Thank you so much - I so hoped I would do it justice

In the past year i just witnessed and learned exactly that. That early evening light is just the most beautiful thing that it's so easy to not appreciate if you don't have a garden or a view that you love

I would love to go back and you are quite right - more naming and specifics would be very helpful

Yes, it would be nice as a second stay, made for the purpose of making a more detailed video, perhaps even funded in part by those benefitting from it, but I’m glad instead you got some beautiful footage and chose to share it, but still focused on enjoying the moment and the gift for yourself and your husband. That was the purpose of the trip. Savoring that was more important than losing those moments just to create something longer and more detailed for appeasing the masses, the viewers. One cannot quite capture the moment with the camera, or spend one’s time and attention on extensive detail and enjoy the moment simultaneously. Much is lost in attempting to do that. Better to get lovely overall examples as you did, and either let others be inspired to come see more or do their own research for that which they seek, or come back another time when it isn’t a private, personal occasion, and then one can make it about appeasing the interests of others. I find the world has often come to expect people to sacrifice much on behalf of strangers who give absolutely nothing in return, but instead demand much. And so, without even giving it a first thought, let alone a second thought, and given half a chance, such types would take every last drop of blood, sweat, tears, or a person’s last pennies and valuable time from anyone who would allow them to do so. They must be kept in check. Like the weeds, a little tolerance of them is harmless enough, but if let run rampant, they would choke the life out of anyone who doesn’t resist them, out of the giving, sharing ones who nurture the world with their kindness and selfless sharing. Such sharing people are the treasures in the garden of the world, they are those who need deep roots, and healthy boundaries and barriers, which may also need to run quite deep in order to stand against the rampant weeds that would overpower them and suck the very life from them if allowed...and, the occasional looming or aggressive weed or two being uprooted by a passerby wouldn’t be amiss. Weeds don’t seem to know they’re weeds, they simply dig in deeply, sprawl wherever they can, take all and give little to nothing in return, and while some are less aggressive, some can be quite prickly at times as well. It was lovely to see some footage and a fair bit of background about Gravetye, William Robinson and his outlook on gardening, (good to see that his books are still in print), and I appreciate the time you took to capture, edit and present this for us all to enjoy. My own neighborhood was built in the 40’s and many had kitchen gardens as part of the lot layouts. Mine did, and I’m working to bring that area back, as well as two shady garden rooms, a meadow area, and cottage-garden borders. I got a lot out of this video, so thank you again!

The Middle-Sized Garden so sorry if I came off as ungrateful! I love your videos and am very grateful for everything you post! I think I just got excited about this garden and wanted to know more and I didn’t think how my comment might come across! I hope you had a wonderful time and got to relax and enjoy the atmosphere!!

It's a pleasure. It was such a lovely garden to share.

That's a pleasure - and I think that taking a weed out the minute you spot it can be a very good policy. I don't weed enough and although I get alot of self-seeders the garden does sometimes tip over into being too weedy.

I also love putting some tall plants into the very front of my garden. It's a garden, not a Kindergarten class photo, where you want the tallest in the back and the shortest in the front. :) In fact, tomorrow I am going to tuck in two white Culver's Root plants into the front of my garden.

Thank you!

So glad it kept them amused.

I will really try as it's something I'd love to do, too.

I would love that too. I thought the garden was so beautiful and would like to learn more about the planting

I'm so glad you enjoyed it.

I agree!

2 acres in Pennsylvania sounds wonderful - so glad you're enjoying the videos

Thank you! It is so wonderful to discover a garden at the height of its beauty.

Hello there, the house of Gravetye is now a lovely hotel built by the Infield family in the late 1500s. I am descended from two sisters of the builder, Richard Infield (their descendents married each other). One day I would love to see a video of the house itself. :-)

Thank you!

Thank you - it was the most wonderful garden, but I hope to go back at a different time of year.

Thank you!

Thank you, it is the most beautiful garden if you ever get the chance to visit.

Thank you! 😊

thank you!

Thank you!

It is definitely a very special place. Worth a visit.

Thank you so much. I absolutely adore this garden too, and hoped to go back though Covid somewhat prevented that this year.

I thought so too. Just my favourite garden ever.

I agree. Fabulous garden

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you. It is such a beautiful garden.

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you

Thank you - could you let me know at what point the alliums and the other plant is at (ie 3 mins 10 seconds or whatever it is), and then I should be able to find out.

One of my very favourite gardens.

I think it quite seriously may be one of the best gardens in the world. Just beautiful, with excellent 'bones'.

Thank you!

Thank you - just so wonderful to be able to be in the garden at dawn.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you!

Thank you, I love, love, love the garden too so it's great that others do as well.

Glad you enjoyed it! And it is one of my all time favourite gardens, too.

That sounds delightful.

It is lovely.

Our pleasure!

Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you!

Thank you!

Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you! It is amazing to think that almost everything he wrote about in the 19th century is still so relevant today.

Thank you!

Glad you think so!

Thank you so much, and yes, what a treasure it is.

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It isn't isn't it?

It's a wonderful garden, I'm looking forward to going back again in a couple of weeks.

Multumesc!😀

Thank you. The apples are grown as 'Stepover' apples, on just one or two branches, because the trees are kept low. They are no higher than your knee level. So there is no foliage above them to shade them from the sun - all the apples get full sunlight instead of being hidden by branches, leaves and apples further up the tree.

Thanks and welcome

Yes, her garden is famous, I'd love to see it too, although rather limited in how far I can travel at the moment.

Thank you!

Thank you!

It really is exceptional.

Great idea and I will try to go back there for something like that.

Stepover are trees that are trained to be very low with their branches going along. Like espaliered but lower. I did have a dreadful accident with stepovers once because I was photographing a garden in winter when there were no leaves or fruit and I didn't see them. So I tripped and hit my head on some garden steps. Two weeks concussion. So they're that low.

The Middle-Sized Garden I’m so sorry about your stumble! You are now a certified hardcore gardener💪🌿 (glad you made a good recovery!)❤️❤️❤️

I'm really sorry, but I don't know. I agree it is lovely.

Thank you, it is from our local market - there's a stall which appears with a random selection of clothing and I suspect they are factory seconds as the sizing appears not to follow any kind of logic! And there's no label on the actual dress itself. But a good bargain!

@@TheMiddlesizedGarden It is lovely . Thank you for answering :)

A meadow is an area of grass, with wildflowers in it. A cottage garden generally doesn't have grass, as the borders are as big as they can manage and packed with planted (ie cultivated) plants. I think you could have both, but probably best in different areas. This video on how to create a cottage garden may help: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q5Z9mJxnt8-xZZc.html and there is also one on creating a mini meadow: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fLOborpjksrPaJ8.html

"he was an Irish man" With a name like 'Robinson', I doubt he was THAT 'Irish' - any more than the Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley - (who happened to have been born in Dublin).

Yes, that's right, and also people didn't want to work in that way any more. Another factor was that many of the young men who would have inherited the big houses died (particularly in the First World War when they would have been young officers so the first out into the battle to lead their men), so the houses themselves eventually had to be sold away from the farm land that supported them.

The Wild Garden and The English Flower Garden, both by William Robinson