English Country Gardens - The Complete How-to

[@LMWerner]

Oh lord, this will take me all day (and I love it). Just at the beginning and have to pause att every interesting garden/picture (and there's so many of them!) and then I realised this video is 57 min long 😱💚 ..so I think I'll make myself another cup of coffee... 😄 As always thank you Alexandra 🌱🇸🇪

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you! The occasional longer videos work well for people who watch on TV and also I think it's helpful to pull related topics together with a bit of re-editing etc. Enjoy the coffee!

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

Good Morning/Day! I was going to say the same thing! Love Alexandra's videos- so inspirational! Here is to cup #2☕

[@LMWerner]

@@TheMiddlesizedGarden Yes I love them. And if I don't have time for now I have something to look forward to. I've said it before but again, thank you for making such interesting and inspiring content Alexandra. You are indeed one of my favorite yt garden channels. Happy gardening!

[@Kramfors1]

Same from here./ Another Swede 🇸🇪

[@karenvknight6516]

Me too! I had to reduce the playback speed to very slow so I could take in the images.

[@francineh.7825]

These videos are the only thing that will get me through the next 3 months of snow and cold!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Oh, good luck! I sometimes think snow would be beautiful but three months does sound a bit long.

[@daiseegray9110]

Alexandria, I watch quite a few KZbin channels and watch their videos once. Your videos are so inspirational and full of great information I can watch them over again. Thanks so much for all your hard work! 🌼🐝

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

That's so kind of you to say so.

[@NicolaBrown-wo2bq]

Don't want to wish my life away but at this stage in the winter season how I long for spring. Thank you for all of your advice and tracking down so many inspirational gardeners who just keep on giving with their own advice and willingness to show off their gardens . I've got my pen 😃

[@PatriciaNanAnderson]

I usually avoid compilation videos but this one is really well done. It seems so seamless and well organized that I wouldn't have known it was a compilation if your clothing didn't change from one segment to the next. Well done and thank you, Alexandra!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you so much! I did quite a bit of re-editing of the older videos so I hoped that even if people had seen the original videos, then they would get something extra from it. I was reluctant to do compilation videos, but they are useful in bringing together videos on one topic, and also I was told that they're comfortable for those viewing on a TV.

[@hosunkim]

I just LOVE what you feature on your videos, every time!!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@smartinez1376]

I absolutely love your videos! Thank you for the great information you share and the beautiful gardens you show.

[@janethothersall8345]

What a joyous video on a gloomy miserable Saturday morning, you have lifted my spirits and warmed heart..thank you dear Alexandra 🌹 xx

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you so much!

[@BritInvLvr]

This is a fascinating and very informative video.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@juliabinford6500]

Each of your interviews are so interesting. You combine them with such lovely images. I wonder how much time goes into one video.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

That's so kind of you to think about that. 4 days of shooting and editing is typical, often divided half and half between research and filming, then editing. I love the editing but it is fiddly. I particularly enjoyed re-editing the oldest video in this grouping because I filmed more relevant gardens since doing the original. Thank you.

[@dotink]

So beautiful. I live in the USA, zone 5. I have what I call a budget Victorian home and I am trying to garden with around 70% native plants but get the English country garden vibe. Your videos are always so inspiring and I have learned so much from them. Thank you!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@angelaengler2387]

Thank you for this beautiful and informative video, it’s absolutely wonderful!🥰

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@HendrikHuizinga]

Thank you from Germany! I love your videos, Alexandra!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@pamd1861]

Thank you Alexandria! All invaluable info and beautiful gardens to dream of.

[@stephaniesharkey3538]

Thank you , that was very nice on a very cold winter day!

[@kurthartle5473]

Your robust praise of the English country garden style is spot on. I see so many fine examples of brilliant plant pairings, placement, space and form in the extensive range of gardens you've included. Always grateful for your content, thank you!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@bettinaschmid1158]

Beautiful video!! You put so much work into this. Thank you.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you for saying so - I did really enjoy re-editing but it's fiddly. Glad you enjoyed it

[@jefftaplin6544]

Oi, Mrs! A lovely bit of video that! 😊 Thank you for providing this today-I'm desperate to get out into my border and begin. We've had a cold snap here that has lasted weeks and has been so disheartening! But spring is on the way. Thank you for the reminder😂!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Here it's wet, wet, wet. And windy, although nothing compared to what the rest of the UK has had to endure. Spring will be here soon!

[@clarecollins2547]

Love the tortoises and really enjoying the gardens of course. Thank you Alexandra. Xx

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you, I thought the tortoises were a real treat!

[@kevinjamesparr552]

Brilliant look at garden ideas .Interesting comments from helpful head gardeners and right questions aimed by you for best result .

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you so much!

[@jaqmackie]

Thank you for a lovely video. Really enjoy your channel. 💚

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@hadassahjones1025]

I love your videos. They have been very helpful in planning my garden. Here in New Zealand it is the height of summer and I have tremendous colours, shapes and sizes. And I used some of your videos as a guide.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you, that's lovely to hear

[@clarecollins2547]

The grid is a brilliant idea! Thank you again! Xx

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Glad you like it!

[@Mary.inthegarden]

Great interview ❤❤❤❤

[@gerrywouters84]

The roses part was very interesting. I tried several climbing roses without much succes

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Me too! they turned into spiky turrets reach up to the sky, leaving my arch completely empty of blossom!

[@marycain7424]

I’m watching for the third time! Thank you

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@cory_aqua]

Beautiful gardens !

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@maryhairy1]

Gorgeous gardens

[@carlenebraithwaite8391]

Thank you.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

You're welcome!

[@elinrkke5427]

Very informative, thank you💖

[@RandeeHalladay]

Wonderful content, well done!!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@karenvknight6516]

This was wonderful, thank you. I have got to get practical in the increasing heat and intense sun in central Virginia. I do not have irrigation plus our neighborhoods are encouraging us more and more to be water-wise. I am removing many perennials and focusing more on structural shrubs and trees. Pots are virtually impossible for me because of the sun and heat and need for constant watering.

[@ianhopcraft9894]

The copper foliage tree at 18:10 is Acer platanoides 'Crimson King'. At 20:14 the tree is Liriodendron tulipifera.🙂Very interesting video, thank you.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Yes, I'm sorry, I did get some of the tree names wrong, and with the tulip tree, I have no idea why the words 'sycamore' came out of my mouth! Interesting re the copper foliage tree as the person who lives there now wasn't the one who planted it, so I was having to guess. Which I will try not to do in future! Thank you!

[@marialicemorgan19]

Hello from New York. Love your videos.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you!

[@MargoGilchrist-b2d]

Thanks

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Thank you so much!

[@alexandravladmets]

OMG! Thank you for this Alexandra, but I´m not sure if I should feel inspired or stressed out!😂

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Let's go for inspired? thank you!

[@Speakupok]

Yes please ❤

[@clarecollins2547]

I don’t have room for a folly but, I’ve hung a mirror up on a the back fence that looks like a kind of gothic window. I think im going to paint some stones around the window on the fence. Including painting on some moss!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Great adaptation!

[@bewoodford2807]

fabulous video. Thank you. I have 3 borders to revamp this year. I should have started to tackle it , last Autumn, but I just don't know wheer to start. I am so frightened of killing my plants when lifting them- particularly my lupins, poppies and Peonies.

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

I know what you mean. I feel the same way, but so far it has always worked out. Do you have an experienced gardening friend who might help? This video about lifting and dividing plants may be interesting too: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4XEi4ukesiXe7M

[@franceshoward7112]

So much to think about and consider. I particularly like the way you write the names of companies etc on the screen as so often the presenters just speak the names and they are unintellibable and hard to find again This gives us so much more information and I can now look up so much more. It is now easy to revisit all these places and people. I think there might be a rat running across a stone at 53.18 or thereabouts.! I am not sure?

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

There might very well be a rat! And thank you re the captions on screen

[@elinrkke5427]

Could Mellus (Aleyrodidae) on roses also be a fertilizer problem? If not, what can I do to get rid of it? Grateful for an answer🌹

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

I'm sorry, I'm not enough of a rose expert but I think it would be worth seeing if any of the rose growing companies could answer your question.

[@elinrkke5427]

@TheMiddlesizedGarden ok, thank you. Have a nice day🌻

[@nathanaeldegryse]

Could you Please remove the automated translation Please ???? Your perfect English prononciation was perfect 😊 this robot like French voice ruined it all ……😊

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

I didn't know it was on. I'll check

[@luckyhomestead]

Maybe I misunderstood something but you talking about English country gardens but showing some palace gardens or gardens that tries to mimic them….. That’s a really strange approach…

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

I'm not sure what you mean - there were no 'palace gardens', except possibly Chatsworth which is a grand, landscaped garden and defined as 'not an English country garden.'

[@MargoGilchrist-b2d]

Thanks

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

That's so kind of you, thank you!

[@geraldinefields1730]

Thank you.