In this video, This Old House landscape contractor Jenn Nawada helps a homeowner create some privacy with a woodland garden created from native plants.
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Landscape contractor Jenn Nawada takes us on a house call to solve a homeowner’s front yard problem. Despite living in a wooded neighborhood, their street is noisy, and they’d prefer to create some separation for the front yard for their children. Jenn surveys the surrounding plants and setting and comes up with a plan to create a woodland garden.
Where to find it?
Jenn draws inspiration from nature to help a homeowner add a woodland garden to his front yard. Jenn shows the homeowner a variety of native plants that effortlessly blend with the heavily wooded neighborhood. Together, the two decide on a combination of Winterthur Viburnum [https://bit.ly/3yFXN3U] (Viburnum nudum ‘Winterthur’), Oakleaf Hydrangea [https://bit.ly/3EIgfNi] (Snow Queen) and Cardinal red-twig dogwood [https://bit.ly/3g7MVFA] (Cornus Sericea).
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25 Comments
great video, thanks!
Making this old house new again.
How do we know which plants to choose in our front yard?
Really enjoy these videos. Very informative. 😊
Thank you for using all natives! You're helping the environment more than you know!
The guy seems extra stoked about his new plants lol
17:50 Let’s just take a minute to appreciate how much time and work she put into these videos?
It's unbelievable, and I think they deserve a lot more than that
Love these relatively simple projects that make a huge difference. Would love more videos like this
If they grow fast, those red-twigged dogwoods need pruning back to the ground every 2 or 3 years. Otherwise they look ragged and lose the winter red color–or at least mine do.
I don't intend on sounding mean but shouldn't the dude smile one time in the video or display some kind of emotion?
She is really cute
really enjoy thanks your video
This guy had somewhere else to be! 🤣
Any suggestions for evergreen varieties?
In my area, utility marking services are used by contractors. Residents may have to pay a fee to use this.
He needs to prune that large tree's trunk in the background next.
I cannot help but to worry about bushes with berries on them and young children. The temptation to try berries is very high with children I know because my own son had seen his mother cutting mushrooms and then played in the woods, I was summoned form my work to get to the hospital as my son have eaten some toadstool and was unconscious, luckily my son came through the ordeal without any problems but it scared me as a farther and I made sure he did not eat anything that was not on our table from then on.
His house has a really nice number to it
Love woodland garden and promoting native species! US has amazing native flora that are lovely to use in homes.
Yeah for a woodland house I went out and found wild blueberry bushes they're growing good now you can find a lot of beautiful wild plants to do a nice yard and barrier I hope you guys aren't buying your plants in the woods
4:24 it's a free service
So you don't pay taxes?
This gal knows her stuff, sure enough. The city often doesn't cover cable, irrigation, or outdoor electrical installed by the owner, I've learned the hard way. It's good to pack a pvc and electrical repair kit. Also, a reciprocating saw can cut through roots under trees, a strong stream of water can expose spots to install plants naturally around roots
Loved the look on his face when she was going over the plants
Greetings sir my name is zubair ahmed and i want to work in your company my name is mine who belong to pakistan and i am electrician
A fence would be better, but what do I know…