Thank you for watching! I like it too :-)

Thank you on behalf of the gardener! I appreciate you watching the video!

Oh, the staking ... I need someone to do it for me too, well in advance. I'm usually late with it. Did you notice the staddle stones? They're completely unknown in my corner of the planet.

@@gardensenglishanddance I had to look up 'staddle stones' - must say I'd never heard of them either! :-)

@@paultsworld You must have seen them before a couple of times but you might have assumed they were mere ornaments.

@@gardensenglishanddanceYes, quite possibly… and I shall be looking out for them now.

Thank you for watching!

Dziękuję! Jest tu gdzieś na kanale film, w którym zawarłam moje refleksje na temat uczenia się języków obcych. Nic odkrywczego, ale może znajdzie Pani jakąś wskazówkę dla siebie. Film jest chyba umieszczony jako odcinek z listy odtwarzania Practise your English. Gdyby Pani nie znalazła, to proszę się jeszcze odezwać. Pozdrawiam!

​@@gardensenglishanddanceSuper, dziękuję Pani bardzo, na pewno skorzystam z wiedzy 😊

@@us18 Przyjemność po mojej stronie :-)

Dziękuję pięknie, wzajemnie!

Thank you for stopping by! The quality of my videos is, in my opinion, definitely lower than the average, but I do hope most people don't mind it that much. One way to solve the problem would be to change the "initial" resolution of the material but then the amount of data I have to store and process on my computer hits the ceiling. Anyway, I went down with the flu at the beginning of the festive season and I'm still coughing, but I'm going to live ;-) I managed not to infect my elderly parents who I live with so I'm really glad. I hope you and Mrs Jay Jay had a great Christmas time, without any health-related attractions :-)

It is a really nice studio, they even have a little kitchenette which the dancers can use. I think in fact it's a flat converted into a dance studio. The only thing that I personally miss is a barre but one can't have everything ;-)

@@gardensenglishanddance Nice choice - I love Scot Joplin music

@@paultsworld So do I!

Thank you! It's a lot of fun and I hope one day I'm going to be really good at it!

Yes, they are! The garden is situated on a steep slope so driving up the last few metres of the driveway is a real challenge. I think in winter they park the car much lower than the house itself.

Good luck with all your plants!

Thank you for watching! My own is 50 years old but it can't hold a candle to this one :-)

Thank you for the "visit"! I could, finally, film with the natural sound and the evening "song" of insects is absolutely incredible!

I'm thinking of visiting the garden next spring. Perhaps I'll talk the lady into sharing her knowledge and experience with us then. She's really sharp, funny and witty but camera-shy.

@ It certainly does take a bit of time to get used to the camera.

Thank you for watching! You might have noticed that nature sounds used in some videos on YT are actually "fake", added post-production. I didn't want to do that. While I was filming this particular garden, the sound of some machinery was audible almost non-stop, it was coming from the nearby building site. In the other cases there was usually the sound of visitors talking, cars passing, dogs yapping etc. In my own garden filming with natural sound is possible only at 6am on Sunday, if I'm lucky :-)

Yes, it is truly beautiful! I wish I had better filming equipment but I have to make do with what is at my disposal right now. The owner is a charming lady, really knowledgeable, but she refused to talk to the camera. I did try my best but she was adamant.

@@gardensenglishanddance You did a great job!

Thank you for watching and leaving a comment! I wish I knew the name of the chrysanthemum variety, it smells really lovely and unusual. The cosmos is called Dwarf Sensation, White, I can't recommend it highly enough! It's much better than the other varieties I've grown over the years.

Thank you!

The walls are amazing, I agree. Thank you for watching the video!

I'm amazed too, really. Actually, I'd also like to know the number of people who take care of such gardens on a daily basis. I suppose the "workforce" usually comprises of a few gardeners and an army of volunteers. Some of the flower beds I filmed at Titsey Place seemed to be "in the making" but there was nobody around capable of answering any questions of mine. There were just visitors everywhere. Perhaps they tend the garden at night ;-) Cistus? Cistus corbariensis? You might be right, actually. It's the first time I've heard of it as an ornamental plant; I know it as a herb, perhaps it's a very different variety.

@@gardensenglishanddance We use cistus a lot as an ornamental plant - mostly the ones with the lovely dark spots in the centre, such as Cistus purpureus and Cistus x purpureus 'Alan Fradd' I also have a slightly different one, Cistus 'gold prize' - which doesn't have the familiar dark spots but does look similar to the Cistus corbariensis.

@@paultsworld Thank you for the explanation, I'll check if it's likely to survive our winters. I must take a closer look at yours too.

Thank you!

It looks much better in real life, believe me. Thank you for watching!

Thank you for watching! I do wonder how and when they prune all those roses. Perhaps they are pruned mechanically by a machine or at least with the help of some mechanical tool? I do not even know if it is possible. On the other hand, there was no visible damage to the stems so I suppose they have a team of volunteers who work at night ;-) I suppose you noticed the condition of the boxwood hedges. Your "visitor" had invaded that park too, it was quite obvious, unfortunately.

Thank you, really!

Thank you, on behalf of the roses :-) They were in orderly rows, pruned quite low, with bare soil underneath. I didn't see anyone doing the dead-heading, perhaps they do it at night ;-) I had to edit the video quite drastically, otherwise there would have been an hour of "boring" rose bushes in various forms and sizes. Both gardens are quite educational, really worth a visit if you happen to come to mainland Europe again. I had a great time in Vienna, I went to lots of dance classes!

Three is going to be a much longer video when I am back. I would love to know how many people work there on a daily basis!

@@gardensenglishanddance The garden looks well cared for. I imagine there must be several gardeners caring for such a beautiful space. They are doing a wonderful job.

@@GardenMoxie Several gardeners and some volunteers, I guess.

Thank you for the compliment! I've never seen such hollyhocks anywhere else either, I didn't have the opportunity to ask the owners what their "secret" was as they were busy with some other visitors. Lovely people, by the way.

@@gardensenglishanddancethey were certainly standing up beautifully. Always nice to speak to garden owners. Hollyhocks are such a quintessential cottage garden plant.

Thank you! I wish I had photographed the old photos which I found ... on the walls of the toilet there. The queue for the loo was pretty long so I didn't have time for that, unfortunately. They showed the condition of the house and the garden in the 1980s. You have probably seen them, they must be in your book. I think the best time to visit this garden is at the beginning of July.

@@gardensenglishanddance I love looking at the old photos of places. So fun. You did a great job with the video.

Try it, of course :-) The garden looks very good until late October at least. Thank you for watching!

@@gardensenglishanddance Thank you for sharing! 😻

Dziękuję za miłe słowa!

I forgot to say that I do the Chelsea chop with half of them, in order to prolong the flowering season. The tallest ones require staking, especially after rain, unless they are planted among shrub roses or peonies which support them.

I were going to get another variety, I would try to find something relatively mildew-resistant. Mine look exceptionally healthy this year, I'm quite surprised.

Thank you for watching! I really appreciate it!

@@gardensenglishanddance I'm always happy when I see you have a new video.

@@GardenMoxie I'm happy when I see yours!

I know, that's why I always have subtitles ;-) Thanks for watching!

Dziękuję, aż mi się płakać chce na te słowa, naprawdę!

Thank you! I did hope you would like it!

@@gardensenglishanddance I loved it!

Dziękuję bardzo! Właśnie dostałam propozycję rozmowy z projektantką tych rabat, nie mogę się doczekać. Pozdrawiam serdecznie!

@@gardensenglishanddance Nie dziwię się 🙄 , bo na temat ogrodów można rozmawiać i rozmawiać 🤔. Miłego i udanego spotkania z projektantką życzę 👍🙂

Thank you!

Thank you!

I am amazed too, I must say. Thank you for watching!

Thank you!

Thank you! Last night my garden was "visited" by w group of wild boars (a mother with piglets and a male boar). They had made w hole in the fence, we have already had to repair the fence twice, today we've got to do it again. They come through my neighbour's garden whose fence is in very poor condition. We can't keep up with the repair work, I might have to invest in an electric fence if I want to save the garden.

Thank you for watching!