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IN THIS EPISODE:
In this week’s episode of Swedish Manor Life, we continue our big garden transformation at Skebo Manor – but this time, it’s all about smart, creative strategies for making your garden dreams come true without breaking the bank. Kristina takes center stage to share her top tips for building a beautiful garden on a budget, drawing from years of hands-on experience and a true passion for resourceful, sustainable gardening.
From how to find free plants and make the most of local plant swaps, to splitting perennials and choosing varieties that give you the most value over time, Kristina walks us through her tried-and-true methods for stretching both plants and pennies. She also shows clever ways to make garden center purchases go further – turning a few strategic choices into lush, layered borders.
Whether you’re working with a large estate or a tiny balcony garden, these practical, cost-saving gardening tips will help you get more beauty for your budget. Join us as we keep moving forward with our garden project and take a deep dive into the joy of gardening creatively!
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[Music] I stand by you when you’re falling, when the river is calling. Said I love you forever. We can make it together. Truckles up, busting down. There’s lots of friendly faces all around and nothing ever looking desire. We’re all right. We just have to hold on to the night. As long as we are watching the fire, we’ll be safe from the devil’s choir. Stand by you when you’re falling. When the river is calling, I said I love you forever. We can make it [Music] together. Yeah. [Music] Yeah. When things go wrong, it’s easy to sing a sad song. Seems like nothing comes for [Music] free. And it won’t take. Your fragile soul will soon be strong. [Music] I’ll carry you so tenderly. What I want to say is that I stand by you when you’re falling. When the river is calling, I said I love you forever. We can make it together. [Music] Break my heart see with the things you do the one on your [Music] should come so much longer. Now I wish I can say that all my troules going to blow away. But I won’t quit until it gets better. We have been busy. We’ve been working with gravel for all weekend. It’s looking like this. I don’t know if you can see the vision. We have a gravel path in the middle. Then we have like an access over there. And this is going to become the champagne garden. So over on the left side towards the grass path, we’re going to have a uh beach hedge and that’s going to go over at the corner over there. Make a jump and then a little bit over there. So that means that these two hedges also create like a wall towards the second room which is over at the apple trees. And that’s going to be a project for another time. And then we have these planting beds around the outside of this gravel room that we’ve created. And where the stroller is, don’t wake up the baby. is where we’re going to put a water feature. And that’s going to be our first real water feature that has uh like bubbles coming out from it. And on the other side is of course where we’re going to have a nice bench or a seating area over here. And it’s also of course going to have a hedge at the back there. So it becomes a nice room. Then when you look back onto the house, you’ll see like where the wagon is right now. That’s where we’re going to have the um pergola tower. And on the other side as well. And walking on this path will look out on the other part of the garden which we did last year. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] So, here in the middle is the grass path that’s going to lead on 60 m uh in the future. Now we’ve done 15, I think. And then on either side here are the pergola towers. But if we have a look on the other side where we did a grass path a couple years ago, it was actually missing when we moved in. It was only on the left side here, which looked kind of awkward cuz it like stopped over there. So we continue that over here. But on this side, we have a planting bed that’s quite um it’s long and it’s wide. And when you’re creating new planting beds, you need a lot of plants. Like really a lot of plants. And it can be really expensive to buy new plants for these planting beds that are this huge. But I have a trick. Of course, I have a trick. I’m a landscape architect. I I know tricks. Um, so I’m going to tell you how I do that. My number one tip is to look around existing borders and look for plants that are uh in the way or they are too many or plants that you could divide. I do that a lot. So uh let me see where I have something to show you. Like here for example, I have this huge clump and I had one over there. And what I did was that I put my spade in it and I chopped it up into I think it was 15 different plants and then I put them over there in my new planting bed and I could fill a space that’s two square meters. So that’s filling up pretty quickly. Over here in a bucket is a plant that I divided a couple of weeks ago and I haven’t moved it into the right position yet. But meanwhile, I put it here with some wet soil and you can see it’s still alive. I can see some shoots emerging over there. So, this is a good way to uh move plants that you want to uh put in another place of the garden, but not having the time to do it just that second. So, you can store them in some soil. Over here in the existing bed, you can see that the plants are uh it’s pretty full here. It’s nothing bad with having a full border, but it just means that you could actually steal some plants in here cuz it will you will not know if I take that plant out. This one will still fill the space together with that one. So, you can kind of thin it out without it being uh being noticed. And then you end up with these plants that I planted here in the new bed because these are the ones that have been thinned out from the larger border. And you can see how quickly that covers this bed and it cost nothing. I also found some shrubs that were growing in the lawn. And there’s nothing more annoying than a small shrub growing in the middle of grass that needs to be mowed. And that’s why I moved this one. And this is a Philadelphia. So, it’s going to have white, very fragrant uh blooms in June and July. And here are some other divided plants that I planted last year. And this huge plant, it started out like this. So you can see that when they are being fed and watered, they bulk up. And soon you can see that these two are uh hiding the soil and they’re uh growing into each other. And I have a few of these that are growing in the gravel because they set seed abundantly. That’s also a trick. So before I weed this area, I need to weed it. I’m going to look for free plants. And over here, you can see this is the mother plant from where I took plants last year. And I know that I saw some new plants here in the gravel. Like here, free plant here. Free plant over there. Another free plant. One, two, three, four. You know, I can get a lot of free plants. Don’t you just like free plants? That’s fantastic. And over here, I have more free plants. You just need to learn how they look like so you can different them from from weeds. But uh this is a clatus. Uh this is uh another plant. I don’t know the English name for it, but it’s a sweet little uh pink flower. And then I have a a lot of aquium like that one. This becomes a weed really. It’s a selfseeder as you can see. But look for free plants. And I have some more on the other side. And before I weed this scrabble, I’m going to look for plants here, too. And look what I found. A really nice lavender plant. One, two, three. Oh. Oh, my favorite. Oh, this is uh perovskia. I think it’s called Russian sage. These are really nice. Love that. Oh, I can hear a cat in here. Oops. Sorry, cat. Okay, accidentally put her in there. And I think I have a few more if I just look closely in the grass. Like here, this is a verbina histata that I want to put in the hot water. You see free plants all over the place. Just look in the gravel. Another tip is to take cutings from shrubs. And that’s what I’ve done over here with my hydrangeas. I took some cutings a few weeks ago and I have put them in a bucket of soil and now they are standing here. And you can see that some of them have been growing some more leaves. Some have died like that one. Oh, hello kitty cat. Okay, so that one died on me, but that’s fine. Didn’t cost me anything. It’s worth a try. But you can see that some of them are pushing out leaves. So, they are alive. They are alive. And then of course you have the annuals that you could put in the border just to get maximum effect the first year. And here I have all my um sweet peas and I grow a lot of them. And I have some really nice peachy tones in here and some um uh lavender blue that’s going to look perfect in the u champagne garden. So, some look like that. Okay, kitty cat. And they will fill up quickly the space. And then, of course, I have my my das that I’ve been growing and I can put them in the water as well for this year and they will have a huge impact and bring a lot of color in. And then I have uh sunflowers that I’m going to seed direct and I guess fill up with whatever seeds that I have in the space that I have left. And it’s going to look beautiful. Really beautiful. [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] So, I’m standing in the greenhouse in my favorite nursery and I’m looking for some inspiration for the champagne garden and I realized The hardest color to find seems to be peach. Okay. I’ve been looking with um perennials, annuals, and it seems like it’s super tricky. So, I’m here to get see if I can find some inspiration. And I found these ones. Uh that is don’t know the English word for that. you probably know. And it has a little bit a tone that’s going not just peach, but it’s going like to an orange. And not exactly what I’m looking for, but maybe that could be something that I could add in the borders in the champagne garden when it’s getting closer uh to the event of the um wedding. But I found something at another place. I found this cosmos. It’s also an annual. And I thought in order to save some money on all the planting, I thought I’ll get a seed packet of this variety. It’s called apricotta. So, I’m going to sew some seeds of cosmos apricotta to bring some peachy tones into the champagne garden later uh and summer. Hopefully it will be flowering in August. [Music] [Music] [Music] So, finding the perfect peach is tricky. I mean, most of the hues turn into orange or burnt orange or a coral uh going towards a pink. And that’s not the peach I want. So, the peach that I’m looking for is exactly like the rose alchemist that I bought the other week. And I found some fox gloves as well. They are u called digitalis uh Dalmatian peach. So actually made an order to get some of those. But you can actually sew them as well if you want to save a few bucks. That’s a great trick. But I do have some GMs back home that look like this but has another color. So this is called coral tempest. and it’s a bit too coral for my taste. Lovely in another space, but not what I’m looking for right now. And my tie is the uh name of the uh peachy one, and I have a few of those. So, adding up on the peachy [Music] colors. I have a little trick. If you don’t want to spend a fortune at the nursery, you should look for a plant that you obviously want and then find the biggest one. And like this one, it has several shoots that you could actually divide and then plant into separate uh pots and you could also take cutings from them. So you can take off the top and put that into some free draining soil and grow that on as well as dividing them. So I think I could get like 10 to 15 plants out of this one. Not as big of course, but these will grow quickly and it’s a great way to uh get more plants for less basically. [Music] So, I bought this little fella. It’s a artisia silver queen. And I mean, buy as many plants as you can afford. But if you can just afford one or a few, you should still go for it because it means that you now have a new specy in your garden that you can keep on growing and then dividing and dividing over the years and then you have as many as you like. So, I bought it just to um show you how you could divide this one into new plants uh like right now. You don’t have to keep all of them growing cuz I think this one could be divided into more plants. And as you can see, like that one is a new plant. You need to tease out the roots a little bit. Okay, I think I have one plant that I’ve teased out and it doesn’t look like much, but it has some nice roots. I’m going to put these on in a new pot. [Music] We’re putting it in like that. And then just putting more soil at the top. Okay, one free new plant. And I’m also going to remove the top. And that’s because I want more plants. So, I’m going to cut it just above a leaf like over there. I don’t know where I put my secrets, so I’m going to use my fingers last at least. That was the idea. Nope. I need my [Music] secrets. Okay, back. [Music] A snipper is much better. Okie dokie. Then I will cut underneath a leaf because that’s where this is going to form some new roots. And then I’m removing all these leaves and just leaving a few at the top. Otherwise, this not non-existing roots cannot really uh support a lot of leaves. So, taking that off. And then I could stick this one into another pot. And I’m going to stick it in in the corner of the pot cuz that’s where the best drainage is. And that’s key when trying to root cutings. And then I could put a few more into this pot as well. So hopefully new free [Music] plants. And there it is. A few more plants. Now I just need to water these in and have a little bit of patience before they start rooting again. And you can see that when you’re lifting the pot and looking at the bottom. Then it’s time to uh plant it out in the border. [Music]
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It’s going to look wonderful. Hopefully you can get hold of some Dahlia tubers or plants which are peach coloured and will be coming up in August. ❤
The garden is going to be just beautiful. Great gardening tips.
The peach flowers you found are hollyhocks, I believe.
Another great video. 😊
Wonderful episode. The garden is looking so beautiful. It's fun seeing your vision materialize. And thank you for the tips!
I think the first flower you looked at, at the nursery, was snapdragon. Don't have my glasses on. Another way to get free plants, at least here in Canada, is to watch Marketplace for people getting rid of things, usually hostas but sometimes other things.
Gardening is so fun.
nice video, thank you! I would like to encouraging other viewers to comment, creators work hard and one comment really helps with algorithm
Love your attitude. I follow the same principles on dividing plants and looking for self seeded plants. Last year I regenerated a huge bed which had got out of hand and within 4 months it looked good, 12 months later it looks fab, really established, I kept the roses in place and a couple of established plants but divided others and planted free plants that were much bigger anything I could buy in a garden centre. I bought a few extras for diversity and it looks great this year. Great advice. I also give away lots of spares to friends. ❤
Your grounds look wonderful and I’ll look forward to seeing your garden grow 😊❤thank you
Your new garden is going to be fabulous. You are hard workers in and outside your home 😊
Wishing you a greenhouse. Or an inside / outside greenhouse especially for winter months. Yes dividing is great. I have a few plants I gift to neighbors. They spread rapidly. Common name goose neck, a good cut flower and it's white and bees love it. The other is astiboidies, one was gifted to me and I now have it everywhere. Loves shade. I gifted that to neighbor who has a small pond. The plant likes damp feet. A Japanese fern has gifted me babies I put everywhere I can I really like ferns.
Appreciate the potting lessons. I'll have to try that. Also, loved the kitty cat helping with the demonstrations : )
Thank you for all the helpful information 🪴🪴🪴
What an inspiring and practical guide to planting a lush, varied and beautiful flower garden!! I am so excited to see the new garden features evolve and get established!! What a GREAT Vlog today!! Thank you!!
Snapdragons! (Lat. Antirrhinum majus). The reason they are called Snapdragons is because when you squeeze the flower on its sides, its "jaws" open up wide… I love them! there are some that are 30 years old that still come up and bloom each year in the beds next to my garage walls. Self seeders, as I'm sure you know. Baby is growing like a peachy and fuzzy little snapdragon! adorable boy.
Often, in Northwestern America at least, Cosmos reseed themselves…so airy, and romantic…peach is tricky!
Geum, I love too. Foxgloves can effect my heart, when I plant them…
You do beautiful! Thank you.
Looking good so far, it will be beautiful!❤
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No apology needed for kitty. Lovely plants interspersed with kitty lovings is perfection to my mind.
Great replanting tips. Thank you.
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As an avid gardener myself, I thoroughly enjoyed today’s video. Following along as you design a garden room, prepare the soil and locate the plants is so inspiring. Filling the garden rooms is made especially fun to see how you divide, uproot and propagate plants to save money. I wear headphones while watching your videos and I love your choice of music. Thank you. 🌱
Love your joy at the free plants 🥰 and the cat.
You look wonderful & so happy in your garden. The tips are helpful- thanks! ❤
your kids are so cute and always love to see walter in his pram joining the fun and work while he's napping!
The kitty is a great addition to the vlog!
I ALWAYS ENJOY LISTENING TO YOUR CALM VOICE TOURING US AROUND.PLEASE GIVE A SWEET KISS TO WALTERS HEAD IT IS THE BEST AGE
I found some lovely peach color flowers that might work for your champagne garden: peaches & cream zinnia, Iron Apricot, Matthiola incana, Apricot Sparkles Reblooming Dwarf Daylily, Superbena Peachy Keen Verbena, Achillea Firefly Peach Sky yarrow, & Achillea Apricot Delight yarrow.
Very good tips! Also the cat, and how the children love it, is adorable
Your new garden design is taking shape very nicely. Admiring all the hard work all of you have put in. ❤️❤️👍👏👏
Carnea had a peach variety too
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I too, have discovered that gravel is the place where plants like to seed. Like you say, there are free plants to get everywhere. Surpriced you have trouble to find peach plants. Peach flowers are everywhere for the moment.But most are from seed. Last year tried to grow cosmos apricota but it did not come up very well. I would for sure have bought a few of those plants as they bloom until the first frost. There are also beautiful peach dahlia’s, asters and even zinnea’s and so many more. But mostly only to be found in seed. There are some beautiful peach lupines and irises even canna’s.
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I wanted to ask what type/kind of soil you use to be successful when taking cuttings (example hydrangea) to grow new plants. I’ve gardening for a long time and love learning new things and I really want to try this one. Thank you!!
Love the opening music! Found myself swaying to the rhythm. 🙂
I am seeing the vision of your beautiful gardens coming to life. The children and pets helping is a bonus.
This was fantastic and informative! Your garden will be stunning!
I love watching your cat–so sweet❤
The cat is charming. What’s his/her name? Those were helpful tips. I don’t have a garden but have a number of potted plants—now I’m wondering which ones I can divide and make multiples of. Definitely have a large Birds of Paradise that I can split.
Thank you for the detailed instructions on how to divide a potted plant. I didn't know the trick about putting the cutting in the corner of the pot. Excellent content!
Very excited to see how your champagne garden develops!
I have some coral-colored pelargonium – keep an eye out for some at your garden center.