Awesome Garden Tour - Backyard - Even Better!!

[@jengsaquatics689]

I absolutely love the look and feel of this beautiful garden. Jim, please thank these homeowners for letting us all enjoy their mystical, magical, intimate oasis they get to enjoy every day!!

[@bluegrassdiggers9030]

Image never having to fire up a lawnmower. Paradise.

[@sueprovostwilliams3824]

I was thinking that about the lawn! None. But so much better...

[@marciachandler7786]

Wow! One of the most beautiful gardens I have ever seen! Thank you Jim and homeowners for sharing this wonderful space!

[@JimPutnam]

Thanks for watching

[@JL-hw5hu]

@@JimPutnam Hey Jim thank you so much for knocking on your neighbors door. This is a spectacular garden. Thank you very Inspirational.

[@RootyToot123]

What a beautiful and wonderous garden. It makes me cry and feel utter defeat over my yard which is on the south-southwest-west side of house and backed up against a nasty bermuda grass greenbelt. Got it looking great last spring/summer and along came the big ice storm which took down my trees and the arctic blast that killed all that was left except a yaupon, a saucer magnolia, and a large spirea. I can promise you I will be revisiting this video often, not to cry but to feel close to the wonder of nature until I can re-establish my yard.

[@CottageGardensonForest]

I hope one day to eliminate my lawn and be able to have some beautiful shade areas. My double city lot lost all but one of its antique oaks in an ice storm years ago before I purchased it six years ago but I’ve planted dozens of trees and just over 100 shrubs in that time not to mention roses, clematis, perennials, bulbs and raised beds for 100’s of varieties of dahlias, vegetables and fruit all with the hope of having a space half as amazing as this one. Thanks for sharing and I hope to see more inspirational spaces this year.

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

JIM!! YOU hit it out of the park with this one! My goodness so much to see in every square foot. Everything has been well cared for and aged so gracefully! I love how each area has its own character yet the space is quite cohesive! Ive taken so many notes and will strive to have my space look like this down the road. Thanks sooo much!👀🙌🏾😱💯💯

[@greenthumbelina7331]

Jim, I loved seeing the rest of this gorgeous garden! I also love the fact that the homeowners manage the rain that falls on their property in such a way as to keep it from running into the storm drains. I wish more folks were aware of the harmful effects that urban run-off causes. Please let the owners know how much your viewers appreciate seeing their gardens.

[@bearaikos7139]

GREAT videos Jim! I mostly do shade gardening and these videos have given me some great ideas. Also showed me new plants for the shade! Thank You!

[@amynelsongreen3243]

This is such a beautiful garden. I hope the homeowners allow you to come back and show it again. Thanks for sharing this, Jim!

[@dulceportillo4061]

Thank you and the homeowners to let us enjoy that beautiful garden.

[@stella02la79]

This was INCREDIBLE!!!!! Thank you so much to the owners for allowing us to look into their lovely garden! I found sooooooo much inspiration and information on what to do in my shady areas. AND thank you for sharing about their means to water conservancy; we are dealing with runoff and this gave me ideas of solutions I had no idea existed. Thank you again, I very much look forward to future tours so PLEASE let us come back!

[@ivyandroses25]

This garden is just so lovely. Could you do more videos or even a series on how to implement water conservation & how others avoid runoff? I agree that this is such an important topic & needs to be discussed more.

[@donnahazlett6676]

A labor of love. Your content on your channel is wonderful. I really enjoyed this. It's beautiful.

[@JimPutnam]

Thank you so much for following along!

[@robine.4248]

This helps me so much identify what pants will look like using their names, so I can hopefully remember and not just read the card when I buy something. I love it. I believe I will watch this several more times! Many more times! Great job! Beautiful place. Thank you very much!

[@daracobb530]

I hope we get to see this garden again! How beautiful!

[@suepercy8390]

Is it usual to cut liriope down in the US and why please

[@jennifersauer3257]

What makes this most beautiful is the personal expression of the gardeners - a reflection of them i am guessing. I am beginning to tire of the videos of “perfection” in gardens, where they begin to look like commercial installations, and look sterile. This garden is enchanting and vibrant! Great tour. Thank you.

[@GardenMinistry.]

Holy Camelia! 🌺😆 This is exactly what I need in my woodland landscape, small patio areas.

[@vdoniel]

😄

[@SteveL2012]

Stunning shade garden-would love to see it in late May. Your channel and deep plant knowledge are inspiring and deeply appreciated. (No lawn!!) ❤️

[@JL-hw5hu]

Likewise. I started taking out a section in my yard lol

[@staceykeeling5842]

Love this garden so much!! There's nothing like a garden that has developed over time. Love the mix of plants and other materials.

[@jeane561]

I wasn’t disappointed in this backyard and will look forward to seeing it all again later on. Happy gardening Jim❤️😊❤️

[@lauracamper4156]

Just gorgeous! They obviously put a lot of love and time into that garden.

[@darwinmuilenburg5347]

I am in aw of this landscape .... Looking forward to the next seasonal change garden tour !! Thank you for sharing.

[@judygray7718]

Awesome! So many great ideas for my shade garden! Thanks, again for filming and please thank the home owners for us!🌿

[@missbiggs9437]

A beautiful backyard garden oasis! Thank you and the home owners for sharing it with us and I definitely am looking forward to seeing it in its summer splendour. I also loved seeing how they used containers throughout and their art placements and I also loved how you highlighted that it’s achievable without a traditional lawn. Thanks again for posting.

[@rustynailmendlesohn8710]

Hi Jim, that backyard was absolutely stunning. Jim, do you know if these people or other houses you have shown have had professional landscape designers plan these gorgeous spaces back in the day or are these homeowners just naturally gifted in that area? If the latter, I am impressed. I am lucky to put a pot combination together. LOL TY for great vid Jim

[@DWOODPHD]

Thanks, Jim, very beautiful ideas, years of love of nature put into their home!

[@JimPutnam]

This one has definitely been loved

[@katiekane5247]

@@JimPutnam original owners or did they aquire & enhance?

[@vln4443]

Truly a labor of love for the owners of this property. Very impressive and thoughtful garden landscape, shows that gardening is never once and done it is always evolving. Love it, thank you for sharing!

[@ndchick1]

What a gorgeous garden! I love that they are managing their stormwater on property. Please thank the homeowners for letting us tour. Who is that local artist that did the frog themed piece?

[@ElizabethM824]

Wow such a beautiful space! You did a great job showcasing the love and care they put into their garden. I love that they are taking care of the environment through water management and great plant choices too. I do hope they will let you come back in spring and summer to see the space evolve through the seasons.

[@terriklugh2910]

This is such a wonderful garden. One of the most beautiful I've seen. Thanks for sharing and hope to see more!!

[@tazmankb26]

Love it- the small spaces are so well designed and the dry stack walls that define some elevation are awesome.

[@mkpoptic5790]

This garden is so very interesting at every turn. Although I’m in zone 5 I can use many of these plants or similar. I’m inspired to plant more carefully to manage water on my property. Thanks Jim. Your content is always excellent.

[@ajkirk22]

Great job Jim! Tons of inspiration 🌱🌿❤️

[@katiekane5247]

The first vid on this property gave me the courage to define my bed edge around 2 big oaks. Our foundation is brick so instead of stone, I'm looking for old brick for a low, meandering & partially broken "wall". This spring, I found several viola pedata growing in this area. I'm identifying the natives, leaving them & adding more. We identified where water is going under our foundation this weekend, coming off the roof. Using good plant choices ie sweet flag, sensitive fern, lysmachia, will be as important as diverting the flow with grading. I believe in using plants to SOLVE issues, not to CREATE them! Love this garden Jim, would love to know the history of this lot. Tell the owners thanks. Bunches of us got a chance to visit & they didn't have to let us use their bathrooms 😂

[@NicoleSmithGardening]

Goals!!! 😲🙌 Just, WOW!!!

[@JimPutnam]

It is a special garden

[@gardeningjunkie2267]

I wonder if one day my garden might be something like this, "I'll have one of everything". It sounds like someone I know 😄. So beautiful!

[@seachange17]

Fabulous use of woodies, trees and perennials in place of grassy lawn! Would love to see this throughout the seasons. Well done!

[@MollyJoAnn]

Absolutely gorgeous landscaping! 😍

[@clairechurch3192]

This is so beautiful and inspiring. How about a monthly visit!

[@RootyToot123]

Or at least a seasonal visit

[@staceya419]

Thank you for sharing such a lovely mature garden. The texture and form and flow of the garden is pleasure to the eye and senses.

[@tbunny711]

I love this! It looks like a garden that tourists would go visit.. I'm turning my front yard into a permaculture garden but it's north facing and shady. This gave me some ideas for interplanting. Thanks!

[@llmphotos]

I usually don’t comment but this is such a beautiful and unique garden with lots of creative plant and border ideas! Thank you, Jim, and to the owners! I even saved it to view multiple times in the future. 👒

[@MK-wm6gu]

What a gorgeous slice of garden paradise! Thanks for sharing this, Jim, and please thank the homeowners as well.

[@thepurplegardener4856]

Beautiful garden

[@HandcraftedintheFoothills]

Thank you for sharing this garden with us. It's absolutely amazing!

[@anitahadley2871]

You did a wonderful job touring this beautiful garden! I just loved it and really admire all of the special details. Thanks so much.

[@Ash-xx5zd]

I'd love to learn more on how to slow down water and the intentional designs that effectively retain that water. In regards to this video, it would have been awesome to know how the water typically flows and then what the present design does to redirect the water or even keeps the water in place. Water management is a new interest of mine and maybe a future video on the topic itself would be helpful with the use of past garden tours as models.

[@judymiddleswart9350]

Wow look forward to this garden tour in may/summer!! Absolutely gorgeous!! Thanks!!

[@loriswain8140]

I think I need a bigger yard! Thanks for such a pretty second tour.

[@JimPutnam]

I do too!

[@angelawhittenberg647]

I would love another tour as it changes. Thanks to the Gardener for letting you give us a look.

[@marky3131]

Dutiful garden. It is just curated enough and not overly so. It offers that comfortable feeling that comes with age

[@LessTalkMoreDelicious]

This place is like a public garden or resort! Looks so nice to just be in.

[@Tofog22000]

Really like that living tunnel introducing you to another garden room!

[@JimPutnam]

Me too. There is so much there that I acted like that was just normal! 🤣

[@cynthiabercaw3462]

My goodness these gardens are Eden.

[@meganblasco2]

Incredibly beautiful 🌿

[@rt3box6tx74]

Thanks for pointing out the illusion of elevation change in spite of the garden being in a flat space. I need that inspiration here on the TX Panhandle. I'm designing my new garden with no grass to mow, and lots of rocks, gravel. I'm curious over how many yrs this garden has been executed. Such a pleasure.

[@denenemcbride7372]

Can't wait for later tours!

[@janaalexander5466]

Such a beautiful garden! I really love when you do these tours of urban neighborhood yards that have just been done beautifully. I'm especially intrigued by the water drainage that the homeowners had done here. You talked about having designed it purposefully to capture the water. I would love to hear more about that, and if you could show some specific ways they did that. I am on a sloped lot on a lake and because of new construction across the road from us I have a real problem with water from there rushing through my yard and straight into the lake. I would love to find ways to slow it down that don't involve riprap! Thanks for your informative videos.

[@vdoniel]

Fabulous. This yard tour inspired me tremendously. Thank you Jim and homeowners 👏🤗

[@breeking3333]

I completely commend your PSA about slowing down the water in thoughtful ways to allow pollutants to filter out before going into our drainage systems. Well done.

[@BCole83]

Jim - Great video, per usual. Please consider doing another video about the water retention techniques you briefly discussed.

[@dawnlapinski6292]

Absolutely love this garden!

[@astroedits179]

This is amazing. I hope some day my garden can look like this. Can't wait to see what it looks like in summer!

[@bettyblalock298]

Wow! Such a beautiful garden. My dream garden.

[@marciasemon669]

Loved that shaded garden ❤️

[@freyartz]

Stunning garden!

[@kelj7711]

Gorgeous!!

[@daiseegray9110]

Would love to see it again when additional flowers are in bloom. Gorgeous 🌼🌸☀️

[@margaretdickman4741]

Would love to see the next round. What a beautiful space!

[@hansyjp]

Beautiful Garden! Stunning! Thank you for sharing!

[@janealspach8422]

Jim, thank you and the homeowners for sharing such a stunning garden.

[@sharonmiller2940]

Yay!!! I'm so glad you are showing more of this garden, and can't wait for you to follow up on it later. It's just so interesting!!

[@lesandjaninenimmo970]

Lovely lovely garden. Thank you!!

[@tamiharris9485]

Beautiful garden. The owners did a lot of work to make that so beautiful and peaceful.

[@lindabaker4038]

Spectacular garden, Jim!! These plants do look like a wonderland. I loved every minute of the tour and how you point out so many specimens.

[@mardisteffenhagen9405]

This is just amazing ,and coming at a great time as I am redoing my shady back yard !

[@DeanaESayles]

PLEASE TELL THE HOMEOWNERS THANK YOU FOR SHARING! I MOVED To Western Kentucky from southern CA and only have a very small amount of sun. Jim I really am thankful you name and show the plants I am slowly learning how to garden here in this terrible clay soil. But I have a lovely forest and I feel so blessed to be here.

[@lovepeace4635]

This garden is beautiful , Thank You for this video

[@barbnitecki4407]

I'm in zone 5. I really appreciate that you post zones so i know if i can grow what you show. Can't wait to see the new place!

[@boysrus2]

They’ve created a gorgeous outdoor oasis!!! ❤️

[@valeriehill2641]

Really beautiful. I am striving for a yard like this. Now I wish I didn’t put down so much travertine; I’m guilty of not promoting good water management. Maybe I can make up for that transgression by planting more trees, azaleas, and other plants. Many of the plants you highlighted I have never heard of before, so thanks for the education!

[@usamom]

Absolutely beautiful. Please tell us about the rain barrel off the downspout. I would love to incorporate one of those to use the water for my garden.

[@barbarapruitt3978]

You are so lucky to visit all those beautiful garden

[@lisahenning4504]

Beautiful! I just planted a zephirine drouhin too, so it's nice to see a older one!

[@kimfierek5474]

A beautiful example of what you can do with shade. Jim, you did a great job representing your neighbors vision.

[@Jpatmeadowbrook]

Great garden designed with green infrastructure in mind for water management- a great example for my Rutgers Environmental Steward, Green Infrastructure, rain garden class.

[@audreygrabowski193]

I have garden envy! Oh my! Beautiful! Look forward to seasonal tours of this landscape!

[@stephaniesharkey3538]

Beautiful garden🌿thank you

[@karenpentz4160]

Both parts were fantastic! Love it

[@stacyray25]

Love this landscape so much!! I am in 7b pretty much 8a really and I learn so much from this!! Now finding all these wonderful plants is another story! Alabama garden.

[@sarahscott9138]

Living in Alabama, it is nice to see a garden tour like this with things in my own yard but even more that I can add. This yard is beautiful and I can’t wait to see it later in the Spring. Send thanks to the owners for allowing you to do this tour.

[@kimberleedenevi1207]

Awesome, can’t wait to see more!

[@carrahful]

My favorite line...."it doesn't have a lawn"

[@nancybennett9265]

Can't wait to see the garden in Summer!

[@sueprovostwilliams3824]

So gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing. So much inspiration here!

[@Maximama512]

Beautiful garden! Inspirational and informative.

[@songsgardensbyjenniferlynn3242]

So inspiring!

[@laurasuitter2442]

Hoping for another tour there later on! Great garden! Thank you homeowners for sharing!

[@crystalchunn6925]

Stunning! So glad they shared their amazing space!