Absolutely wonderful, so it is no wonder that both of you look and sound so happy. Gardens, bring out the best in all of us, as we explore our imaginations and plant in the way nature intended, thank you so very much. xx
What an interesting video! I've made the mistakes of not 'listening to the land', planting impulsively, not considering the long term outcome. I've changed. I had to. Now when I am in my garden, my soul seems to rest, and any wildlife that joins me I take as a compliment. Such great advice! I wished I found your channel sooner than I did.
Alexandra, thank you so much for all your videos! I have been hooked since our offer for our next house got accepted. It is a North East facing garden with one fairly mature tree and lots of ivy spilling in from the neighbours garden. This video really helps me have the courage of my convictions in just holding the brakes on any major upheaval until we get to know the garden much better. Thank you again ❤
Thank you - How exciting to have a new garden to look forward to. I don't know if you saw the latest video, which is actually about north facing gardens, so here it is in case you are interested. ruclips.net/video/-u6XUMJc6ME/видео.html I hope it all goes well!
Fantastic video!!! The tips given are just perfect. As a new gardener I’m discovering many new things on my own. One has been layers and what took me back was how this great gardener finds his inspiration in the woods or forest because I’ve been paying attention a lot to our woodland areas around here. I’ve been asked to do a video on layers because I always speak how important they are specially in a small garden like mine I believe it not only makes it fuller but a more mature look. I don’t believe I’m ready at all to give such great advice as on your video but I will be explaining my experience and why to me it’s important. How I love your channel wonderful information. Have a beautiful day.💚💚💚💚💚💚
Love your content! When I bought this home a couple years ago it was a jungle of grasses and weeds and had lost all but one tree but I took the same advice and this is the year I start implementing my plan. I’ve lived with almost no landscape other than the oak and two crepe myrtle which are so over used in the southern United States. Thanks for all your efforts!!
Great advice! Wait for a whole growing season, study your garden, watch where the sun rises, as it changes during the year, watch the shadows made by the buildings and by the trees, as they're much longer or shorter as the seasons go by.
Great tips although I won't be waiting a full year to do anything to the garden. It's funny how green thumbs always give that advice but few of us actually follow it ;)
I know what you mean! Although a year can go awfully quickly and if you're busy doing other things...we left it six years, but that was because we didn't have a clue and it took that long to get our heads round it. Much harder if you've got the ideas already.
Very interesting tips. Thanks Alexandra. I really like the layers idea. Maybe one can add another layer under the bulbs layer - mulch, fallen leaves or creeping ground covers, for example? They add to the overall landscape. Filling gaps with contrasting foliage, as Adam suggests, is a useful way to approach filling gaps. I always find filling gaps difficult because the plants on either side are often capable of filling the gaps in time, through further growth. The garden designer who redesigned our front garden two years ago did not want to fill gaps for that very reason. In fact, she said, "Oh I don't believe in having a stuffed garden" (it sounded quite funny!). She also said that shrubs would grow to meet one another and knit together. However I sometimes found the gaps too stark and filled them anyway, later moving them (or even consigning them to the compost heap, I'm afraid). I think the garden owner has the last say - "to fill, or not to fill". :)
I completely agree. I think some people plant annuals in gaps to give the shrubs a chance to fill out, but I'm not sure that I'm that organised. The trouble with gaps is that they offer such a lovely opportunity for weeds.
I was so sorry (under statement of the Decade) to see on 'GW' that Adam Frost has sold his stunningly beautiful garden. 😭 It is noone's business but there must be a backstory to this, ie more than "wanting to spend time with Family". I have not been able to stop thinkimg about the loss of that beautiful property. 😭😭😭
A word to sum up my garden? That's tough! *Vegetables *Heirloom plants *Native plants *Raised beds *Clothes line *Lawn *House built 1935 =pre-war garden
Love that idea of having a word that describes how you want your garden to feel or look and basing purchases around that word.
Absolutely wonderful, so it is no wonder that both of you look and sound so happy. Gardens, bring out the best in all of us, as we explore our imaginations and plant in the way nature intended, thank you so very much. xx
Thank you!
fantastic tips from Adam Frost! great!! "Enjoy those little moments your garden will give you"!
What an interesting video! I've made the mistakes of not 'listening to the land', planting impulsively, not considering the long term outcome. I've changed. I had to. Now when I am in my garden, my soul seems to rest, and any wildlife that joins me I take as a compliment. Such great advice! I wished I found your channel sooner than I did.
Thank you so much - and don't regret all those impulsive plantings, because I bet a few of them turned out just beautifully!
Alexandra, thank you so much for all your videos! I have been hooked since our offer for our next house got accepted. It is a North East facing garden with one fairly mature tree and lots of ivy spilling in from the neighbours garden. This video really helps me have the courage of my convictions in just holding the brakes on any major upheaval until we get to know the garden much better. Thank you again ❤
Thank you - How exciting to have a new garden to look forward to. I don't know if you saw the latest video, which is actually about north facing gardens, so here it is in case you are interested. ruclips.net/video/-u6XUMJc6ME/видео.html I hope it all goes well!
Fantastic video!!! The tips given are just perfect. As a new gardener I’m discovering many new things on my own. One has been layers and what took me back was how this great gardener finds his inspiration in the woods or forest because I’ve been paying attention a lot to our woodland areas around here. I’ve been asked to do a video on layers because I always speak how important they are specially in a small garden like mine I believe it not only makes it fuller but a more mature look. I don’t believe I’m ready at all to give such great advice as on your video but I will be explaining my experience and why to me it’s important. How I love your channel wonderful information. Have a beautiful day.💚💚💚💚💚💚
Thank you, so interesting that you are thinking about layers too.
Love your content! When I bought this home a couple years ago it was a jungle of grasses and weeds and had lost all but one tree but I took the same advice and this is the year I start implementing my plan. I’ve lived with almost no landscape other than the oak and two crepe myrtle which are so over used in the southern United States. Thanks for all your efforts!!
It's a pleasure, thank you for commenting.
Great advice! Wait for a whole growing season, study your garden, watch where the sun rises, as it changes during the year, watch the shadows made by the buildings and by the trees, as they're much longer or shorter as the seasons go by.
Thank you!
You have a beautiful garden.
Thank you!
“Every garden has a microclimate.” That is so true. I made that point in my recent video “Flower Empowerment Sun or Shade.” 🌼🌿
It's so interesting.
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Great tips although I won't be waiting a full year to do anything to the garden. It's funny how green thumbs always give that advice but few of us actually follow it ;)
I know what you mean! Although a year can go awfully quickly and if you're busy doing other things...we left it six years, but that was because we didn't have a clue and it took that long to get our heads round it. Much harder if you've got the ideas already.
Very interesting tips. Thanks Alexandra. I really like the layers idea. Maybe one can add another layer under the bulbs layer - mulch, fallen leaves or creeping ground covers, for example? They add to the overall landscape.
Filling gaps with contrasting foliage, as Adam suggests, is a useful way to approach filling gaps. I always find filling gaps difficult because the plants on either side are often capable of filling the gaps in time, through further growth. The garden designer who redesigned our front garden two years ago did not want to fill gaps for that very reason. In fact, she said, "Oh I don't believe in having a stuffed garden" (it sounded quite funny!). She also said that shrubs would grow to meet one another and knit together. However I sometimes found the gaps too stark and filled them anyway, later moving them (or even consigning them to the compost heap, I'm afraid). I think the garden owner has the last say - "to fill, or not to fill". :)
I completely agree. I think some people plant annuals in gaps to give the shrubs a chance to fill out, but I'm not sure that I'm that organised. The trouble with gaps is that they offer such a lovely opportunity for weeds.
Great video, Alexandra!
Thank you!!
Great video
Great tips 👍
Enjoyed this
So glad to hear
I was so sorry (under statement of the Decade) to see on 'GW' that Adam Frost has sold his stunningly beautiful garden. 😭 It is noone's business but there must be a backstory to this, ie more than "wanting to spend time with Family". I have not been able to stop thinkimg about the loss of that beautiful property. 😭😭😭
Yes, I wondered about that. I hope he's OK.
Very helpful garden tip, I'm going to roll around in my garden as soon as I can, let's be RUclips mate?
Anyone know the name of the flower at 5:13?
I'm fairly sure it's one of the 'Happy' series of Dahlias or it might be one of the 'Bishop of....' dahlias.
A word to sum up my garden? That's tough!
*Vegetables
*Heirloom plants
*Native plants
*Raised beds
*Clothes line
*Lawn
*House built 1935
=pre-war garden