Hello! My name is Bethany and I grow things in my rooftop container garden in Chicago, zone 6a. In this video, I’ll show you what my back deck garden looks like at the beginning of July.
2023 Garden Tours Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk7YUFQ82iM&list=PL-x6xtohdIXap8w-cfW1ZIoKfLHusEyCY
2022 Garden Tours Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-x6xtohdIXbaJs5yUAocS8b7vDjRmpkx
Where Things Are From:
(Amazon links are affiliate links, so if you don’t feel comfortable using those you can search for the product name on Amazon)
~ Charming Bench Company elevated beds: https://thecharmingbenchcompany.com/products/wood-country-rectangular-cedar-planter-tl-006-tl-007-tl-008-tl-009
~ 30-gallon grow bags: https://amzn.to/3C4tvZU
~ 7-gallon black grow bags: https://parkseed.com/smart-pot-fabric-planters/c/smart-pots/
~ 5 and 7 gallon beige grow bags: https://amzn.to/3qgiWjR
~ Flower cart: https://amzn.to/43unbGU
~ Table and chairs: old from Wayfair
~ Wheels for 30-gallon grow bags: https://amzn.to/3qfRxib
~ Caddy for smaller plants: https://amzn.to/3WIhjra
~ ProvenWinners drip irrigation: https://www.provenwinners.com/waterwise
~ Carpathen drip irrigation: https://amzn.to/3OLiCUk
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11 Comments
Absolutely gorgeous deck garden, the petunias are blooming soo well and sooo pretty 😍 Your hard work paid off!!!!
The garden is amazing, but I'm even more impressed with your lack of "um"s and "uh"s as you speak…so well spoken👍
Beautiful. Did you know feverfew is a perennial in your zone? Blooms earlier if it was planted the previous year. Is that only ONE Queen Lime Zinnia in grow bag? Much bigger than Queen Red.
Awesome tour
I hope you didn't plant with your wedding attire on but then again you are the neatest gardener I ever seen. Everything looks beautiful this year. Lots of work but the payoff is definitely worthy it.💐 🌹🌸
Lot's of blooms in your deck garden! they look so beautiful!
So floriferous! What a dream!
Looks amazing – I would LOVE to sit out there among all those blooms – heavenly. Loving the look of the veriagated sweet potato vine Well done you ! 🤩🤩 ( What is underneath your decks …like where does excess water flow to ? Does it drip down through the deck> Do you find your wood on the deck is getting messed up with water and soil ? Just curious. I make a bit of mess on my cobbled area that I have my containers on )
I think that pollinator is a hummingbird moth!
Amazing 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Love your creativity!
Grow bag question: I am trying to grow some dahlias. I don't have drip and initially set them up as self watering drip but stopped bc I thought the soil was too wet and would rot the tuber. Please advise what your routine is for them. Again, beautiful job!!