars with different colors of leaves and flowers.
An exquisite collection of trees!!
Hi Kiko!
Yes, John has a really great variety of trees at his place. I'm glad you enjoyed. Thanks for watching and commenting as well.
-Mark
Great job Cousin John, wonderful video Mark.
Hi Cynthia!
Glad you enjoyed it! John has a very interesting selection of trees in his incredible yard. Thank you and thanks for watching and commenting as well!
-Mark
Great show. I live in New England. Yes to Fall color. 😊
Yes, I remember you are from NH. A beautiful state! How's your weather been up there so far this summer?
-Mark
@@marksgardenlife5971 we had about a week or so in June 90+ and humid. Finally got a few days rain; we've been in a bit of a drought. I have lots of green tomatoes.... just a bit of septoria leaf spot. No sign of early blight. Next year, I have to rotate the rows. It's daylily and hydrangea season 🥰 looking forward to a garden video update from you.
Hope we get to see John's trees in the Fall/Autumn color!
Great video Mark! I would have liked to hear John talk about that colorful beech tree behind the styrax obassia. The leaves on it substitute for flowers any day. I'm in love with that cornus kousa 'Venus' for sure.
Some of my favorite spring blooming trees are the eastern redbud. I know they are pedestrian and common but are great harbingers of the season. The other is a fantastic Cornus kousa called 'Akatsuki'. It has the nice variegated leaves like 'Wolf Eyes', but the pink flowers just absolutely pop in contrast to the tree. Then there is Rutgers' kousa 'Scarlet Fire'. Both are great for small landscapes too.
Loving your informative videos so far! Thanks so much.
So beautiful flower❤❤❤
Thank you! Cheers!
-Mark
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Those Dogwoods look magical, it would be nice to see up close shots of them like those adorable snowbells.
Hi Jessika!
They really were beautiful. I should have done more close-ups. I will with the next videos. Jessika, thank you for watching and commenting too!
-Mark
Another nice video! I like your format. Useful information. No obnoxious "RUclips Music" and you don't start every video with "What's up, everyone?"
Hey!
Thank you!
-Mark
@@marksgardenlife5971 you’re welcome
Truly Beautiful....
Thank you for sharing....Mark's Garden
Hi Zaleha!
Nice hearing from you! It's been a while. I'm glad you enjoyed the flowering tree video. As always, thanks for watching and commenting.
-Mark
@@marksgardenlife5971 You are most welcome..
I would like to inform you that at the moment my garden is a Mangoes season...And plenty of ripe Mangoes now... It's sweet and fresh...
Have a great new week...All the best wishes to you and family...Mark's Garden
I love Mangoes! I bet they are much better than the ones I buy at the grocery store. Thank you! You have a great week also and all my best to you and yours as well!
-Mark
@@marksgardenlife5971 Those ripe Mangoes in my garden i gave them to my Neighbours/friends and relitives free of charge....They love it so much...
Thank you...Mark's Garden.
Wow, that Dogwood with the large flowers was amazing! Two of my other favorites are Smoke Tree (Cotinus coggygria) and Fringe Tree (Chionanthus virginicus), which I refer to as 'Grancy Graybeard''. Chris Webber (maybe you've heard of him?, LOL) lives near me and has Smoketree 'Royal Purple' planted in mass at the entrance to his property. Always amazing to see them this time of year while they're blooming. Cheers!
Hi Mark!
Beautiful flowering trees, out of all the tress on this video my 2 favorite trees are the Dogwood that has the huge flowers and Styrax Joponicus, i love that bell look, and i also have 3 magnolia tree but a dwarf type in pots and its been in there for 10 years this year and doing just fine too.
Thank you for this great tree tour i really enjoyed it very much.
Gabriel
Hey Gabriel!
I'm glad you enjoyed watching the video. The dogwood with the huge white flowers was my favorite too. I'm going to try and locate some of them for here at home to plant in a area of approx. 2 acres where a Japanese Garden is going. They would be perfect for that area. As always, thanks for watching and commenting!
Cheers!
-Mark
@@marksgardenlife5971 l’m looking forward to seeing your Japanese garden 😃
It may be a while. It's going to cover a few acres and be a major undertaking. It still in in the planning process. I flew out to the western US and visited all the best Japanese Gardens on the west coast to get ideas. I learned what worked well as well as what didn't as far as design. The area where it is going has huge old trees and it really is going to be a incredible area for a Japanese Garden because the trees provide the feel it will need to look as if it's been there for years and the entire area is a gentle hill, so the water in the stream can gently wonder through the garden down to a pond at the base of the garden.
@@marksgardenlife5971 that's awesome i love Japanese gardens and i cant wait to see yours.
Wow the cross Stella dogwood with beautiful huge white flowers is stunning, wish I had an area to plant it down so I can look at the layers. Would love to see a fall tree/shrub video!! Oregonian grown here, transplant to Missouri!
Hi Alyssa!
Kousa Dogwood...The pictures did not do it justice it was so incredible! I have more tree videos coming. Love Oregon! I was out there 3 years ago along the coast and it was so beautiful. Alyssa, thanks for watching and of course commenting as well!
-Mark
Great show Mark! I like my trees limbed up 10-15 feet off the ground. Is it only a personal preference thing?
Hi David!
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, some people like trees limbed up, some don't! Thanks for watching and commenting too!
-Mark
It would be helpful to list the names of the trees in your description. Thank you
great. but it would have been more helpful if you pulled close ups of the flowers to get a good view of the flowers; appreciate the scaled back up views to show the size but I want to see the flowers ups close
Hi!
You are totally right. I have realized that, but to be honest, to cut the editing time down per video until I have a video editor, (it can take up to 10 hours to edit some videos) I have to avoid doing certain things. If it's a short video, I do close-ups when possible. I really appreciate you contacting me about that. Things will get better as I go along, so hang in there if you would. I'd appreciate that! Thanks for watching/commenting!
You have a great week!
Best, -Mark
He meant indumentum instead of 'indentum' and Styrax japonicus instead of S. japonicum/japonica, also Cotinus coggygria instead of C. coccigyiria.
Hi Jean!
Thank you for the corrections! I appreciate that!
Best,
-Mark
@@marksgardenlife5971 yes, but does your friend? LOL
@@jeanrae2171 he absolutely does lol. Thank you. That’s what happens when you’re self taught.