You saved my sanity during the COVID lockdown ( we all caught it anyway because we worked in a local elementary school before the official lockdown) and for half a year I literally had no energy to do anything but watch your videos which my son introduced me to. I am so happy to see you swim with the koi! God bless you!
Its amazing! how all your creations from just a few years have majestically transformed. i wish i could be there. even so, me just watching on YT already is mesmerized. Great Job!
Two of my most favorite All-Things-Gardening RUclips influencers, Epic Gardening and Garden Answer!!! Love, love your camaraderie and your enthusiasm for this Chicago event! Looks like you both were headliners!!! Thanks for sharing what must have been exciting and inspiring!!!
Yours and Jacques commentary of laughter is always so refreshing! Watching your video and the different perspective between Laura’s is great! Your comment at the last pond, saying Laura is going nuts over the landscape was hilarious!
It was awesome to see your prospective of the ponds after watching Laura’s videos. I enjoy watching both of you and it’s great to see you collaborate on this event.
This was an awesome collab. My parents live near Laura and she is their main garden youtube channel, whereas I live closer to you and you are my main. It was fun to see the combo together.
So glad you all were able to come to Chicagoland! My friend and I were able to get our harvest baskets signed by you guys and it meant so much to us that y'all were so awesome! Both of us were so excited to meet all of you. We were particularly impressed at Jacques sharing that he had three slices of deep dish! Thanks so much and I hope y'all get a chance to come again!
Love this! It's so fun seeing you all together! As I said on Laura's channel, it looks like you all really got along well and I just love that! And that last garden!!!!! 😮🤩😍 Like oh my holy wow!
That was great. I have been waiting for this video. I watched all of Laura's. I am looking forward to see what you do with all that inspiration. That last garden was so amazing. I am in Phoenix AZ so way different climate but I have been working hard to try and get most of my property covered with desert trees and plants to get the desert version of that.
I was born and raised in the high desert of AZ! I’m soooooo excited to hear you’re using native plants/ desert plants! A lot of people underestimate how beautiful the native desert plants can be! A desert oasis can be created (and have a low use of resources) if done properly and it sounds like you’re heading in the right direction 😊🖤🖤!
Wldnt it be great to wake up every morning to that gorgeous place and walking out in the morning with a cup of coffee? A piece of heaven that is for sure!
I enjoyed the different perspective that you brought to the tour. You should add more flowers to your space. The best part for me is that Laura got to see a cardinal in person for the first time. I live in Texas and have so many cardinals around my property. I think about her missing out after I heard she has not seen one in person before. The cardinal couples work as a team and are fascinating to watch. We had a baby fall out of the nest once and the daddy was faking an injury to lure our dogs away so mama could rescue the baby.
I live on Chelsea Sq in NYC and the neighborhood & back gardens have many old trees; hickory, elm & oak. There are two resident pair of cardinals back there that start singing just before dawn beginning in the early spring and continuing throughout the summer. I’ve also seen purple house finches, cedar waxwings, goldfinches and blue jays (to name a few) here in the historic garden district. There’s also a pair of kestrels that nest in the church bell-tower across the street which periodically take down pigeons on the rooftops! There was a formal pond in the backyard which sprung a leak so rather than repair it the management just filled it with soil. I and other tenants association members got together and created a “pollinator/butterfly” garden in it with all the usual species; purple coneflowers, bee balm, buddleja, milkweed, rudbeckia, creeping phlox, dill-weed, parsley, etc.. Now the back patio is visited by monarchs, swallowtails, blue peacocks & other butterfly/insect species including the occasional ruby-throated hummingbird. It’s important to raise people’s awareness to the plight of the monarch and other increasingly rare species, especially the children as they will be the wardens of the planet in the future.
I saw Laura's tour of that last garden a few days ago and my mouth was hanging open in awe. It could not be more beautiful, but all the ponds were just right for their settings, too. Simply gorgeous!
So very interesting to see your take on the pond tours, Kevin. I have already seen Laura's videos (and now yours), and they complement one another's beautifully. Greetings from Michigan! 😊
This was the most fantastic pond tour Ever! I live very close to where you visited and Laura and you guys did the coolest job showing off our neighborhoods here in Chicagoland! 👍👌🏝
Love all of them! This is 30 mins from where I was born and we’re both sets of my grandparents farmed. Even most farm yards are so nice with flowers and vegetables. Definitely miss especially this time of year when the sweet corn is ripe and the tomatoes. That dirt is some of the most fertile in the whole USA.
The day I saw my most favorite gardeners together I was so overwhelmed I cried. You guys have changed my life. Kevin, Laura n Aaron not forgetting Jacques. Brian would may my pond here in Austria if I was rich.
I thought I had pond envy seeing yours and Laura's ponds, but dang! Guess I need to what more of the pond tours!! It never ceases to amaze me the things people do with their yards in other parts of the country... makes me miss home (WNY) even more!
I love when Kevin mentioned there's no trees with his pond. That's been my #1 top complaint since moving down to Southern California from Northern California. I. WANT. MY. TREES!! Even if my allergies kill me, I love me my trees. Palm trees don't count! 🤣
That last garden is a woodland paradise. I see so many plants there that I am using in my yard with a very similar scenario. I can only hope in 10 years it looks a fraction of this.
Great video! Love watching all of you tour the gardens. The gardens are spectacular. I was there and got the privileged of meeting you and had such a nice conversation. The roof was unbelievable! So glad you filmed it as we did not get to see it from the top. Wow! Greg was such a great host. Nice people, good food and awesome gardens, what else could you want.
When I see a lush garden in Chicago I'm so jealous of all the colors of hostas. We can't grow them in zone 10 because snails can't live though a Chicago winter, and snails LOVE hostas. 😮💨💚
There was even a Chicago Cardinals tour.😂 There's a clear sense of Eastern inspiration. This is a wonderful garden with shade from Madara trees,… It is an ideal area😏👼🌲 The Spotted Cardinal tour was awesome⭐️
Thank you for coming out! It was great meeting both of you and we also appreciated getting to feed the koi fish with Kevin. Our kids got a kick out of that!! 🤣 You guys are just as kind and fun in person as you come across in your videos. Again, thank you for doing the meet and greet, it was wonderful meeting both of you!!
Ed the Pond Professor has created water features for many well-known plant/terrarium, animal/reptile RUclips presenters. Years ago he held a contest where many individuals created their own designs on his property. I’m not sure if any/all of those remaining were those built back then and grown in years later(?) The pink, spiky woodland plants you questioned are astilbe. Many ornamental plants on that property require cool, moist growing conditions and a hard winter freeze, they would not survive in arid, dry Southern California. Your pond is very nice and marginals like purple pickerel weed, miniature papyrus/cattails, various rush species and either dwarf or standard lotus would do well in your zone. If you grew lotus you could harvest the heads and eat the seeds, all parts of the plant (and most Nymphaea sp. waterlilies) are edible as I’m sure you’re aware. 👍🏻
Thank you for sharing your amazing tour with Aquascape & welcome to Northern Illinois! My husband & I were married at The Herrington in Geneva a few years ago, love that place! Wish we had known you were visiting! 💚👩🏻🌾Anne @MartinHouseFlowers
Watching from Lake of the Ozarks Missouri. I was born and raised in Melrose Park Illinois. Moved to Linn Creek MO 2011 August. My family and I vacationed out here. Planning on remodelling and doing extra with my property
I guess it would be worth it to see if there are pond enthusiasts in your area that can give you good examples of what to expect for a pond in your warmer climate.
Nice thing with this company pond is keeping rainwater fresh in an open container neat to use to water garden. Should google San Diego wild plants for easy maintenance and if do shade tree, neat to try something that likes your climate ...Garden Answer lives in very hot 100F summers high desert and they like a thornless honey locust...does dappled light. Drip tape for annuals if want more water loving flowers.
I watched GA's version of the visit. You guys were able to visit very epic ponds and landscapes. That last pond and forest was so amazing! I saw that you guys were having fun in the indoor fun zone! Who won the squash ball game? You or Jacque?
For a future homestead video, you guys should grow different sauce tomatoes and make pasta with each. Like romas, san marzano and amish paste, and see which is the best sauce tomato. Maybe throw a juicier one in there as a wildcard
Hey Kevin, I haven't seen one of your garden hack reviews lately but I just saw one for you called Super Special Technique for Propagating Apples With Aloe Vera, how to growing apples trees I also saw a similar lemon one but I didn't watch it.
Wow such beautiful gardens! My current yard is full of trees and if you want hostas and ferns the growing is great! However if you want veggies, fruits, and beautiful flowers it just doesn’t work as they require so much more sunlight. I have a small space that gets about 6 hours of direct sun so I’m able to grow a few veggies and flowers there. I have a major deer problem though and they absolutely love hostas! They have eaten every leaf off of each plant 😂. Had I known that I would have put ferns next to my sidewalk instead of 20 hostas! Oh well…maybe next years project will be digging and moving things around since putting up a fence at my rental isn’t an option. The more you know 🌈!
Wow i loved the first and last ones best. I wish you took a little more time and slowly went down the way the water falls. Just gorgeous. It must rain there a lot. 😅 Astilbe is the plant you said you didnt know what it was.
Now I know why Jacque hasn't posted any videos. Can't wait to see his next one, "Garden leftovers" ! Glad you guys are getting to see some great garden ponds, and landscaping!!
Welcome to the Midwest! Outdoor space and a few thousand square feet in the house for a reasonable price! We won't mention the biting wind and negative wind chills in the winter though ;)
Do you see why I say…
“I ❤ MY JOB!”
You saved my sanity during the COVID lockdown ( we all caught it anyway because we worked in a local elementary school before the official lockdown) and for half a year I literally had no energy to do anything but watch your videos which my son introduced me to. I am so happy to see you swim with the koi! God bless you!
Greg, these are over the top amazing!
Its amazing! how all your creations from just a few years have majestically transformed. i wish i could be there. even so, me just watching on YT already is mesmerized. Great Job!
It shows! Awesome work!
I love it that you got to hang with Laura! My 2 favourite channels together!!!!
Kevin the Koi Whisperer! Epic Gardening + Garden Answer = 🤩 Amazing ponds and gardens! Head’s quarters is just next level. Thanks for sharing.
Two of my most favorite All-Things-Gardening RUclips influencers, Epic Gardening and Garden Answer!!! Love, love your camaraderie and your enthusiasm for this Chicago event! Looks like you both were headliners!!! Thanks for sharing what must have been exciting and inspiring!!!
Epic crossover. I already saw the Garden Answer videos as I am a longtime subscriber. Now I get to see this from a different perspective.
Yours and Jacques commentary of laughter is always so refreshing! Watching your video and the different perspective between Laura’s is great! Your comment at the last pond, saying Laura is going nuts over the landscape was hilarious!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Those are truly some epic ponds!
Love the idea of being able to use the pond, also so cool to hear the koi, never knew they are so loud!
It was awesome to see your prospective of the ponds after watching Laura’s videos. I enjoy watching both of you and it’s great to see you collaborate on this event.
Our pleasure! We had a blast together. - Kevin
Of course Laura's like "Ooo plants"
Just released a couple of minutes ago, perfect timing as my food is ready, enjoy the video everyone !
Hope you enjoy!
Haha, I love that Laura's introduction is her distracted by plants. Perfect.
Right?!
This was an awesome collab. My parents live near Laura and she is their main garden youtube channel, whereas I live closer to you and you are my main. It was fun to see the combo together.
So glad you all were able to come to Chicagoland! My friend and I were able to get our harvest baskets signed by you guys and it meant so much to us that y'all were so awesome! Both of us were so excited to meet all of you. We were particularly impressed at Jacques sharing that he had three slices of deep dish! Thanks so much and I hope y'all get a chance to come again!
So fun to meet you! Hope you have some epic harvests in those :)
I could have easily had 4 if there was another slice! And also, it was great meeting you two!
Love this! It's so fun seeing you all together! As I said on Laura's channel, it looks like you all really got along well and I just love that! And that last garden!!!!! 😮🤩😍 Like oh my holy wow!
We had an absolute blast together
That was great. I have been waiting for this video. I watched all of Laura's. I am looking forward to see what you do with all that inspiration. That last garden was so amazing. I am in Phoenix AZ so way different climate but I have been working hard to try and get most of my property covered with desert trees and plants to get the desert version of that.
I was born and raised in the high desert of AZ! I’m soooooo excited to hear you’re using native plants/ desert plants! A lot of people underestimate how beautiful the native desert plants can be! A desert oasis can be created (and have a low use of resources) if done properly and it sounds like you’re heading in the right direction 😊🖤🖤!
"Nuts on Clark " lol 😂
I like this series already.
Wldnt it be great to wake up every morning to that gorgeous place and walking out in the morning with a cup of coffee? A piece of heaven that is for sure!
I enjoyed the different perspective that you brought to the tour. You should add more flowers to your space. The best part for me is that Laura got to see a cardinal in person for the first time. I live in Texas and have so many cardinals around my property. I think about her missing out after I heard she has not seen one in person before. The cardinal couples work as a team and are fascinating to watch. We had a baby fall out of the nest once and the daddy was faking an injury to lure our dogs away so mama could rescue the baby.
You'll see a new video out here soon about some annuals!
I live on Chelsea Sq in NYC and the neighborhood & back gardens have many old trees; hickory, elm & oak. There are two resident pair of cardinals back there that start singing just before dawn beginning in the early spring and continuing throughout the summer. I’ve also seen purple house finches, cedar waxwings, goldfinches and blue jays (to name a few) here in the historic garden district. There’s also a pair of kestrels that nest in the church bell-tower across the street which periodically take down pigeons on the rooftops! There was a formal pond in the backyard which sprung a leak so rather than repair it the management just filled it with soil. I and other tenants association members got together and created a “pollinator/butterfly” garden in it with all the usual species; purple coneflowers, bee balm, buddleja, milkweed, rudbeckia, creeping phlox, dill-weed, parsley, etc.. Now the back patio is visited by monarchs, swallowtails, blue peacocks & other butterfly/insect species including the occasional ruby-throated hummingbird. It’s important to raise people’s awareness to the plight of the monarch and other increasingly rare species, especially the children as they will be the wardens of the planet in the future.
Thank you for taking us along! What an absolute joy to see those beautiful ponds and gardens!
Super great video! You, Jaques, and your team are really doing something wonderful with this channel. I 💚 it!!! Thank you all!!!!
So fun! Aaron and Laura with Jacques and Kev!! My favorites!!
I'm a fan of both of your channels, so it's fun to see both perspectives!😅🥰
Happy to hear that!
I saw Laura's tour of that last garden a few days ago and my mouth was hanging open in awe. It could not be more beautiful, but all the ponds were just right for their settings, too. Simply gorgeous!
Love the “off the stead” content!!! Mixing it up has to feel great
Second! I think it’s a fantastic idea!🖤
So very interesting to see your take on the pond tours, Kevin. I have already seen Laura's videos (and now yours), and they complement one another's beautifully. Greetings from Michigan! 😊
Greeting Diane!
This is the best collaboration ever! My two favorite Gardening channels.
This was the most fantastic pond tour Ever! I live very close to where you visited and Laura and you guys did the coolest job showing off our neighborhoods here in Chicagoland! 👍👌🏝
Awesome! Thank you!
I'm in Wisconsin...Welcome to our neck of the woods! Love seeing your and Laura's perspective. Such amazing ponds!!
Awesome to see you guys collab!
Love all of them! This is 30 mins from where I was born and we’re both sets of my grandparents farmed. Even most farm yards are so nice with flowers and vegetables. Definitely miss especially this time of year when the sweet corn is ripe and the tomatoes. That dirt is some of the most fertile in the whole USA.
Wonderful, wonderful trip. The gardens and ponds are outstanding. ❤ TY for sharing this with us.
I vote MOM’S HOUSE WAS THE BEST ❤. SO QUAINT. LOVE THAT YOU DID THIS FOR YOUR MOM AND DAD GREG❤❤❤
👊
The day I saw my most favorite gardeners together I was so overwhelmed I cried. You guys have changed my life. Kevin, Laura n Aaron not forgetting Jacques. Brian would may my pond here in Austria if I was rich.
I thought I had pond envy seeing yours and Laura's ponds, but dang! Guess I need to what more of the pond tours!!
It never ceases to amaze me the things people do with their yards in other parts of the country... makes me miss home (WNY) even more!
Love Laura!!!! So happy to see you both together ❤
Love his moms pond !!!
❤
Another vid from the best gardening RUclipsr ever this made my day
I love when Kevin mentioned there's no trees with his pond. That's been my #1 top complaint since moving down to Southern California from Northern California. I. WANT. MY. TREES!! Even if my allergies kill me, I love me my trees. Palm trees don't count! 🤣
That last garden is a woodland paradise. I see so many plants there that I am using in my yard with a very similar scenario. I can only hope in 10 years it looks a fraction of this.
Gorgeous garden.
Beautiful ponds. I live in Chicago. I would love to see them. That one was like walking through a forest. What a dream it would be to live there.
Aqualand in St Charles
Great video! Love watching all of you tour the gardens. The gardens are spectacular. I was there and got the privileged of meeting you and had such a nice conversation. The roof was unbelievable! So glad you filmed it as we did not get to see it from the top. Wow! Greg was such a great host. Nice people, good food and awesome gardens, what else could you want.
A tree by your pond would create a wonderful little oasis in the midst of your open homestead.
Pizza - Pequads / hot dog - Super dawg / white Sox or cubs game / architectural boat tour / chicago botanical garden / lake shore drive
All my faves! Gardens and Ponds!
When I see a lush garden in Chicago I'm so jealous of all the colors of hostas. We can't grow them in zone 10 because snails can't live though a Chicago winter, and snails LOVE hostas. 😮💨💚
Oh dang these people are RICH rich. Love the vibes in those backyards.
20 seconds in and I'M SO EXCITED
Well now I’m inspired to take a master class on landscape design! But legit, look how STOKED they are 😭💕
Hey! You're right near me! I live on the Fox River in Batavia
Check out Villa Verona while you're in Geneva. They have AMAZING italian food!
That last backyard pond was AMAZING. My mind was absolutely blown. Thank you for this!
Glad you enjoyed it!
What what!??🤯 Chicago? We'll welcome boys get you an Italian Beef before you leave!! Geneva? You guys are in my grandmother's backyard now😂
We got one! It's so good
There was even a Chicago Cardinals tour.😂
There's a clear sense of Eastern inspiration.
This is a wonderful garden with shade from Madara trees,…
It is an ideal area😏👼🌲
The Spotted Cardinal tour was awesome⭐️
Oh Wow!!! That forest river garden was undescribably amazing!
as a longtime viewer, this is definitely one of the more awesome and creative video ideas y'all have had, kudos
Thanks so much!
Thank you for coming out! It was great meeting both of you and we also appreciated getting to feed the koi fish with Kevin. Our kids got a kick out of that!! 🤣 You guys are just as kind and fun in person as you come across in your videos. Again, thank you for doing the meet and greet, it was wonderful meeting both of you!!
Such a blast to meet your family!
Ed the Pond Professor has created water features for many well-known plant/terrarium, animal/reptile RUclips presenters. Years ago he held a contest where many individuals created their own designs on his property. I’m not sure if any/all of those remaining were those built back then and grown in years later(?) The pink, spiky woodland plants you questioned are astilbe. Many ornamental plants on that property require cool, moist growing conditions and a hard winter freeze, they would not survive in arid, dry Southern California. Your pond is very nice and marginals like purple pickerel weed, miniature papyrus/cattails, various rush species and either dwarf or standard lotus would do well in your zone. If you grew lotus you could harvest the heads and eat the seeds, all parts of the plant (and most Nymphaea sp. waterlilies) are edible as I’m sure you’re aware. 👍🏻
Thank you for sharing! The locations were beautiful and the hostas at the final home location were beautiful.
Thank you for sharing your amazing tour with Aquascape & welcome to Northern Illinois! My husband & I were married at The Herrington in Geneva a few years ago, love that place! Wish we had known you were visiting! 💚👩🏻🌾Anne @MartinHouseFlowers
Watching from Lake of the Ozarks Missouri. I was born and raised in Melrose Park Illinois. Moved to Linn Creek MO 2011 August. My family and I vacationed out here. Planning on remodelling and doing extra with my property
It's interesting to see these gardens from your height versus Laura's height. Love both of them! 😊😊
Oh Kevin! Jacques! I love this pond tour. Now I really want a pond. 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
😱😱😱 those ponds and the landscaping 🤩 love it that 2 of my fave gardening channels are together!! 😍 more of this please 😃
Wow, these ponds are gorgeous!! It definitely feels like a fairytale!
Loving the collab!!!
Her first cardinal?!?! It had never occurred to me that people don't have those elsewhere!
I’m so happy y’all were in the Midwest it’s where I’m from ❤❤❤ about an hour north from where you were.
That was incredible!
There's NOTHING like a good Deep Dish crust!
So bready!
Soooo excited! Been waiting for this video!
Finally! Loving the pond field trip!
Dream come true to me!
Welcome to the Midwest, Gents!
How cool.
Welcome to the Midwest guys!! Way different weather than you all have! …taking notes on the Harrington Inn…thanx for the dairy tip!
Epic Gardening Answer, my idea of plant avengers and with aquascape is the multiverse of my bingewatch during covid
Those are some amazing ponds
I guess it would be worth it to see if there are pond enthusiasts in your area that can give you good examples of what to expect for a pond in your warmer climate.
Wow so beautiful place❤❤❤Enjoy and keep safe always
I can’t believe you were here in Illinois! I drive by their facility everyday and been to the Harrington. I hope you enjoyed your stay.
Stop in!
@@GregWittstockThePondGuy I will! I have an acre and a half that needs a pond!
So cool to see you and Laura hanging together. Such amazing ponds but I must admit got a bit of vertigo watching this video. Lol
The collab we never knew we always wanted
Nice thing with this company pond is keeping rainwater fresh in an open container
neat to use to water garden. Should google San Diego wild plants for easy maintenance and if do shade tree, neat to try something that likes your climate ...Garden Answer lives in very hot 100F summers high desert and they like a thornless honey locust...does dappled light. Drip tape for annuals if want more water loving flowers.
You all should see if Laura will come out and help you do some landscaping!!!
As a fellow Californian I’m always amazed at the residential property sizes in other states too 😂
I would love to see scientific studies on mental health and being around calming water sounds and lush landscape. Just magical and calming.
Thx 4 sharing! How do they keep from freezing in winter or running water doesnt freeze is what they r counting on?
Pumps are buried deep!
I watched GA's version of the visit. You guys were able to visit very epic ponds and landscapes. That last pond and forest was so amazing! I saw that you guys were having fun in the indoor fun zone! Who won the squash ball game? You or Jacque?
For a future homestead video, you guys should grow different sauce tomatoes and make pasta with each. Like romas, san marzano and amish paste, and see which is the best sauce tomato. Maybe throw a juicier one in there as a wildcard
Great call
OMG, yes.
Hey Kevin,
I haven't seen one of your garden hack reviews lately but I just saw one for you called Super Special Technique for Propagating Apples With Aloe Vera, how to growing apples trees I also saw a similar lemon one but I didn't watch it.
Wow such beautiful gardens! My current yard is full of trees and if you want hostas and ferns the growing is great! However if you want veggies, fruits, and beautiful flowers it just doesn’t work as they require so much more sunlight. I have a small space that gets about 6 hours of direct sun so I’m able to grow a few veggies and flowers there. I have a major deer problem though and they absolutely love hostas! They have eaten every leaf off of each plant 😂. Had I known that I would have put ferns next to my sidewalk instead of 20 hostas! Oh well…maybe next years project will be digging and moving things around since putting up a fence at my rental isn’t an option. The more you know 🌈!
Better the deer and slugs eat the hostas than your veggies, tho :]
Loved this video!!
People mover 😂
Wow i loved the first and last ones best. I wish you took a little more time and slowly went down the way the water falls. Just gorgeous. It must rain there a lot. 😅 Astilbe is the plant you said you didnt know what it was.
I love jaqués’s travel hat 👒
This is so awesome!!!
Now I know why Jacque hasn't posted any videos. Can't wait to see his next one, "Garden leftovers" ! Glad you guys are getting to see some great garden ponds, and landscaping!!
It's coming soon!
Welcome to the Midwest! Outdoor space and a few thousand square feet in the house for a reasonable price! We won't mention the biting wind and negative wind chills in the winter though ;)
I wish you could visit us and my backyard in Chicago burbs! You guys have been inspiring!!!
Awesome!