I love how Linda uses her own language lol.... I mean she's not making up words she's using words that I don't typically use in a way that just sounds so cool, luxurious, and effortless! I find myself saying why the hell did I use that word that way! There's just a coolness a hipness that oozes from her. I like it! Her coolness is not exclusive to her It seems so obtainable if you just put in a little effort! I walk around my garden talkinh about I need me a "terracotta theater!" Or "where the hell is my potager"😂✊🏿🖤

Just came inside after a morning of working in the garden in Florida. Whining while walking inside to watch this video and take a break from the heat and humidity!!! Still loving every minute of the garden. That’s when you know you’re doing what you love. Complaining, drenched in sweat, tired and achy, but still happiest in my garden!

Miss Vater I was in Lowe's garden section yesterday and I was so pleasantly surprised to see your beautiful face on a product display🌺 Congratulations on your growth and success!💗

In my garden I would stop trying to grow things that I am repeatedly unsuccessful with, and add more plants that like to grow in my garden.

An idea for your now-sunny bench area: how about an arch over the bench, with a climbing rose each side for each of your sons

Linda , you got me reflecting now...so here goes. 90 degrees and very humid here in Kyle Texas. Moved here 9 years ago from Austin, our second down size 😉. We moved around a lot because of my husband job , been married 44 yrs. I always put in a garden , trees and lots of grass in every house we’ve lived in.. total of 7 homes! Never could do without grass while the kids were growing up but now my gardening is all about what I’ve always wanted.. lots of shrub, flowers trees and flagstone walk paths with no grass. The back yard was a blank canvas when we moved in to our house now. It had a pitiful Bradford pear tree and no grass just holes a dog had dug. Now it’s a little paradise. I’m 71 and have fibromyalgia but it hasn’t stopped me from doing what I love.. gardening. Early mornings is my favorite time to work in my back and front yards. Just want to say ... Its beyond me why young couples don’t plant trees when they move into a house. The builder gives you one tree yeah but it doesn’t mean you can’t plant more trees , etc. Even if you’re not a gardener.. think of shade and the future ☺️. So Linda ... don’t change a thing in your beautiful gardens .. it’s perfection!

I would have started new trees 4 years ago when I moved unto this place. I’m finally starting to plant the trees that I love!

I'm in Chicago, i would incorporate water features, i love the sound of water when im in the garden 😍

This year I had raised vegetable beds constructed and I LOVE them! My veggies do too. I will be 82 in August and crawling around on my hands and knees is not fun! The best part of my garden right now is eating salad every day for lunch from my garden: kale, snow peas, asparagus, grape tomatoes, basil or French tarragon, onion ... yum! I add a little cheese and some nuts or seeds.

Gardening must be anti-aging. You look so young!

“I’m not a real gardener, I’m a learn as you go gardener.” Oh Linda, I think any gardener worth their salt just has to learn as they go at SOME point. Your years of experience are invaluable to those of us just starting out, like me. No need to always be so humble. Your Gardener status is well earned. 💕

It's a pleasant 60°F here in Scotland. Advice would be get the hard-landscaping, electric and water supply done first

I would do more evergreen plants. I love my Perennials but one part of my garden is so blah in the winter.

I think gardening is one of those things that you never seem to stop learning new ideas no matter how long you do it.

So crazy, as a 5 years new gardener I was just thinking I don’t need everything, I started out collecting plants instead of stepping back and looking at the cohesiveness of my garden. I have been rehoming some “clutter”! It’s never ending changing! Love your familiar thoughts and how you deal with your beautiful garden.

We moved into a well established shade garden 10 years ago. I wish we had trimmed up a few trees sooner. I don't mind moss on my pots, but constantly fight it on my patio and outdoor furniture. You should consider editing a few plants around the sentimental bench. One day you and Hubs may want to sit there again to watch your grandbabies show off their superhero moves!

I’m doing fantastic! I have everything she wished she did differently, I have the native plants and trees, the fruit trees and blooming shrubs ❤️. Thanks for your inspiration, I was in a deep dark funk, then I found you. Linda you changed my life, ❤️ to you. ✌🏼🇺🇸🪴

Your boxwood hearts are the cutest thing I’ve ever seen in a garden. My advice, never get rid of those. Way too beautiful.

Junuary here in the Pacific Northwest, high today is 63° and rain. The bonus is I fertilized the other day and nature is watering for me. Change I made in my garden - we removed our wood deck and replaced it with a concrete patio with a permanent roof cover that comes off the house 9 yrs ago. It extended our summer living area during both cool and hot times if the year💚

I wish my younger gardening self had known about the cardboard/compost/wood chip method of creating no dig garden bed space. I used to dig out sod by hand. It was backbreaking in rocky, Virginia red clay. My no dig beds have better soil and fewer weeds and they are much easier to create. I still trench edge my beds so I can mow along them, but I will never dig out sod again!

I’m 29 and just starting our garden/landscaping in earnest. I definitely want to plan for aging and future limitations. I originally wanted to plan so my mother and grandmother could enjoy and navigate easily, but it’ll also help me out later in life. What a great tip!

Gardening can be a wonderful source of healthy movement - helping us to maintain strength and balance as we enjoy something we love while “working out” in our gardens! The less we do the less we will be able to do!! Keep moving, living and enjoying, even the hard work that your garden provides along with the beauty

YOU ARE SO HUMBLE, LINDA THIS MAKES ALL OF US CLUMSY GARDENERS HAVE HOPE!!!!!!! WE LOVE YOU LINDA!!!!!!! YOUR GARDEN HAS EVOLVED BEAUTIFULLY, IT IS VERY COZY!!!!!!!!!! AND PLEASE STOP BEING SO HARD ON YOURSELF, YOUR GARDEN 🪴 IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE JUST LIKE YOU!!!!!!!!!!

Great video! Lots of very usable information!

Linda, I know we all agree that your garden is exceptionally dreamy and magical and have a hard time imagining it any other way. However, it is your garden and you should feel free to make whatever changes you and your brilliant, creative mind can dream up! I for one would LOVE to see Linda Vater in action should you decide to make some changes! Good luck with your decision! 🪴😎💕

Thank you for this video. For the first time I now; at the age of 70, finally have a house in a small town in Indiana after living in the desert. There is a back yard that needs to be started from nothing except mature trees. It is a big dream for me to have this space for a garden. I really appreciate your "if I started over" insight. I have some physical challenges so it will be slow going. I feel inspired to get going and feel encouraged by your videos.

I started late building flower beds. I'm 68 and I feel like I need to use more pavers than gravel for most of my walkways and patios. I love shrubs that bloom ,so I will mainly focus on the appropriate sizes needed in certain areas. Thanks for the tips.

Container veggie gardens. You can have them plopped in and around everywhere. Paul James the Gardener Guy says he gone all container veggies in his smaller garden now that he has downsized. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Love that kids are jumping on the trampoline in the background, miss both sets of my kids at this age, having so much fun! They are now 30,27, 16, and 14 years old( three young ladies and one young man). Enjoy your afternoon!

Zone 5 Illinois. Northerner here. Summer has slapped us in the face with her humid,hot hand! What I would do differently; you have taught me about drift planting. I dotted one here one there. Your drifts look a beautiful and cohesive. I would definitely drift plant!

VERY rainy here inMD 7b . I typed before finishing the video,, your are an inspiration to yourself and others. Don’t ever not call yourself a gardener!!! You are! And I too have learned over my 30 years of gardening that we change are priorities change and our gardens change as we change with them. My beautiful spring flowers are being beaten down. I noticed the summer flowers are blooming a little early also. Ok I would do a lot of research about the flowers that have “weed” in their names and not plant or put in pots. And watch out for flowers that have runners, lol I design in head and then on paper. And do more bones in the garden first off. And plant for all seasons. Oh and be a patient Gardner, lol

Good idea .Gardening is hard work. Just think of all the master gardeners.

I wouldn’t change a thing. Maybe pull the bench forward a little. And NO, don’t you dare leave this magical garden!!

What about removing only the 4 globe boxwoods at the entrances of the pottager? Start gradually.

What you would have done? You've spent years on your garden and have shared many of those years with us. It has gone through many changes. You have 104K followers on KZfaq from all over the world who love your garden and post and repost pictures of it and some are even trying to copy your garden as closely as they can. You certainly have done something right. Don't even go there with what you would have done. I think that is quite a negative thought. Changes are constant whether we like them or not. Look at this crisis not as what you would have done but where you can take it moving forward. You're so right about tight spaces and difficulty moving as you age. You can make room in your potager and still keep your boxwoods by just taking a few out to change the heart shape and trimming more off little by little. Once again, I've said too much. What you offer us is appreciated more than you know.

I’m a late bloomer I guess lol If I could tell my younger self what I know now, I would have insisted on a larger property for a larger garden and my younger self would have said “A garden? Really? You a gardener? No way!” 😂 Thank you for sharing your garden and your fashion pieces. I love all your earrings - I’m a bit envious to be honest as I can’t wear earrings at all. Blessings to you and Stewart! 😊

What I like best about your gardening is the "clutter" as you call it. Seeing your yard has given me permission to plant more things and use more pots in my outdoor gardening as well as bibelot.

I’m a zone 8a in central Mississippi and it is so humid here this entire week. I have just started this year doing more container gardening in my beds. I agree with planting more flowering shrubs and adding more veggies in.

It’s horribly humid in Central Texas. Feels like being on the coast. I’ve learned to space out plants and be patient and try out new plants in pots for instant color.

I’m also wishing you could have a greenhouse. A smaller version of Laura’s new one would be beautiful! 🌺

Hi Linda! The one thing I would change in my younger New Jersey gardening days is............I would not let people (Hubs) talk me out of adding new pathways and shrubs to make small garden rooms in my landscape! Always an excuse of why are you looking for more work!! I should not have given in!!! Oh well........now at the age of 71 I am living in a villa in Florida with all these great ideas you have given me and no where to apply them!!! LOL! That's ok...........I have a few beautiful containers on our porch and lanai and enjoy your beautiful gardens! Have a great day and I will see you in the next one! Hugs! :) HI Stewart!

Oh yeah it is summer. I just got through watering. My makeup is in my shoes.

Great episode. I wish I would have had a husband who is supportive and enjoys gardening, but alas I cannot change that.

We've had such odd weather in So Cal this Spring but Tues hits 111! Unusual for this time of year!

I would've planted evergreens before my annuals and perennials. -Milton Florida.

I wish I terraced some of my property with stairs years ago. CT zone 6a. Btw I think you are definitely an experienced gardener. 🌱

I don’t think your garden is cluttered; it’s interesting. There’s something interesting everywhere you look.

I love your idea of going with "more of less" plants. Since I am so new at gardening, I have gone crazy, planting too many varieties, but all my gardens are beautiful!

Less lawn more flowers and shrubs I like. Bigger Patio for gazing at it😍 it is in the 90's and muggy near Lake Michigan we crave rain..Thanks for all your tips💟

I want my backyard to be in zones. My husband only wanted grass. Since I am alone now, I can make my yard the way I want it to look but I am 70 now and it is hard to get things done. Hot, humid here in upper North Carolina. Rained 2 inches in the last 2 days.

I died laughing when you said your boys would do their power ranger moves 😂 my little brother & I thought we were power rangers too. 😂 Good ole days

I always wondered why you never had a greenhouse. Ive always had ugly plastic ones so now in my new garden I started with a beautiful black framed glasshouse. It’s my happy place

I love how your garden, and those you have featured by friends, are restful and comfortable to hang out in. As someone new to a property, and able to return to perennials, I have got to watch making a hodgepodge.

New Gardner here, Zone 9, glad you all are here! I’m learning so much!🌸

Springfield, Missouri is hot and humid. I don't think as hot as you are. I think our gardens teach us to have confidence in our abilities to design and adapt. Your garden is beautiful and I love to watch you as it helps me know that I am not alone in my desire to make beautiful choices with beautiful things. I always say there are no mistakes....only embellishment opportunities.

Agree with totally armcluesent. The second thing would be to take a course on pruning. A nip here or there means most of my shrubs got out of control and visually never reached their potential. So that would be my top tip : )

Linda, I LOVE this video!!!! I am starting to garden only in the last few years and I redid my front yard only to end up hating it. I made the mistake of wanting to plant one of everything which resulted in a mismatched yard with little success. Now I am planning my back yard and today for the first time ever, bought three small plants of the same type, colour etc. in order the create some sort of cohesion rather than buying three different plants to plot wherever. I am so grateful for this video Linda and will try my best to keep all of your tips in mind.

I would love to give my Garden more informality and like yours ...it looks so charming...than a more formal garden look . And Yes I love the gravel look as well .

The weather is cool and dry here in Maine. We just had an unusual heat wave. The weather has certainly played tricks on us for the the last few years! The one thing I'm still struggling with (I've been gardening for 40 years) is the reluctance to buy 3 or 5 of the same plant at the same time rather than 1 of several different plants. I have such a difficult time limiting my selection to one variety and buying 5 of those. I made a promise to myself this year to not buy ANY plant unless I buy at least 3. I haven't been 100% compliant but I'm doing much better and my gardens will be better for it. My gardens would look so much more pleasing with larger drifts of the same plant.

Sunset Beach NC here! Yes ma’am. We are steamy here ! Enjoy your videos... thanks for the thoughtful content!

I would suggest buy a well established tree to put in its place! Might be expensive but go for it!! Well I just think you have a beautiful design! Wish I had your garden in my space lol!! I suggest start a garden at Stewart’s house!

Whining from South Florida, lol, I love your walk about.

Because we moved to Indy from S Cal I would wait to see what was already planted before I tore it out. I didn’t realize how many plants die back in winter! 🤪

IN THE SOUTH 🥵 I asked myself this question in the spring and my solution ended up with all my shrubs by the road. Then, I sketched out my yard to scale and planned everything. Even though it won’t be complete until next spring, It’s the best decision I could have made❤️ My worst decision when planting was to buy what I saw at other homes in my area. Now, I’m planting to reflect my personality and not what’s “in style”.

Oh Linda please don't touch that spot with the bench. What a beautiful, romantic vignette!!! You should definitely preserve those memories...so precious! Wish I could recreate that look in my own garden 😁

Thank you for giving the fore thought of a long time garden. Too late for me but I love the walk abouts in yours.

you are really special and can't believe all the things you would have done differently, thanks for sharing

Steaming and whining here in Raleigh NC zone 7b💕! Love your videos and at the end describing what you are wearing!💕

Hi Linda , I am in 7b which was 6 when I was younger . I would concentrate more on permaculture . I am currently doing just that by creating more winter interest rather then bring in my citrus and other plants that I have to winter over i doors . I have done layering with my seedlings so All I do maintain my space . I also wouldn’t have had pavers in my courtyard . I would use small pebbles . And much more ... sow as you go meant a lot of work every outdoor garden seasons . I do incorporate many pots in fact with small trees and topiaries that winter well . Thanks Linda . It’s always Stewards fault ☺️🤗💚😃

Linda this was of your best videos yet. I agree that we don’t know what nature will do to our plans and our bodies. That’s why our gardens are never “done”. We learn how to adjust to change and live in the moment by tending to our gardens. Thank you for sharing your authenticity❤️ from my gardeners heart to yours. MK

I mean your garden is not cluttered at all. In fact, I am always impressed by the elegant yet relaxed look of your garden. This garden is unique.

Hi Linda, Here in Southeastern PA we are having wacky weather, hot humid and rainy, with a cold stormy day thrown in. Can we see before and after pictures of your garden.

So I have an idea for your potager garden. Keep the outside circle shape, except remove the ball entrance boxwoods. Maybe think about removing some of the knot look and inside the center. use stacked brick or stone in a round circle to the height of a raised bed. give yourself 2-3 ft of walking space around the circle raised bed inside your potager. this will be a decent size circular veggie bed. then you can frame that if you have the space. Maybe put an arch at the entrance to grow cucumbers or snap beans over. (dont hate me for saying to remove some boxwoods..) lol. I know... gasp...

I think this is actually one of my favorite videos from you. It gave me so much personal insight and so much to think about from a much wiser and more experienced gardener than I! 🙂 Thank you for this!

I am in Oklahoma also and I look to you for what may work in my yard! Its hot and muggy here in Haskell co today but thats Oklahoma! Its funny I would have know you were in Oklahoma by the bugs in this video, poor Stuart! Also shopped your QVC line. 👍

Va here, cloudy and breezy at 76 degrees. Isn't it time for a thrift store haul video?💋😍

You are not selfish, I enjoy your questions and answers. Thanks again , you make my morning coffee enjoyable 😉

Yes looking forward to boot or garden shoe video!

You have the best organic/simplistic, structured garden I’ve ever seen. I don’t see it as messy or to much. I think it matches your personality perfectly. 🧚🏼🧚🏼🧚🏼

It's crazy hot in TN Linda!! We skipped Spring per usual. Your garden is very cute, I love the dappled shade throughout the main part. I agree with whomever said you should do an arbor with roses over the bench, reducing the size of the hydrangea would be a must. Maybe just pressure wash the bench too if it can take it, if not maybe a good scrub by hand and possible stain or clear coat only, but I would not remove it. I was happy to hear things you would do differently. I now convinced I'm doing most of the right things this time. I have learned as I go too, and left behind some pretty gardens in my past two house (not large ones because I was unsure that I would stay). When I sold my last house (yes, I sold, and I'm not a realtor) I had written in my house contract that I could take 3 things from the yard when we left, a simple asiatic lily that my youngest daughter gave me, a calla my oldest gave me and a wisteria, I propagated and I had formed into a topiary (knowing I was going to take it some day). It's still a topiary for now after 2 years of being relocated in our new house. My hubby built me a 10x12 glass and wood greenhouse after I lost my first one (a kit) one year prior. He feeds my passion so I feel very blessed. (edit: Whoops I shouldn't have assumed Stewart was your husband, my mistake sorry).

Linda, I am in my mid 30s and starting my own garden. This video was made for me! I began planting last year during the pandemic and I’ve enjoyed it so much. We had a record breaking winter storm in February like you guys did and it destroyed a lot of my plants. I had to start all over again this spring but I don’t mind it one bit. This video was so helpful and I truly appreciate it. I am writing all of your advice down and incorporating some of your ideas in my own design. You are an inspiration and I’m so happy to have found your channel! ❤️

Linda, I love your gardens. I love how you talk about rooms, it’s just like decorating the rooms inside ones home. Gardens are a reflection of the person and their creativity. You’re right as we age though we get limited on our movement. I would have put birdbaths in sooner, and a fountain. I do have rain barrels and being in Arkansas you know we have had lots and lots of rain. I love using the rain water, so good for the plants.

I enjoy the little wardrobe addition you have added to your videos.

Loved this video! I’ve gardened for 3 years but am considering starting over in the front yard to make a more cohesive design. Listening to experienced designers and gardeners helps me a ton! Thanks for all of your tips and wisdom🙂

Warm and damp in the Upstate of SC too. I enjoyed this tremendously. I'm calling this a masterclass. I'm getting ready to redo my small front yard. Can't say how many plantings in my own garden were eye candy, or became much to large for the space allotted. Some were just more maintenance that I wanted to give. I felt particularly aligned with more of the same when chosing plants and getting g those foundation evergreens decided on. Thank you so much 🤗 ❣⁸

It has been so hot in Illinois the last few days being outside working yesterday felt Like august . It is cooling down. Starting a new garden is always fun, we would love to watch you make the magic happen. Enjoy and do whatever you would like, although we follow you, it is your life

I've often said, it's a good thing I didn't have money when I first moved into my house 30 years ago. I barely remember the many designs I considered. I even paid someone a lot of money to design a landscape which I didn't care for from the outset. Even with his revisions, it was clear he didn't listen. I even went to a nursery that offered free design, but again, he didn't listen. I like the concept of rooms and regret I didn't do more with that in my wide yard, but I do enjoy sitting on my low deck every morning with my coffee, shielded from neighbors' view by 4 Degroot arborvitae (3 would have been sufficient) and gaze at my hydrangea garden before deciding that day's list of chores. It's funny you mentioned clutter. Over our long winter (zone 4b, Minneapolis), I plotted and planned which annuals I would add to my new garden. Just the other day I thought it looks too cluttered with all of them. Perhaps I'll like it more as they fill in. I enjoy seeing large drifts of the same plant despite originally calling myself a plant collector. I have removed 11 trees over the years and am seriously considering removing the last of the original trees that first drew me to this property. It's a lovely maple that is just a stunner when it puts on its fall color, but it has two leaders, is super tall and it was planted too close to the power lines so the power company hacked off the back side. I won't miss the thousands of helicopter seeds it throws out, but will miss the shade it provides. I may replace it with a conifer moved into the yard a bit more. I also like Japanese tree lilacs and little-leaf lindens. I planted a tiny Redbud I picked up years ago at our university's arboretum plant sale for $24. It's leaning over, but I like that. It gives it more of an Asian feel. I have it planted in the back corner. Today, a neighbor asked me what to do with a plant his wife planted now that it's done flowering. His description lacked anything to identify what it was so I offered to walk over and look at it. Turns out this plant "that may grow into a shrub" was a spring-flowering hydrangea. I don't have experience with those, but I told him it blooms on old wood so he should cut off the spent blooms now. Between us, I don't think it has a chance of surviving. I told him to mulch it for better winter protection. He didn't know what that was...mulch. He pointed out a dianthus because his MIL always grew them. I asked if it was fragrant. He didn't know what that word meant. (Is that too "sophisticated" a word than "it smells good"?) Linda, I was very pleased to see your QVC products were on sale today so I ordered 5 tower supports in copper and galvanized finishes and an egg-shaped topiary in black. Sadly, I didn't notice until after I finished my transaction I could have received an additional discount since it was my first QVC purchase.

I love your garden and the personality there. There is so much to view and so many good ideas. I'm constantly changing things in my garden and would love a small water feature and a few small trees. Your thrifting ideas are great!

I see that greenhouse right where those overgrown boxwood are.

Started a ‘new’ garden at 63yrs old. Well new to me, 20 yr old property but planted in the ‘ I don’t garden’ French style. 6 trees and 6 shrubs spaced out around the garden and the rest grass. No trees anywhere near the building ,so all the shade was at the bottom of the garden, and so were the birds ! You should never underestimate the value of shade in a climate such as ours, very hot summers but dry heat. Have gradually over the last three years made changes, so now I have lots of colour from perennial plants, and have added more trees. It’s still a work in progress but I’m happy with how it looks this year. 😍🇫🇷😎

It’s 81 degrees at 8:00 a.m. here in Katy TX I’ve just got started back into gardening and really enjoy hearing your wealth of knowledge.

You look stunning! Your ensemble is so chic as well as your garden.You have great taste. I agree: less is more.

All last week we had hot and humid weather here in Western Massachusetts then finally back to seventies and opening windows, sooo nice .

Be happy with all your thoughts I AM A ADVID Gardner taught my husband how to garden...40 years of gardening the love of our life... My husband just passed suddenly.... Find contentment ..your garden is BEAUTIFUL, WE ARE always learning...❤

Zone 7B. I consider myself a gardener not a landscaper. I would have possibly worked with someone who would have given me better functionality. I am often called a collector. If I see a plant that I find interesting, I’ll find a space for it. Sometimes I feel it’s to cluttered. Looks like a tornado hit a few plant nurseries and spit it in my yard. As a guy, I don’t watch the fashion tips. Hey Stewart, do you have any guy tips for Linda’s viewers. Also, do you plant specific plants to bring pollinators to your garden? Love you both. You information is valuable to us all.

I love this..... dear younger me... I always tell young gardeners to make gardens that their older self will be able to handle..... I wish someone told me that. I am glad that I found your channel, because it has let me container garden and topiary hobby now and that way I am not adding knee work... already have enough of that.... good video Linda and Stuart.

It is so humid!!! and hot in Texas today. South of DFW area. 76065. If you like figs a Brown Turkey fig would go great in the corner where your Blue Atlas Cedar tree died. Espalier some fruit trees on your fence. Vitex are beautiful blooming trees also Anacacho Orchid Tree. Stunning beautiful and smell great. Consider removing the two round boxwoods shrubs to provide wider entrance. Add smaller potted plants for accent. You look rested and beautiful today. Great outfit.

I've started doing research 2-3 years ago, about planting and plants, for starting from scratch a semi-private urban garden. Only started planting last fall and this season. Just wanted to thank you for all the content, tips, advice! Thank you for the love of nandinas, for the love of viburnums, for the love of gravel you instilled! Today's content resonates also! Hope to invite you some day on my very own walk-about! :) ( Gardening in zone 6 - Romania )

The one thing I would change about my gardening experience is to really know the plant you are putting in the ground, whether it's something you purchased, or a plant that someone shared with you. I have Lilies of the Valley that are very invasive that I have been trying to get rid of for 30+ years. I never would have planted them if I only knew back then what I know now!!!

Living 50miles outside of Chicago and moved from my house on a pond to anew home with only two larger trees on the property. I am slowly adding shrubs. My favorite shrubs so far are hydrangia Annabelle. The first plants that I planted I actually rescued from someone's garbage after the Holidays. Four Alberta spruce trees which I took home and planted in large pots in a protected area. I then planted them into my yard( not yet garden) the following spring. You are my inspiration!!!