Back Yard Garden Design - Re-designing the Back Garden Bed

[@alyvincent5984]

I stand back and think about what to do in my garden on an almost daily basis, lol. It's a wonderful distraction. I live too far away to share my garden in person, but what a lovely idea.

[@gardeningTLC]

Love that!

[@noreenmcmenamin9610]

I think the little girl would be lovely.

[@gingercashman3289]

I like the little girl, she is adorable. I can see succulents in her basket.

[@joymiller7516]

My vote is the blue gazing ball!

[@paulaheinrich1679]

My vote is to add the little girl to the bed. Maybe you could plant something behind her that would be tall enough to hide the back view from the deck, but still be pretty… maybe some pink astilbe. Just a thought…. Love your channel!😊

[@gardeningTLC]

Thank you

[@MimsysGarden]

I vote for the concrete girl… you can add all kinds of brightness there with her & less hassle for sure! 💚

[@bonniereed4218]

I vote for the blue. I have one but it's a bowling ball covered with sparkly blue glass circles from the craft store. No need to put away from the wind! Looks good from all directions.

[@klk12399]

Love the contrast of the blue gazing ball.

[@emilysaba1952]

Love the little girl statue

[@marilynmourdock3688]

I love PJM rhododendrons for their purple foliage in the winter.

[@gardeningTLC]

Me too...definetly will not grow in heavy clay though..I have zero luck with those.

[@jennifermitchell2493]

Gorgeous! My vote - Definitely the little girl, she’s cute and classy.

[@blk123]

I vote for the little girl. So adorable.

[@BethWilkinson-zm6yf]

I'm voting for the little girl. Her basket could hold some wonderful colorful annuals.

[@jennifersandahl4603]

The little girl-I like the ease on the eyes with all the other colors. Backside interest can be achieved with different seasonal plantings. Plus, if you allow moss and natural patina to accumulate, she’ll have year round interest from all sides. Great tips and video!

[@patriciakumar115]

Little girl gets my vote!

[@lindahall1971]

It looks lovely, great choice with hydrangeas❤ The little cement girl would look great and yes on the blue spruce!! How about a nine bark in there? Ty for the video!!

[@PickleDoll432]

Definitely, the little girl. That way, you have her year round! Thank you again for a great video. I learn so much from you!

[@gardeningTLC]

You are so welcome!

[@lindawhite3238]

Little girl would be my choice. Learn at lot from your videos Michelle. Thanx a bunch

[@gardeningTLC]

My pleasure!

[@bherrera1915]

Your design videos are so helpful. I've been gardening less than two years and I've had so much trouble designing my beds. These videos are really helping. Thanks!

[@gardeningTLC]

Happy to help!

[@gaylestephan4189]

I think the little girl statue will be the best choice for your garden bed. :)

[@loriswain8140]

I like the little girl too. This garden is really developing into a beautiful peaceful place. Love it

[@sandrazone5gardening]

Thanks for sharing the process! I vote for gazing ball.

[@merryhaveman353]

I like the globe. Enjoy your design!

[@virginiasemaan8002]

The little girl would be marvelous. A little whimsy to the area. Love your show, also!

[@gardeningTLC]

Thank you!

[@dianeknaack7139]

Definitely the blue gazing ball. The color is vibrant and easily seen.

[@jennifergreene8891]

Hi Michelle 👋 I think that will turn out great! Can't wait to see it! I definitely vote for the little girl! Thanks for sharing 😊

[@DianePretorius-o2g]

I like the blue gazing ball. More relaxing to look at, almost like a water feature and will look great from all angles. Maybe put it on a more solid base, so you don’t have to worry about it in the wind.

[@gardeningTLC]

Noted!

[@nancystapleton872]

Beautiful and I love statuary in the garden. I am picky about the face and such My vote is the little girl is a nice touch, beautiful.

[@kristinep9023]

I like the little girl. She will add to winter interest too.

[@JohnandNancyTselepis]

Girl statue from me too,or a quiet animal ? Great ideas & good to know we out here are not the only ones who have to make changes. In our case,more bunny resistant with more xeriscape perennials is our plan,& have almost finished it ! Gardening is a work of love,yes? Thks.again. 🌞

[@gardeningTLC]

Absolutely!!

[@KimEvans-g7b]

The little girl, love what your about to do to the garden

[@valcole09]

Love the idea of a blue Weeping Norway Spruce! I'm hoping to put one in my garden some day 😊 Vote is for concrete girl

[@garyshariekaphingst2396]

I vote for that cute little girl. She’s adorable!❤

[@kritomoralea]

Little girl looks so cute there!!

[@elainewashington3004]

I own a garden center that sells many statues. All gardens should have a statue or two!!! Fantastic look in the winter.

[@gardeningTLC]

I totally agree!

[@carmelitarhodes3372]

I love the little girl. You have a beautiful garden.

[@gardeningTLC]

Thank you so much!

[@barbb.9489]

Add the little concrete girl!

[@aimeesgardens]

You have the best eye!! I love everything create in your gardens! I wish you lived closer so I could hire you to help me fix one of my beds!

[@kathymorrow9951]

I love the gazing ball, to my eye, the statue is to busy looking.

[@tracilee5012]

I love the little girl!

[@Auntypatti]

Or some kind of hard scape with color. A tall red pot?

[@gardeningTLC]

Well, I do like that idea. But I really want the pot on the stump and I think 2 is too many.

[@tinawilliams6321]

I would add the blue gazing ball beautiful, I think the concrete would get lost in all the coloring kind of like how silver plants tend to disappear unless they were right up front

[@mariabeltran1522]

Love the little girl planter!

[@terigreen8649]

Little girl looks amazing

[@jeangardensinIllinois]

Thanks for sharing how you think about planning your garden spaces. This is not always easy to put in to words but you do it very well!! Thanks

[@gardeningTLC]

So nice of you

[@Lalowe1111]

I like the little girl. It looks great there

[@samcarpenter4347]

I vote for blue ball.

[@cindyulmer1610]

I like the blue gazing ball the best 👍

[@richbishop7896]

I have a similar little girl statue in my garden. Love it! Bonny

[@tsahaisantiagoSa-Hi]

My vote is the little girl love ur ideas 😊

[@kathymiller9916]

The blue globe really pops with the gold grass. ❤ The gray not so much.

[@PeggyMills]

Michelle, I get emails from PW and today there was a survey about this years gardening season. One question asked which online content providers we watched. Your channel wasn’t listed in the choices, but I added you in the others. Your content is awesome! You deserve the recognition!

[@gardeningTLC]

Well thank you...I am not a very large channel...

[@PeggyMills]

@@gardeningTLC To be honest, I hadn’t heard of most of them, Michelle. One day, sweet lady.

[@janethayes1908]

LOVE the ligularia!!

[@marthasprague4414]

Love the little girl!!

[@vanessab2726]

Love the little girl ❤

[@samcarpenter4347]

I am really enjoying your landscaping program! It is great to see what is in the bed now & what the changes will look like!

[@heathergustafson4237]

I’m all for the blue ball.

[@nikkistewart6767]

I vote for the little girl! Thank you for this video and all the others. I have learned a lot from you. BTW, I really like your hair today!

[@gardeningTLC]

Thanks. That is what I call my clip hair....wear a clip all day pull it down and it curls right up. Lol

[@staciejackson7497]

I like the gazing ball.

[@wendyk4617]

I vote for gazing ball.

[@robinthiering463]

When we first bought our house i started a holding bed and i cant believe how it turned out

[@gardeningTLC]

Love it when it works

[@whiterose1972]

I think the little girl statue would be a good fit. Can’t wait to see the end result.

[@stefmcclure9386]

I'm watching this late, so I'm not sure if the bed will be completed yet, but I would put a bird bath, fountain or a tall colored pot left empty in place of the girl or gazing ball. If not, use the ball in summer and girl in winter. I would love to see a ninebark, too. I do think the obelisk is too close to the beautiful evergreen. I can't wait to see it finished!

[@marciasemon669]

The little girl!!❤

[@maryk1668]

Beautiful choices! ❤ my vote for concrete girl. Love the ball, but too much fuss with it.

[@mitzi605]

I love the blue with the grass. Also the height and shape of the globe work. I wouldn't choose it because of the extra work it would make. I thought the girl was cute, bit too bulky and not tall enough. So I guess I would find something slender and tall enough with the beautiful blue. You always make great designs.

[@SteveODonnell25]

I love the way you did the slope. I too have a slope but unfortunately do not have the funds to terrace it off like you did. I also vote for the little girl.

[@wendydillman6664]

Definitely the little girl!

[@DownSpriggLane]

I love your vision, and can't wait to see it! I would go with the girl because she will add year-round interest without the maintenance.

[@andreaa8057]

So beautiful!!

[@BronwenSandor]

I like the gazing ball better but for convenience I’d go for the statue.

[@sherz3725]

Little girl! She’s so cute😍

[@hollyleach2056]

I love the blue color!! But how often does it have to move? Just in the winter? Go for the ball

[@gardeningTLC]

Or heavy storm. Or big wind. Or hail

[@janethayes1908]

Little girl is more practical but the gazing ball is more colorful. I would go with the girl because she’s practical and beautiful. You can add some color to her pot.

[@maryjanejones6858]

My vote is the little girl!

[@staceyallard2692]

The concrete girl 😊♥️

[@rondakinzey7637]

I like the pop of the gazing ball but the girl is more practical, so I’m voting girl.

[@kathymorrow9951]

I also think you need to relocate the wooden obelisk, it’s to close to the new weeping spruce, it throw off the balance.

[@peggyriordan9857]

T Little Girl would be so pretty and delicate.

[@suewagoner3615]

Little Girl is my vote.

[@annkendall528]

I vote for the little girl.

[@pamakers8439]

It's going to look fantastic 👏

[@gardeningTLC]

I think so too!

[@bonniemccormack1361]

Your intro is exactly what I’m thinking. Seeing it thru new eyes it probably looks great but I’m annoyed with mine because I removed the back drop which was actually wild shrubby weeds that looked good but were taking over so they were unceremoniously yanked out and now I hate my focal point lol 🤦🏼‍♀️ I’ve moved some around and it’s alright but to me it looks like I’m back to a new work in progress garden. Uggghhh 😅 I might mow it and just hope the roots survive 😅 (I think I’m almost serious)

[@gardeningTLC]

It is definetly a study in frustration and love

[@lm8006]

I vote gazing ball! But look for an unbreakable type (I’ve seen metal ones that are shiny & blue like your image)…low maintenance & color

[@kimchartier7689]

Little Girl just makes best choice it seems

[@joycehancock3944]

I vote for the beautiful little girl.🪻🌿🪻

[@lindaescher7700]

Gazing ball. Someone suggested moving the obelisk but I think a clematis climbing up it would be pretty and add another layer of color.

[@Freedom38814]

concrete statue gets my vote :)

[@lynnthorson1349]

Go with the gazing ball, please!

[@marit4sj214]

I vote the little girl with the basket. Also, could you create a fairy home or village on and around the tree trunk?

[@gardeningTLC]

Sure. Just make sure to secure the items well

[@marlenemccollum9235]

I vote for the little girl’

[@talithakushlan8084]

I prefer the little girl. She is so cute.

[@margievaughan2456]

I would put the little girl in but whatever you choose will look great I’m sure.

[@victoria76116]

Hi Michelle, what about if you put a boxwood hedge along mid-height of bed. Then you can create a tiered planting you view from patio on one side of hedge and then same thing on other side. So kind of 2 beds. ❤❤❤

[@gardeningTLC]

Hi Victoria, The side going up hill would have to be plants taller than the boxwood hedge will be...3 feet high.....that mean they all have to be 4 feet or more which would be too tall for what is planted in the bottom section of the wall....I actually tried something similar to that in a design a while ago and could not make it work.....I do like the way you think though. I think that slope is close to 30 degrees in a 20 foot run...

[@victoria76116]

@@gardeningTLC Hi Michelle, I meant to say add your 3 FT hedge along the mid height and then taper smaller on either side. So from patio side you get a 3-4 tiered effect up to boxwood and then from lawn side you get the same 3-4 tiered effect from grass or border edge up to boxwood. So the boxwood is the tallest and divides into 2 beds. Don’t know if that makes sense. Wish I could attach my sketch 😂 ❤❤love your designs and your channel.

[@moniquehamilton7391]

I love this design so much that I want to copy it. Can you tell me if the arbovitaes are deer resistant? My vote goes to the glass ball but I have a feeling you like the no maintenance of the little girl 😉

[@gardeningTLC]

That is a tricky question...some arborvitae are more resistant than others and deer adapt what they eat based on where they live. I have planted the linesville arbs before and not had them eaten. And yes, I do really like the blue ball alot..... but.....no maintenance has my name all over it

[@elizabethcunningham4749]

I vote for little girl. She looks perfect. In one of your videos you mentioned your favorite boxwood for your area. Can you let me know the variety again as I live close in same zone and growing conditions and want to add some boxwoods.

[@gardeningTLC]

Green gem

[@elizabethcunningham4749]

@@gardeningTLC Thank you so much! Love your content and down to earth approach to gardening.

[@dustyflats3832]

With all the hideous mosquitoes we have in WI I’m just plopping things because that’s all I can tolerate. I would LOVE to wear short sleeves and be cooler, but this year it full dress from head to toe with head net. Never had them like this, it’s awful. I’m done with yews as we had them at another house. They need trimmed, had a nip from hedge trimmers and I breakout from them. So yes, I’m not a fan either. And because of the invasive growth of the hostas that were here, I’m not a fan of them either. I like a wind spinners or tall statues for garden interest. Yes to begonias and impatiens! They are such a bright spot! I know we all like variety, but I see very few designs with mass plantings which can be breathtaking.

[@andreaa8057]

The little girl!!

[@staceyk3080]

I vote for the little girl

[@gigimil19]

Vote for the little girl ;)

[@kristywhited8857]

Pieris (aka Andromeda) is a shade evergreen. Hellebore? Japanese Holly? Mountain Laurel? Rhododendron? I have these things in my shade areas. Plum Yews are pretty nice....grow low and wide.....and the only yew that is deer resistent. Deer don't bother mine.

[@kristywhited8857]

gazing ball is very pretty, but I also vote for easy choice of little girl.