Deciding on a garden style makes choosing hard landscaping, garden furniture and plants SO much easier. My first garden styles video has the 12 basic garden styles, and this video has 10 more, many suggested by you (thank you!). If you haven’t seen the first Top 12 garden styles video it’s here: https://youtu.be/IBZbjNUesHI
00:00 Welcome
00:31 Top 12 Garden Styles video: https://youtu.be/IBZbjNUesHI
00:45 Naturalistic or prairie style gardens
01:09 Michael McCoy’s tips on naturalistic planting https://youtu.be/1i18ZutJV8c
01:51 Video on tough perennials that will survive rain and drought:https://youtu.be/8Yeihq61_TU
02:26 Eco-friendly garden style
02:57 A small wildlife garden in town video: https://youtu.be/CaK2unUklNg
04:13 Upcycled or recycled garden style
05:31 The plant lover’s garden
06:00 The Horti-Culturalists YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thehorti-culturalists
06:29 Interesting garden shed ideas including Stephen’s sheds: https://youtu.be/Emq6oa3-w1w
06:30 City or courtyard garden style
07:24 The rock, mountain or alpine garden style
07:50 Rock garden style tips: https://youtu.be/whDfzvMn9Zw
08:25 Woodland garden style
09:50 Native plants garden
11:24 Rustic garden style
12:01 Food forest/potager/edible garden style
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31 Comments
Love all your videos. Kind of addicted to now as we are approaching the summer. Could you please do designs ideas for a wide rectangle shallow garden?
Thank you. Wonderful gardens & ideas. Your videos always offer a plethora of knowledge & ideas.
You never disappoint in terms of ideas and information! And don't you look stunning in that red outfit! My garden style is: go to the nursery and buy everything I see that appeals, then bring it home and try to figure out if it will work. I'm trying to stop that!
I only have a balcony garden, yet I've picked up so many useful tips. Love this channel ❤
Another great video of ideas to add to my gardening folder. 🌱
Wonderfull and very interesting video. Thank you Alexandra. I gues I have a wild food forrest with lots of flowers that not only look good but also can be used for tea or creams or for in a salat. One style was missing for me. A medicinal garden. I would like to see a video about that. Thank you and have a grand weekend. 🖐🌻
🌳🎋🪵GREAT INFO🌾🌵
I have a long narrow garden with borrowed trees in the back. I’ve made that area a woodland garden. As it has a large pine tree the shed needles make a wonderful substrate!
Very helpful. I’m on a slope with stone walls, but also have level areas., which is common here in the Pacific Northwest. The principle of tree, shrub, ground cover is my main goal. I trim some ground covers to maintain uniform height. Tree forming some shrubs also helps create another story. Multiple heights is a priority for me.
Oh Alexandra! You've given me so much to think about. I love all the garden styles. <3 I believe the theme of mine is of course Native Plants but also a food forest! What a lovely idea. I am also so intent on using what's available to me in my area and on my property. Sort of an eco-friendly and upcycled style, as well. We do not have a lot of rocks or stones in our area in Southern Mississippi but there's plenty of trees especially lodge pole pines that can be used to make boarders and benches and architectural focal points. Thank you so much for another great, informative video! <3
The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago, the second best time is now 🙂
I have an American Bungalow Garden with an English accent.
When I think of a “courtyard garden” I usually think of a New Orleans-style courtyard, which, in my view, is a distinct style of gardening, not just a space.
I'm just about to revamp my tiny garden. Can't decide how I want it to look. I've gone from jungle to country cottage to smart minimalist contemporary. Looking for more ideas to make that decision. Having a fireplace sounds like a great idea and would make a focal point for the tiny space.
Great video!
I have a hint of recycling, plant lovers, fruit forest, and edible garden style.
Good stuff and thanks for a part II, the first is one of my favorite videos of your channel also.
Currently potting up my growing collection of cannas for my unintended recycling-themed garden. It's honestly not the theme I would have chosen, and I try to upscale it to achieve a sort of shabby chic at least out front where other people tend to see it. Over the years I've gotten a much more relaxed attitude about what is beautiful about plants and gardens, it must be old age and experience. Give me a wee private spot outdoors, a recycled trash can sprouting healthy potato foliage, and an upcycled patio chair to sit in while I enjoy it.
Excellent show. I wish you could see my garden in France—17 meters wide, and 150 meters long. sloaping up from the house, facing south. The solution was a number of rooms, a winding path, with the last room being 700 square meters of oak trees around a slightly sunken seating area. Ever come to Paris France? One complaint. The way you say: Goodbye. It sounds like a parody of phony middle class goodbye. Hyacinthe on keeping up appearances. How about something like: a modest, "It's been my pleasure." or "Keep growing." Or don't change your goodbye even if it annoys me. Most things annoy me.
These are all very interesting. My favorite gardens are the ones that show an artist's imagination behind them.
Just packed with useful information.
Alexandra would you consider an episode on symbolic gardens ?
It's the only way I can garden. More like philosophy. I pull ideas from people I love or things from my childhood. A beloved pet or lost loved one. I know it may be silly to some but honestly I just don't have a garden style. I watch a video and then it's my favorite style. So I'm always going in different directions.
If I focus on a memory or loved one I can move forward because it's personal
I love the idea of a cottage garden, a unique tapestry of plants and items all thrown together to create something beautiful.
South-East Florida Native Plant Garden and lazy potted plant gardener: I planned for an English Garden but decided to allow whatever else grows among the planted shrubs to fill in too. Just keep things neat and pruned. My courtyard is filled with terracotta pots. Sometimes, because of my laziness, the potted plant dies. But something else in the pot grows on its own. So, I let it. I figured if the plants in the garden and pots grow and flourish on their own, they will require very little care on my part, and it works.
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LOVED IT! KUDOS
Wow, the moss lawn information is incredible!
Amazing ! Loved this video. Thank you Alexandra 😊
Wonderful! Your Top 12 garden styles video is one of my most re-watched favourites of all of Youtube. Defining styles is extremely helpful for me to narrow down what I want to achieve, especially because I am starting from scratch on a bare sheep paddock. You have turned a daunting task into something manageable and exciting.
I agree with the others, I love this video. The pictures and descriptions help so much. I have a mix of garden styles in my flower garden. I try to keep some things consistent through out, like native stone, decorations, the pathways and trees. It is on a slope, and has a rock, cottage, rustic, and woodland garden areas. I plant what I love, but they have to be tough also. Temperature, wind rain-or lack of- varies, so I only baby new plants at first. I love "trowel and error". Alexandra, I so appreciate the hard work and dedication you put into these videos.
Love your videos!
My gardening style is what is cheap and will keep my nousy neighbors from calling the city because it looks wild lol
What a great round up of styles Alexandra!Thanks for including us! xx
Always on trend, Alexandra. Thank you for this tutorial show. Happy Spring🌿