The First Containers For The NEW Deck Garden!!

I am so excited to start to figure out the layout for this new garden space! Construction on the deck is almost done except for railings and I'm placing containers that I can not wait to plant up next year.
~ Items Mentioned ~
Veradek Black Pedestal Planter - Tall - 15.5" L x 15.5" W x 31.75" veradek.com/co...
Gardeners Supply Titan Arch - 96” high x 59” wide x 12.25” deep www.gardeners....
Edge Right Steel Box Planter - 32L x 14W x 30H
edgeright.com/...
Plant Traps: bit.ly/planttraps
Dolly with wheels: amzn.to/4f04Nvq
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[@CatsAndQuilts59]

We will be anxiously waiting for next spring to come so we can watch you fill your new pots! So excited for you!

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you!! This winter is going to go by so slowly while I wait to plant 😆

[@boogiefever2118]

Hi Bethany, if you take some suggestions from your friends at Grow For Me Gardening, and some ideas from the wild and crazy garden you just visited (banana tree, coleus), some ideas from your viewers and many of your own ideas you will have stunning planters next year. Now is not the time to be sensible or frugal. Just have a blast!!! I am also really going for it next year, just like I do every year. The garden centers seem to have so many wonderful exciting plants to try. Evelyn from Southern Ontario, Canada

[@philee2020]

Omg I love this new space! I love the flooring and the pergola, so gorgeous. It will look awesome with a seating area, and so great there are outlets available. Genius idea using the dollys to lift the wall planters up! So excited for Spring 2025 to see everything planted with annuals😍🌸🌼🌺

[@ChicagoGardener]

I want it to be spring 2025 now!!!

[@patriciacostales7919]

Boy, I was lost on the planters until you showed the Titan Arch. It’s going to be beautiful no matter what you plant.

[@ChicagoGardener]

I’m so excited for that part!! I got those containers specifically to fit the arch 🤣

[@jessicaferlaak6114]

Its going to be beautiful! Im in MN 4b/5a- and have 2 very small raised beds (squares basically) off my main raised beds, next to a bench/trellis, that are almost 3 feet above the ground because of our sloped yard. I have generous gardener climbing roses planted in each. They did beautifully in them last winter! I'd say try 1 climbing rose and see how it does- they grow amazingly fast. There are quite a few zone 3 and up roses to choose from and i plant mine deep, even in my clay soil, they are so resilient. I'd go for it! :) you can even push some of your deck furniture around the planters in winter for extra protection from the wind.

[@gardentours]

Those sunflower boxes are beautiful 🌻🌻🌻

[@ChicagoGardener]

I love them so much!

[@lisab.6818]

I know that you said no more morning glories but I saw this on another channel tour and fell in love, boom ordered! Split Second morning glory from Baker Seeds in pink. Look like roses!

[@ChicagoGardener]

I just looked them up and now I might need some too 😆

[@donutdomination139]

I’m excited for you on your new blank slate space!

[@ChicagoGardener]

Me too! I’m excited to take the time to actually plan it out before just throwing plants everywhere 🤣

[@dollyperry3020]

How exciting!

[@gardentours]

It's always exciting to start a new project 😅 The trellis with the roses will look great. Maybe you can put something like a big layer of expanded clay balls or perlite on the bottom of those planters that it's not getting too wet for the roots of the roses. I use these expanded clay balls in my pots and it's working.

[@ChicagoGardener]

I love that idea! Where do you get the clay balls from?

[@carollewinson1555]

Love the sunflower planter stands and the new Edge Righter pots! I have been looking for Corten steel planters! Now to watch for sales! The rolling dollys are genius! I wonder if you can mark them more “stable” by zip tying them together so they don’t shift. However I’m sure the weight of the planters with soil will keep them secure. I also like the planters spread apart with maybe a taller planter in between. I think the change in elevation of the plants will be striking. Great content!

[@ChicagoGardener]

Love the zip tie idea! I’m 100% doing that!

[@midwestpetalpusher]

I love your sunflower planters! And I second your suggestion to visit garden centers for their end-of-season discounts, my local place had a ton of Michael Carr planters marked 50% off.

[@ChicagoGardener]

Yes!! It’s the best time to stock up!

[@tottering-by-gently]

Long John Silver rose is hardy to zone 2. You could combine with a nice hardy clematis to increase the amount of flowering time. Impatient Gardener has successfully overwintered clematis in a similar pot system for many years.

[@ChicagoGardener]

Thank you!! Adding this plant to my list.

[@kathystoner8916]

Hi Bethany. This is going to be a beautiful space ! Trying to orient directions-if you are on your back deck (assuming the garage deck faces an alley of sorts) can you look over the wall and see the garage deck ?

[@ChicagoGardener]

You can! You have to bend over the wall a bit but you can see it.

[@tracythomas343]

It’s going to be amazing! I’m bad at judging things spatially too. I have a question, once you have soil in all your planters, do you think it’s going to make a mess on your white tiles? I’ve seen other gardeners that have a mess on their concrete pads when they put planting beds, etc. on their patios, etc..

[@ChicagoGardener]

I feel like I’m going to be extra obsessive about trying to keep them clean at first 🤣 I do have a shop vac I plan to use out here!

[@dollyperry3020]

Maybe Generous Gardener by David Austin? It is a zone 3 rose. I was trying to find you a thornless rose since it is tight spacing. But I couldn't find one cold tolerant enough.

[@ChicagoGardener]

Excellent point about the thornless! Don’t want to get stabbed every time I walk through 🤣

[@mortimersnead5821]

Next year! next year is always huge. I'm not sure how that works.

[@ChicagoGardener]

It’s so true 🤣

[@doowopshopgal]

No plants on this deck until next year, RIGHT!!!!!😅

[@ChicagoGardener]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ruthannecoro6198]

I love end of season shopping! I got a bunch of plants.. about a dozen I believe.. last week for at least 50% off! I got 2 peonies, a clematis, some heuchera and sedum, a ninebark and dappled willow. Those planters are lovely! And what an awesome price!

[@ChicagoGardener]

I love that!! Are you planting now or waiting until spring?

[@TheKenAlanShow]

Cucamelon arch.

[@jillrandolph3707]

Hey you know bulbs are not plants

[@ChicagoGardener]

Oh no… you’ve found a workaround 🤣

[@JacquiQ]

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