This week I'm diving a little deeper into one of the garden design elements we reviewed in last week's video. Adding vertical layers to your garden can transform your space from ordinary to amazing. I've been studying old photos to understand how to renovate my back garden this spring. This notion of adding vertical elements is one of the keys, in my opinion, to creating a beautiful garden. I hope you find this video helpful. Happy gardening!
Thank you for this Vertical Design video. The “cheesy editing (your words) was a great way to get an important design concept across to us fellow gardening enthusiasts. I love all the photos you share of beautiful gardens & Live Photos of your own. Also, thanks for the tip on the brick clip fasteners, a great way to hang plants or other things on a bare wall. Great ideas! Thanks again…
My first garden was very small, surrounded by a six foot old grey wood fence on two sides and the house/garage on the others. There was a full size orange tree on the south side. I put a wall fountain on the garage and shelf brackets above to hold a strip of trellis for a wisteria. I also squeezed a wooden arch into one flower bed, and trimmed back the orange tree so I could hang baskets of flowers underneath. On the corner of the house, I grew a vine up the downspout. I'm always in awe of those huge English (an American) gardens with the rows of trees like you show in your video. With creativity, so many of these concepts can be crafted to work in any size garden. I'm loving your deep dive into historic garden design wisdom.
This is a great video, Sue. I have been trying to add vertical height to my own garden for the past 18 months or so. Do not discount your photoshop images, I think gardeners particularly are visual, so it’s a great tool and you’ve done a nice job or getting your point across. If you ever consider longer videos, I think many of us would love that. You’re informative and your content is spot on!
I too really appreciate how you demonstrate through Photoshop images! I believe we are all visual as that comes with the territory of being a gardener! You are an excellent teacher! 🥰🇨🇦🌸
Sue, another great video for the beginners and for many of us, seasoned gardeners. There is always something that needs to be considered or tweaked in any garden. You analytic approach is tremendously helpful and beautiful pictures help us imagine the thought process behind each serene and peaceful garden. You are a great teacher and an amazing inspiration.
I have visited some of the most famous gardens in the UK and France, and yet for me personally, I gravitate to the nonformal look that mimics nature itself. With that said, the vertical elements in any garden design is so important aesthetically speaking, but also for the birds. I use semidwarf trees for this with a long blooming cycle. Great episode today!❤
This is eye opening! Exactly what my garden needs more of. Can you do a video of plant options with names and zones/growth habits? I think my garden looks very flat.
I realise from watching this, that I have intuitively added vertical elements to my garden. Thank you for helping me appreciate how valuable they are 😊 and for encouraging other gardeners to incorporate them.
Of all the gardening videos I watch, and they are many, yours are my favorite! You have never shown a design or garden I did not love. I wish you did long distance design! The freezes here two years ago wreaked havoc in my garden. Had total loss of many plants and a lot of damage to others. Keep up the great videos! They are such an inspiration!
Just found your channel. Sorry to miss out on your garden book club. I am binge watching your videos. I garden in North Texas, where my biggest challenge is the heat . I have an acre and a half and live out in the country on land where i am the 6th generation of my family to live. We built our house over 30 years ago and gradually added flower beds and vegetable garden. My husband is a retired football coach and teacher who enjoys woodworking in retirement. He has built arbors, decks, fences, a covered bridge, a greenhouse and walkways. I enjoy your channel and subscribed today. ❤
This has been my plan over the past year. It has transformed my space. While mirrors look great in the garden, they can be hazardous to the birds, whom, like us humans, think they are passageways to a different space.
Your videos have great information! I think your illustrations with photoshop are very effective. Not cheesy at all! Another way I am considering at vertical interest to my garden is to grow vines up a dead tree. I look forward to watching more of your videos!
I absolutely agree that vertical elements are needed at least in some parts of the garden. I think layering in nature, or even layering when considering interior design, is just so much more visually appealing.
💡💡💡💡💡!!!!! I have followed u for some time now, and have always admired ur garden!!! I love how u have studied the great gardeners and estates. With a small garden, space is constrained, and I have felt like my hands have been ❤somewhat tied. The vertical component!!! I thought about planting a green wall surrounding the garden, but have a well and have to be careful about roots. However, I will explore small trees/standards, as well as the personal/meaningful decorative touches!!! Thank u!! U have truly inspired me!!! ❤️🙏
I love visiting historic gardens of all sorts. I just learned of one recently here in California that I want to visit this coming summer. Vertical gardening is so helpful in smaller gardens. I have been adding taller elements with native shrubs and a few Japanese Maples. My garden is so small that I don't want space hogging larger trees that will cast too much shade. I already struggle to gain more sunlight and need to be judicious.
Another beautiful video 💚you have put together! Like you, I love to study historic garden design and visit them too. I recently bought Seeking Eden, which explores historic gardens of Georgia, so much to learn from heirloom plants and things that have stood the test of time💚💚
Thanks for the inspiration. This was helpful. I plan to start our new garden by creating nature's privacy with vertical evergreens & deciduous trees and work my way down. 😊
I have been looking at this element in design. It has been a bit of a challenge as this is new concept for me. Ty it has given me options i had not considered. Which is what I was looking for ❤
Lover verticals . This fall two established junipers had to be removed and as disappointing as thiss was it’s giving me space to consider what comes next. Your video is inspiring for such a space . Thanks
Theses gardens are beautiful , and I disagree with your comment in that gardens don’t require a fortune. I’ve been gardening for 55 years now, so I know this very well. Gardening is an expensive endeavor. Unless your gardening by growing your plants from seeds, purchasing plants,trees,shrubs is quite expensive. So if you have the resources why not. Beautiful video.
Thank you for such an interesting and inspiring video! I have always been a proponent of the magic of vertical space, hence the number of climbing and rambling roses in my garden :-) I have got a beautiful red brick wall of my neighbour's shed at my disposal, on which I grow a rambling rose and a climbing hydrangea. Unfortunately, the shed, which is 80 years old, has not been taken care of properly and is crumbling in front of my eyes. Gardening near it has become quite hazardous, in fact my neighbour has received an order to demolish it. I would love to keep it but I would rather not have a brick fall on my head one day.
That was an inspirational video. The problem we have in our yards is that we have a massive sprinkler system….it extends to the property lines of our neighbors’ houses. Should we remove them ? We have never dug into the ground because of the pipes. Any plants we had have been in pots. Thank you for any advice.
This is something I’ve been thinking of doing. I have no borrowed views from the house behind me the guy back there cares nothing about his yard and there are no trees. I cannot plant trees along my fence line because a sewer line runs in that area. I know this because it all got dug out last year to replace the sewer line for my Back Neighbor therefore, I am limited to bushes which I have been doing, but the area badly needs something vertical. I am thinking of doing three tall arches or trellises and growing vines up them. I am going to start looking for the perfect trellises.
This week I'm diving a little deeper into one of the garden design elements we reviewed in last week's video. Adding vertical layers to your garden can transform your space from ordinary to amazing. I've been studying old photos to understand how to renovate my back garden this spring. This notion of adding vertical elements is one of the keys, in my opinion, to creating a beautiful garden. I hope you find this video helpful. Happy gardening!
I'm here from Hooked & Rooted. Congrats on making the top onimental gardening channels on RUclips. I look forward to watching your content.
Thank you for this Vertical Design video. The “cheesy editing (your words) was a great way to get an important design concept across to us fellow gardening enthusiasts. I love all the photos you share of beautiful gardens & Live Photos of your own. Also, thanks for the tip on the brick clip fasteners, a great way to hang plants or other things on a bare wall. Great ideas! Thanks again…
My first garden was very small, surrounded by a six foot old grey wood fence on two sides and the house/garage on the others. There was a full size orange tree on the south side. I put a wall fountain on the garage and shelf brackets above to hold a strip of trellis for a wisteria. I also squeezed a wooden arch into one flower bed, and trimmed back the orange tree so I could hang baskets of flowers underneath. On the corner of the house, I grew a vine up the downspout. I'm always in awe of those huge English (an American) gardens with the rows of trees like you show in your video. With creativity, so many of these concepts can be crafted to work in any size garden. I'm loving your deep dive into historic garden design wisdom.
This is a great video, Sue. I have been trying to add vertical height to my own garden for the past 18 months or so. Do not discount your photoshop images, I think gardeners particularly are visual, so it’s a great tool and you’ve done a nice job or getting your point across. If you ever consider longer videos, I think many of us would love that. You’re informative and your content is spot on!
I too really appreciate how you demonstrate through Photoshop images! I believe we are all visual as that comes with the territory of being a gardener! You are an excellent teacher! 🥰🇨🇦🌸
Sue, another great video for the beginners and for many of us, seasoned gardeners. There is always something that needs to be considered or tweaked in any garden. You analytic approach is tremendously helpful and beautiful pictures help us imagine the thought process behind each serene and peaceful garden.
You are a great teacher and an amazing inspiration.
I have visited some of the most famous gardens in the UK and France, and yet for me personally, I gravitate to the nonformal look that mimics nature itself. With that said, the vertical elements in any garden design is so important aesthetically speaking, but also for the birds. I use semidwarf trees for this with a long blooming cycle. Great episode today!❤
This is eye opening! Exactly what my garden needs more of. Can you do a video of plant options with names and zones/growth habits? I think my garden looks very flat.
I realise from watching this, that I have intuitively added vertical elements to my garden. Thank you for helping me appreciate how valuable they are 😊 and for encouraging other gardeners to incorporate them.
Of all the gardening videos I watch, and they are many, yours are my favorite! You have never shown a design or garden I did not love. I wish you did long distance design! The freezes here two years ago wreaked havoc in my garden. Had total loss of many plants and a lot of damage to others. Keep up the great videos! They are such an inspiration!
Just found your channel. Sorry to miss out on your garden book club. I am binge watching your videos. I garden in North Texas, where my biggest challenge is the heat . I have an acre and a half and live out in the country on land where i am the 6th generation of my family to live. We built our house over 30 years ago and gradually added flower beds and vegetable garden. My husband is a retired football coach and teacher who enjoys woodworking in retirement. He has built arbors, decks, fences, a covered bridge, a greenhouse and walkways. I enjoy your channel and subscribed today. ❤
This has been my plan over the past year. It has transformed my space. While mirrors look great in the garden, they can be hazardous to the birds, whom, like us humans, think they are passageways to a different space.
Thanks for mentioning this. It is indeed heart breaking when they fly into them .😢
Your videos have great information! I think your illustrations with photoshop are very effective. Not cheesy at all! Another way I am considering at vertical interest to my garden is to grow vines up a dead tree. I look forward to watching more of your videos!
I absolutely agree that vertical elements are needed at least in some parts of the garden. I think layering in nature, or even layering when considering interior design, is just so much more visually appealing.
💡💡💡💡💡!!!!! I have followed u for some time now, and have always admired ur garden!!! I love how u have studied the great gardeners and estates. With a small garden, space is constrained, and I have felt like my hands have been ❤somewhat tied. The vertical component!!! I thought about planting a green wall surrounding the garden, but have a well and have to be careful about roots. However, I will explore small trees/standards, as well as the personal/meaningful decorative touches!!! Thank u!! U have truly inspired me!!! ❤️🙏
I love visiting historic gardens of all sorts. I just learned of one recently here in California that I want to visit this coming summer. Vertical gardening is so helpful in smaller gardens. I have been adding taller elements with native shrubs and a few Japanese Maples. My garden is so small that I don't want space hogging larger trees that will cast too much shade. I already struggle to gain more sunlight and need to be judicious.
My garden is only a few years old. I can’t wait to see it mature. I love watching and creating the journey
I'm obsessed with sky pencils and junipers..beautiful when snow covered too
Thank you, just what I needed to hear. As a northern MI gardner winter is the time for planning. I'm planning some vertical additions. Thank you 🌲
Another lovely video...and inspirational. Verticality is my No. 1 concern this spring for my small urban garden. Thanks!
So many great ideas I had to pause multiple times in the video to visualize your points and make mental notes. Great video!
Valuable suggestions and beautiful examples! Thank you
What a lovely video, Sue. I have an old iron arbor going in this spring. Thanks for always teaching and inspiring us.
Another great video! Thank you
Another beautiful video 💚you have put together! Like you, I love to study historic garden design and visit them too. I recently bought Seeking Eden, which explores historic gardens of Georgia, so much to learn from heirloom plants and things that have stood the test of time💚💚
Good teaching video with an abundance of ideas.
Thanks for the inspiration. This was helpful. I plan to start our new garden by creating nature's privacy with vertical evergreens & deciduous trees and work my way down. 😊
Desain tamannya sangat indah terimakasih tutorialnya sangat menginspirasi
Going more vertical in my tiny garden..looking for small trees isn't easy. I'm in a rural area not many nurseries. Great video! Thanks for sharing
🙌💚🌿
I love a vine covered wall
Inspiring, Beautiful well done 😊
I have been looking at this element in design. It has been a bit of a challenge as this is new concept for me. Ty it has given me options i had not considered. Which is what I was looking for ❤
Lover verticals . This fall two established junipers had to be removed and as disappointing as thiss was it’s giving me space to consider what comes next. Your video is inspiring for such a space . Thanks
Great ideas, great video!
Inspirational. Thank you.
❤❤magical..thank you..happy new year to you and yours❤🎉
❤the tea cup garden
Thank you, great information ❤
I need some of these ideas. Thank you
Thank you for sharing!❤
Theses gardens are beautiful , and I disagree with your comment in that gardens don’t require a fortune. I’ve been gardening for 55 years now, so I know this very well. Gardening is an expensive endeavor. Unless your gardening by growing your plants from seeds, purchasing plants,trees,shrubs is quite expensive. So if you have the resources why not. Beautiful video.
Tell us more about brick clips! Where do you get them, how do you use them? Love that idea, thanks.
Thank you for such an interesting and inspiring video! I have always been a proponent of the magic of vertical space, hence the number of climbing and rambling roses in my garden :-) I have got a beautiful red brick wall of my neighbour's shed at my disposal, on which I grow a rambling rose and a climbing hydrangea. Unfortunately, the shed, which is 80 years old, has not been taken care of properly and is crumbling in front of my eyes. Gardening near it has become quite hazardous, in fact my neighbour has received an order to demolish it. I would love to keep it but I would rather not have a brick fall on my head one day.
That was an inspirational video. The problem we have in our yards is that we have a massive sprinkler system….it extends to the property lines of our neighbors’ houses. Should we remove them ? We have never dug into the ground because of the pipes. Any plants we had have been in pots. Thank you for any advice.
Gr8 ideas.
Wonderful
I have white vinyl privacy fence sections. Looking foe ways to make them look less staunch! Any ideas?
This is something I’ve been thinking of doing. I have no borrowed views from the house behind me the guy back there cares nothing about his yard and there are no trees. I cannot plant trees along my fence line because a sewer line runs in that area. I know this because it all got dug out last year to replace the sewer line for my Back Neighbor therefore, I am limited to bushes which I have been doing, but the area badly needs something vertical. I am thinking of doing three tall arches or trellises and growing vines up them. I am going to start looking for the perfect trellises.
What are some of your favorite historical garden books?
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Thank you! Perfect video!!