10 best ideas for your garden from BBC Gardeners World Live 2023...

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We can't make our gardens look like show gardens, but we can pick up brilliant tips and ideas from them. My pick of the ideas from the show gardens at BBC Gardeners World Live this year.
00:00 Why our gardens are never like show gardens!
00:20 BBC Gardeners World Live shows: www.bbcgardenersworldlive.com/
00:29 Ways of using vertical space
01:14 Don't forget space under things
01:57 Video on how to make a container pond: • How to create a beauti...
02:20 Corten steel - the contemporary materials for pots, raised beds and sculpture
03:00 Recycle - make a rockery out of bricks or rubble
03:34 Video on how to create a rock garden: • Rock garden ideas and ...
03:38 Edimentals - making grow your own look decorative
04:32 Consider foliage colour when planning planting
05:20 Foliage-only garden by Kiran Vaidya of Hefty's Garden heftysgarden.wixsite.com/heft...
05:47 Use pots in borders to make plants stand out
06:40 Video on slug resistant plants and how to deal with slugs & snails: • Outsmart Slugs & Snail...
07:08 Some plants look best as solo specimens
07:38 James Fenneberg border: www.jamesfenneberg.com/
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@joansmith3492 Жыл бұрын

The bug hotel under the bench was attractive but I would not sit there thinking a bug might come and bite me. LOL

@luckysmummy5325 Жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly!!

@mkats5102 Жыл бұрын

Mine too 😂

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

That's been quite a common comment on this - and it is a good point!

@alice_rabbit8345 Жыл бұрын

I would probably put tools on there will working!

@ThePinkfluf Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@debbebunch9973 Жыл бұрын

Alexandra, you never cease to amaze me with your creative content! So excellent, Thank you!! 🌱

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thank you1

@juliepardo7767 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this breakdown of Garderners World Live. I was so hoping that Gardeners World would have made it a least a couple of episodes on the show, like they did with Chelsea, there was just so much more I wanted to see. I really enjoyed that colour walled garden too. I once passed a garden that had 3(I think 7ft) cobalt blue trellises side by side, slightly spaced, along the wall with white clematis growing on it. Below it there were assorted pale yellow flowers. It was stunning.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

That does sound amazing.

@nelidascott6917 Жыл бұрын

Another spectacular post! Thanks so much!!❤

@juliabinford6500 Жыл бұрын

I love these ideas. Would never have imagined how beautiful the pale pink columns would be. I’ve embraced the pots in borders. I find it also helps to size control trees as well. Thank you for showing lovely photos from the show:)

@carolinepark4033 Жыл бұрын

I love using bold paint colours. Sadolin superdec paint has lasted 10 years on my Lutyens bench in fuschia pink- it brightens up the garden in the winter too. We also used it on a fence to make conifers ‘pop’.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

We've found Sadolin very long lasting too - went on our windows in 2008 and still OK.

@verawallace9055 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I started my pots gardening this year. I wish I had started it before. Am thinking of adding more in the future God's willing

@dawnsingh1900 Жыл бұрын

You are such an excellent teacher. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and interpretations 🙂

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃

@joantaylor7917 Жыл бұрын

Very useful tips!

@ChihuahuaCheech 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Alexandra. I always learn so miuch from your shows. I especially like your design and landscaping shows. These are practical ideas that I can implement at home with a senior citizen budget. You have opened a whole new and delightful world of gardening for me. No more just lawn and ho-hum edging for me anymore!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@Helen-mh8mq 11 ай бұрын

Youvreally have the best videos!

@joanrossington6932 Жыл бұрын

Enjoying these ideas even though living in subtropical Australian area. Always something one can use and the rest is just so interesting. Thank you

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@mt2766 Жыл бұрын

Alexandria, finding your channel has been such a treasure! So many great ideas. 😊

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@scraige3232 Жыл бұрын

Looking well, happy Alex, great to see! Thanks for the video!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@SpanishEclectic Жыл бұрын

These ideas are great, and thank you for providing photos. The very small back garden at my old home was surrounded by a 6 ft. weathered grey fence. I found some ornamental pots that had flat backs with holes so they could be hung from a fence or wall. They looked great planted with small ivy and trailing lobelia. I also put up shelves for pots, and even installed a wall fountain on the back of my garage. Shelf brackets worked to support a narrow section of trellis at the top of the garage (flat top with a parapet wall) for the wisteria I grew in a barrel planter on the deck. Small spaces often bring out the creativity, no? :)

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

They do!

@luckysmummy5325 Жыл бұрын

Thankyou for another great video :-)

@francesmclaren7881 Жыл бұрын

Once again brilliant Alexandra.

@geraldinefields1730 Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@Dan-440 Жыл бұрын

Bug motels are cool and they look great. Another terrific video!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@DownButNotOutYet Жыл бұрын

Good morning Alexander, a lovely informative programme on video! So loved the garden ideas with walls and practical structures, they so complimented the plants. Take a good look at the piece of brick that has been thrown to the side, I find it amazing the bugs that live underneath, even on the rough bark of certain trees. It is a lovely idea to have the bricks and stones set up roughly so that the bugs can climb in and out and the sun seekers have a nice flat surface to bathe on. The skinks would love this. Our neighbours cat visits us regularly alas, I see her watching the skinks with the intention of grabbing them for a snack, now they have become very 'shy' and we just see them hurrying across the walls. You are looking so nice and you blend in beautifully with the lovely summer annual colours. Do take care, kind regards, Elize.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, with best wishes, Alexandra

@carolynsmith5371 Жыл бұрын

So many wonderful ideas in the images and commentary. I’m inspired!!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@QueenAnnesLace13 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Alexandra, for all the wonderful information. I always want your videos to go on a bit longer as I learn so much.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

That's lovely to hear!

@mariemcgrath8681 Жыл бұрын

Thank you from Australia, what's going on at your Garden Shows.

@seanjamescameron Жыл бұрын

Am so out of the loop I completely forgot about this show. Nice to see what I missed.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

It was very hot! (temperature-wise) so very difficult to photograph!

@dunbardunelm3924 Жыл бұрын

Amazing recap of the show gardens 🎊🤩 Well done and Thank you 😊🥰🥰☘🌸🌿

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@Mikebaldwin007 Жыл бұрын

Great review of features and gardens at Gardeners World lIve. The fret corten work was brilliant. Our students enjoyed creating the Restoration garden

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Good to catch up with you again!

@rosc2022 Жыл бұрын

Great ideas - as usual! Thanks so much. 😊

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@maryanna6302 Жыл бұрын

So many exciting new ideas, thank you for the review! Very pretty background where you're filming, the bench is so elegant.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊

@itsallaboutlight Жыл бұрын

I love your videos. The creative ideas you come across and share are so unique. Thank you for your time!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@bigtomatoplantslover6205 Жыл бұрын

Lovely Flowers ^~^ Like it ❤️ My friend, thank you for good sharing 😊

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thank you too

@sylviaprudhomme5417 Жыл бұрын

Loved the ideas and beautiful plants😊

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much 😊

@kathyfoster181 Жыл бұрын

This was another interesting and informative piece. I just love your content, expertise and warmth Alexandra. Thank you ! 💐🌺🌿

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@drawyrral Жыл бұрын

You have given me more good ideas Alexandra. Thank you.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad!

@paulinecrispin121 Жыл бұрын

Hi. Great video. Loved all the ideas 😊

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!!

@Cassieskins21 Жыл бұрын

👍👍✨✨

@carmenbailey1560 Жыл бұрын

👍❤️😊

@alanthecat59 11 ай бұрын

😻

@RoseMary-vs3io Жыл бұрын

👍💚✨

@amyjones2490 Жыл бұрын

I’ve had to many creepy crawly things get on me while relaxing so I’ll keep their habit on the outer edges of my garden.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Good point!

@suepercy8390 Жыл бұрын

I grow almost all of my hostas in pots. It ensures I don’t stand on them when I’m weeding my crowded beds and they are dormant (and protects them from my dog grandchild)

@kerrilee9651 Жыл бұрын

I have a video and the book on Geoff Hamiltons Ornamental Kitchen Garden. Great Idea.

@kevinjamesparr552 Жыл бұрын

Not much in this weeks look at ideas sorry .Formal art and craft Edwardian garden rooms I have needs a look at ideas for this level of gardening. Your take on borders I really loved

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thank you, and sorry there weren't more you liked!

@PatriciaG99 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Alexandra. Pots in the borders has worked well for me. In my long narrow garden I still have a lot of exposed fence. I have introduced some new climbers this year but what do you think about the idea of painting the fence a really dark colour to help it recede?

@irairod5160 Жыл бұрын

She had a video, with different garden designers, and one or two of them had painted the fences and walls charcoal. It was beautiful! If I find the video, I'll come back and post the title.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Here is a video with a dark fence: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qLOClcyTyq2Zj4U.html I think it looks very smart and there's another video here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ftqjpLt2ssvTk4E.html You just need to check that your paint won't affect your neighbour's side and whose fence it is (you need permission if you're painting a fence that belongs to your neighbour).

@jeremypearson6852 3 ай бұрын

I would love to get the cottage look, unfortunately, I live in zone 10 in the US. Many of the UK plants just won’t survive the heat. I grow many things in pots, so I can control how much water they get and the amount of sun to some extent. An expat watching in S Florida.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 3 ай бұрын

You might find this video interesting - it's a cottage garden interpretation in Southern Australia, on the Mornington Peninsula, which is a good bit hotter than the UK especially in summer. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/msCflLOKnZzMno0.html

@SKM-Bavaria Жыл бұрын

This may be silly, but I wonder how expert gardeners access the interior of their wider borders in order to weed etc. I struggle to decide if I should drop stepping stones throughout or snake a path through? Without such how does one avoid stepping on buried bulbs? Appreciative viewer from Washington state.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Lots of people do stepping stones, brick paths or a narrow path along the back of the border. And if it isn't too wet, some people tread on the border. I don't think it causes any problems to buried bulbs, I quite often step onto my borders and the alliums don't mind a bit!

@amyjones2490 Жыл бұрын

I think I enjoyed this years Gardeners World show better than Chelsea this year.

@JoannaLouise200 Жыл бұрын

I love the idea of bug hotels in gardens but my only concern with them being located directly below a bench seat is literally 'ants in the pants', and what about solitary bees flying back & forth around calves and ankles!? I think these wonderfully beneficial creatures would prefer a more peaceful 'hotel' a little further away from human activity.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

That's a very good point. Though people do store logs under benches, and they're accidentally 'bug hotels.'

@giennefarcais6834 Жыл бұрын

Great ideas except I don't understand putting bee hotels under a bench you would actually sit on - I wouldn't want to be that close to bees going in and out. I know they say solitary bees are not aggressive, but I wouldn't want to encounter the one who was just having a bad day.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

I think that is a point. We do have ivy mining bees on either side of our front path, and they never seem to have a bad day, but there's always a first time...

@rusticrye4676 Жыл бұрын

Lovely video, but could I just remind everyone that painting or staining your side of a neighbour's fence without their permission is actually a crime (in the UK, at least). It's classed as criminal damage. Paint and stain will drip down their side of the fence, making it look really unsightly, and will damage tall plants and nearby structures if a spray gun is used to apply it. Also, it will almost certainly negate any guarantee you have with the fencing manufacturer. So many people think they can do whatever they like, because they see it done in gardening shows on the telly, and that simply isn't the case. These shows really need to start pointing this out to viewers, something that none of those I watch have ever done, which is incredibly irresponsible. The same applies to fire pits - none of these shows ever say out that they can't be used in smoke-free zones, of which there are many, especially in residential areas. And the manufacturers of these products should be made to make this clear on their labelling. Everyone would know where they stand, then, and relationships with neighbours would be far more harmonious!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Those are good points.