We Turned a Patch of Grass into a Japanese Garden | Cozy Vlog

In this video, I’m sharing one calm day in the garden- – from morning light to golden hour, plus what’s still to come.

Three years ago, this was just a plain patch of grass. Now, it’s becoming our very own Japanese-inspired garden — a peaceful backyard sanctuary we’re building slowly, one tree and one stone at a time. 🌿

Jeremy, my partner (and the true green thumb of the house), has poured his heart into creating this space. From rescuing maple trees to hand-placing each stone, this garden is a labor of love and a work in progress. I’m mostly here for the cozy vibes and to cheer him on when I’m not inside baking. 😉

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00:00 Morning – Gentle wake up, Feeding the birds
01:32 How it started, Favorite Spots
03:01 Afternoon, Garden Priorities
04:07 Future Garden Projects
05:05 Evening, Gardening
05:58 Jeremy’s Inspiration
07:58 Night-time Outro

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[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Good morning! It’s time to show you what 
we’ve been working on for several years, Three years in fact, and that is our Japanese 
garden. Our Japanese garden started off as a very blank canvas. In fact, it was just all flat 
and green. Jeremy is the mastermind behind this whole garden. He is the one that’s really been 
doing all the work. I’ve lent a helping hand a couple of times. I do the baking while he does the 
gardening those are our interests but of course I love coming out here to see the progress he’s 
made we rescue a lot of these trees from people who don’t want it in their yard anymore so I’ve 
joined Jeremy a couple times on rescuing those trees sometimes I’ll see a tree and I’ll have 
a very fond memory this is the very first tree that we rescued it’s actually my second or third 
favorite tree here because of the very vibrant coloring on the leaves it’s so pretty okay last 
place I’ll show you this morning is my favorite little cozy corner that is right here next to 
this really cool bendy pine tree i love this pigota right there and I really like how Jeremy 
laid out these steps i don’t know if they’ll be here forever cuz I think a pond is going to go 
somewhere around here but for now my cozy corner [Music] [Music] all right it is now afternoon sun is 
shining it’s a gorgeous day outside it is 56° this is a thermal sweater so yikes 
i’m pretty hot right now so Jeremy outlined to me the order in which he’s fixing up his garden 
number one is landscaping which is almost done number two is structures number three is water 
features number four is lights so he’s almost done with landscaping and he’s about to start 
all the structures if it’s not obvious we are working on getting our fence replaced right 
now there used to be a wire fence there and now we’re getting a cedar wood fence that’s 
actually going up in the next couple days so excited let’s go take a look at what the future 
of our Japanese garden is going to look like [Music] louder [Music] [Music] it is now sunset in the garden 52° even right now 
and I thought I’d bring out the mastermind of the project since I’ve been talking about him and 
not showing him much i can usually find Jeremy in the evenings in the garden because that’s when 
he’s usually busy working i have found him there he is can you tell me like your inspiration for 
the garden or what you’re trying to achieve with this yeah I mean originally I just wanted to 
replace an empty grass lawn um but I kind of turned this into my study garden so I kind of 
tried to explore as many of them as possible in this one garden so it’s um a strolling garden a 
tea garden a courtyard it’s also a collection of um Japanese maples then there’s a a fifth secret 
purpose to it which I haven’t said much about ooh secret purpose as far as a collection goes I 
currently have about 80 varieties of Japanese maples what’s your goal I guess for endgame 
um I have to double check but I think if I if I wanted to make it a official arboritum um 
I think I might need I think I already have enough to do that actually but if I wanted 
to make it a level two registered arboritum I think I need like 100 or 120 varieties and 
I’m probably close or already have that so yeah I can’t pick my favorite part of the garden 
i can show you a couple of my favorite trees i do like this the composition of this even 
though what’s behind it isn’t very pretty um and I have a lot of rock work to do here 
but these are some of my favorite trees over here that’s why they’re up front i really love 
Koto-no-ito um I really love this ghost dancer and um this Murrayana pine i call old man Murrayana he’s 
got a cane to keep him upright i’m excited about some of these trees over here that haven’t leafed 
out yet they’re new you can also see one of my favorites there by the front of the house is Ikandi 
it’s a play on eye candy and you get it real close you can see why it’s such a pretty tree oh wow 
yeah look at the leaves on that yeah it just has the best variegation like at various points in the 
year they look different watching this garden grow has been one of the most peaceful parts of our 
life here and it’s all thanks to Jeremy his vision his care and the hundreds of quiet hours he’s 
spent out here have turned a plain grassy patch into something truly special he’s made our home 
feel cozy not just inside but all around us thanks for spending a little time with me in our garden 
today i can’t wait to see what it becomes next [Music]