🏆 Talk & Tour: Introducing Our 2023 Reader Garden Award Winners! 🏆

Kristin visits our 2023 Reader Garden Award Winners, Tingshu Hu and Philip Zhao in their Massachusetts garden! Watch along, see all of their impressive DIY projects and learn how they've created an award-winning garden with year-round interest.
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[@susiewalker1254]

Congratulations to an award well deserve. Everything is so beautiful and you can tell they love their garden. They are so well informed.

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Agree with all you said. Very deserving. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your encouragement!

[@melissal1591]

wow - what an amazing garden with so many special areas, unique features as well as attention to design and color. The changes over the years has been incredible and so fun to hear the stories behind its history. Congrats to the homeowners on this award - very well deserved and happy we could all get to see it.

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@joyfulsnowflake]

What an amazing garden! Tingshu and Philip, please have a KZbin channel to share how you built the very cleverly designed solar passive greenhouse, Solarium, and aquaponic systems. I live in zone 4b with a very short growing season. Your solution of combined use of passive solar and geothermal energy is very sustainable and efficient! I also love the aquaponic systems.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your appreciation and encouragement! Hope you will have a passive solar green house to extend the growing season. Philip is considering making some KZbin videos after retirement. Hope he will be laid off soon 😅

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@vernellevale2226]

Congrats to this couple! Their gardens are beautiful in addition to their resourcefulness and creativity! Amazing!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

We agree! Glad you like it! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thank you for your appreciation! Much appreciated!

[@fangwenc]

Such an amazing garden!! Everything is so beautiful.Thank for sharing !!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Thanks for visiting!

[@tingshuhu2645]

Your nice words are very much appreciated!

[@todayinthegarden]

This is a dream garden! So beautiful, well designed and has all the features that I would love to have! Congratulations for the award, VERY WELL DESERVED!

[@tingshuhu2645]

I am glad you like our garden. Thanks for your nice words.

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you. thanks for watching and commenting.

[@maryjoseph7086]

What a privilege to be able to see this garden. Thank you

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Our pleasure! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your kind words!

[@oakplant]

Wow what a spectacular garden! The pictures of the house when it was all grass to what it is now really shows how much love was put into this garden

[@GardenGateMagazine]

We agree. A real transformation. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for appreciating the transformation!

[@rosemarythyme6351]

What a creatively smart design. Impressive and beautiful!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Glad you like it! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your appreciation and encouragement!

[@MsSlushatel]

Beautiful garden, beautiful people ❤

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your compliment!

[@amylouie4529]

Love the melding of art and science in this garden. Thank you for sharing!! Thoughtful decisions made to create a beautiful garden. Congrats!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thank you for your appreciation! Your words are very encouraging.

[@liuliang502]

Wow! A beautiful garden with many surprised designs! 👍🏼

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your nice words!

[@kristopherfante9646]

Wow! What a gorgeous garden. I love how intelligent the owners are with all their designs and functionality. Every detail is thoughtfully executed! Congratulations!!!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

We agree! So nice of you! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for appreciating the designs and details, and functionality!

[@deborahlittke2261]

What a wonderful team you are!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

They've done a great job! Thanks for visiting.

[@bee_marya]

Cute and humble couple❤ the garden is beautiful! I love all the technology built in the garden 👏

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@donnajoy6951]

Spectacular!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@donnajoy6951]

It is so difficult gardening in Texas zone 8A (North Dallas), but I know where my mistakes are and really getting better at getting TEXAS natives into the garden.

[@trader_joan]

Congratulations on your Award! Such a beautiful, well-thought out space. I especially liked how the colors complemented and informed the style of the garden. Thanks for taking us on this magical tour 🎉

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your encouragement! much appreciated!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@SeaTurtle515]

Beautiful and creative. Peaceful too. 🌿

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.

[@maymon207]

They do deserve the award.

[@linlin-hb6qr]

恭喜获奖🎉喜欢你们的花园，动手能力好强😊看了这，终于知道蒜苗是怎么出来的😅

[@tingshuhu2645]

谢谢你的美言！😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@sharidecterhirst1879]

Gorgeous! And inspiring. I love your award-winning gardens. Regardless of the style or zone, I always come away with new ideas.

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks! We have also learned a lot from the previous reader award winners! 😊

[@solsticesummer982]

What a sweet little couple! Beautiful functional garden! Who wouldn’t love that garden! Nice ecosystem.

[@GardenGateMagazine]

We agree! Thanks for watching.

[@rosemarybushea3447]

Wow! Amazing garden, solarium, ponds! Very talented couple! Congratulations!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@eleanormarcellus8676]

Breathtaking!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks! Much appreciated!

[@user-ry1uv1nk9k]

Gorgeous and eco-friendly garden, love the vegies and animals.

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you. Thanks for watching.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your nice comment. Much appreciated!

[@suesandlin-plaehn3565]

Wonderful!

[@lcotee]

Super impressive!❤

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your encouragement!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

You are so kind. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@MrCityVid]

What a beautiful garden! thanks for sharing the video and talks

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@carolepoolegallery1981]

What a beautiful garden the Zhao's have created! There were surprises around every corner. They seem to work so well together and have obviously spent an amazing amount of time on their garden. Congratulations on winning the 2023 Reader Garden Award. So deserving! Jim and Carole Poole

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Hi Carole and Jim. Thanks for watching and commenting. You were a tough act to follow!

[@myflock6156]

Thanks, Jim and Carole! We have watched the video of your award winning Garden many times and got a lot of inspiration from your garden and your teamwork of 50 years! Truly amazing!

[@liweilihui]

Congratulations! What a lovely garden. I like the way you treat your dog. 好喜欢！太棒了👏

[@tingshuhu2645]

谢谢你的美言！Thanks for your encouragement!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@gingercashman3289]

Absolutely remarkable garden. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thank you for your encouraging comment .

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Our pleasure! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@LizRichards-pd8zd]

A joy to watch!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

The gardeners are encouraged by your words!

[@gabuska]

This sweet couple definitely opened up my horizons in gardening. Do they have a KZbin channel? As a new gardener I would learn so much from them!

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your appreciation! We plan to make some KZbin videos after one of us retire. Hope that will happen soon.

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.

[@janegreenway2918]

Well deserved award for the Zhao's. Beautiful plantings and structures. Perhaps the video could have introduced the location and zone of the garden at the beginning.

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Great suggestion! Thank you for watching.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your nice comment! We live in Massachusetts, near the border with New Hampshire, zone 5b

[@jomassey4207]

Well done!! Great combinations and working together as a duo.😊

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your nice comment!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

We agree! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@MsArtistwannabe]

Gorgeous garden.

[@michaeljonesdougherty.209]

Congratulations 🎉❤very lovely Well deserved

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Thanks for visiting!

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your nice comment!

[@freyartz]

Beautiful garden! Really great idea put into practice and visually stunning 😍 Thanks for the tour. 😊

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your encouraging words!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@guanzhe]

Very impressive!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your nice words!

[@roxanafrizzi8492]

Beautiful and inspiring garden! Thank you for sharing it with us and congratulations on the award!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thank you for your encouragement! Much appreciated..

[@wendydana8642]

What a beautiful evolution of their garden. Their hard work is evident and gorgeous!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Couldn't agree more! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your appreciation.

[@kawaiakatyan]

Amazing garden! They really put lots of love and effort in it. This award is well deserved. 🎉

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Your encouragement is truly appreciated!

[@lilycarter8086]

kind gardeners. thanks for letting squirrels have the hazelnuts. bless you four, two pups included :)

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your appreciation and blessing!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@joansmith3492]

well deserved award. It is more than beautiful. From the ponds to the plants and the hardscape. it has a calm, restful, joyful vibe.

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Yes, you can feel their love of the garden. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your appreciation!

[@laurieshields2337]

What an amazing garden.

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@evaauto3302]

Wow! Beautiful garden. All plants are growing well and blooming. How I wish I have a garden like that. Please more information about plants. Thanks !

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you. Thanks for watching.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your encouraging message. Much appreciated!

[@JayYourch]

Very ambitious and well thought out. Thanks for sharing your garden with us.

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you. Thanks for watching and commenting

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your encouragement. Much appreciated!

[@dawndawn6946]

Beautiful garden! Great work! Congratulations! Well done.

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you. Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your nice words. Much appreciated!

[@katiedc8239]

Gorgeous garden! Thank you for sharing it!

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your appreciation!😊

[@tingshuhu2645]

Your encouragement is much appreciated!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Thanks for visiting!

[@leniesgarden9501]

What a beautiful garden!!!thanks for sharing

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you. Thanks for watching.

[@rosebellafuller3925]

This is the garden I have always admired. I learned how to color match plants and how to create layers for my gardens. I use this as my blueprint in my garden. Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful gardens and giving me the inspiration I needed to help me finish my dream garden!❤

[@tingshuhu2645]

I am glad the video is helpful. Thanks for your nice words!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Sounds great! Good luck with your garden.

[@imaham1947]

Love the garden.

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@loku252]

Amazing garden! You guys need your own KZbin channel! lol. You guys coexist with the bunnies and squirrels and found a way to keep them out of your garden without harming them. Utilizing plexiglass in the winter to help warm the house to sinking the greenhouse in the ground so it is warmer during the winter are all new concepts I have never seen before. I am inspired and now I want chickens (just for their poop and as pets).

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Such nice comments. Thank you for watching and connecting!

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your appreciation, and the suggestion of our own channel. That would be a great plan for the life after retirement . Lol

[@joyfulsnowflake]

Well said. Tingshu and Philip, please have a KZbin channel to share how you built the very cleverly designed solar passive greenhouse, Solarium, and aquaponic systems. I live in zone 4b with a very short growing season. Your solution of combined use of passive solar and geothermal energy is very sustainable and efficient! I also love the aquaponic systems.

[@TheChristineLindsay]

Really lovely, So well done by both husband and wife.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your encouragement! Much appreciated!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@user-ff5zs3qi7v]

Nice person,great garden.

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you

[@pixyfairy4721]

Congratulations, beautiful garden.

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your appreciation!

[@capecodcottagegarden]

What a gorgeous garden! Congratulations! I'm so inspired by your space and its amazing you both did this all on your own. You have a fantastic eye for design...absolutely love it!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Thanks for watching and commenting. They have done a great job.

[@oaktreecottage1771]

Just spectacular! 🌿 An award well deserved 🌸

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So glad you liked it. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your encouragement! Much appreciated!

[@lisamiller7143]

Lovely place

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Thanks for visiting

[@tingshuhu2645]

I am glad you like our garden. Thanks!

[@vanessamercado4960]

wow beautiful garden!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for commenting.

[@LindasFlowersandVegetablesGard]

What a stunning garden!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

We agree! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your encouragement!

[@LindasFlowersandVegetablesGard]

非常开心同胞们的花园如此美丽！我也种莴苣。问好！@@tingshuhu2645

[@annwoleben5439]

Congratulations! Your garden is stunning - so peaceful.

[@GardenGateMagazine]

It really is! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks! Your kind words are much appreciated!

[@upnorth21]

Wonderful garden tour. So many projects they have done. Love the idea of a sunken greenhouse! And the Hazelnuts to keep the squirrels happy. LOL. Beautiful flowers. The Lemonade Baptisia caught my eye and the Johnny Jump Up Viola

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So glad you liked it. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your nice words! Much appreciated!

[@sunitashastry5270]

Stunning garden. What a lot of good ideas!

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your encouragement! much appreciated.

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Thanks for visiting!

[@janehill5183]

Beautiful! Thank you for the tour.

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Our pleasure! Thanks for watching

[@leahkrotz935]

So creative and beautiful, and I love that you did the work yourselves! Very deserving of this award!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

We agree! Glad you like it! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your encouragement!

[@mazza_razzza]

Congratulations (all the way from Australia), on a beautiful garden!

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your congratulations from the other side of the world! 😊

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@jamieraible9946]

I wonder what their favorite plant in the garden is. I am always surprised at what fellow gardeners love the most.

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Very good question! They have a lot to choose from in their garden. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

There is a long list of our favorite plants: blue spruce, false cypress, Japanese maple, red bud, flowering peach, dog wood, crabapple, flowering quince, crape myrtle, rosa peace, Japanese anemone, coral bells, meadow rue, dahlias, canna, zinnia, solomon's seal, hakonechloa, peony, clematis, baby tears sedum, gray stonecrop, baby's breath, coleus, northern sea oats, rain lily, tiger lily, tulips, false indigo, blue fescue, Sweet Osmanthus, silver falls, floss flower, maidenhair ferns..... Sorry I can't finish, ....

[@ekgarden]

Congratulations! I love the garden designs. Thanks for sharing.

[@GardenGateMagazine]

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching and commenting

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your encouragement! Much appreciated.

[@MsSlushatel]

Beautiful garden, nice hosts.

[@tingshuhu2645]

The host is Kristin Beane Sullivan, the Executive Editor of Garden Gate Magazine. She is very Charismatic, down to earth, and makes everybody comfortable. She runs the most efficient editorial team that produces the highest quality magazine on Gardening, which has turned me, an electrical engineer, into a passionate gardener😊

[@erinmacdonald5382]

Just gorgeous

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your appreciation!

[@tamarawilcox6954]

Love the scape slicer! 🙂

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So clever! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Me too😊 it helps a lot!

[@ruralangwin]

What a great couple! Loved the solarium and the beautiful fish pond! Wonder is this in Northern California?

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Thanks for watching. It's Massachusetts.

[@tingshuhu2645]

We lived in California before moving to Massachusetts 😊 Thanks for your appreciation!

[@Raytaotao]

I love your garden! I have followed your garden updates in Wenxuecity for years, great work!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Many thanks for your long time support! Much appreciated.

[@bethhiggins8721]

❤❤❤ seeing your garden and I just ordered celtuce seeds to try!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Wonderful! Good luck with them.

[@tingshuhu2645]

You will like the unique flavor and texture, crispy, tender and fragrant. I start the seed in February in green house to have bigger stems.

[@jwang7311]

Gorgeous garden, so beautiful ❤

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you. Thanks for watching

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your nice words!

[@GDSavingThePast]

Beautiful garden, I can see why they are a winner

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So glad you liked it. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your nice comment! Much appreciated!

[@zhukovaelmira5636]

Очень красивый сад❤

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thank you very much for your nice comment! I used some translation. 😊

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@kathycallahan6810]

So motivating

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.

[@user-xv3yg9hj1o]

Wow what a beautiful and inspiring garden. I love the tool for removing the garlic scapes. Do you know where I can find one? Thank you

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your nice words! A friend gave me the garlic scape tool after she came back from China. It was less than $1 each in Chinese online stores but I don’t know if we can make a purchase from US

[@user-xv3yg9hj1o]

Thank you for the quick response and the information on the tool. I looked online in Canada and did not find it, I will keep looking :).@@tingshuhu2645

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Thanks for watching.

[@PAS7gardens]

Wow, what a stunning transformation! Thank you for the tour. I love the variety of spaces around the house. Maybe I missed it, but where is this garden located? What is the zone they are in?

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your compliment. We live in northern Massachusetts, zone 5b

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@dovinhgarden05]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Glad you like it! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@crickettjd]

What a shame they didn't include the information on the harvesting tool used to harvest the Garlic Scapes; I didn't see it anywhere in the article either.

[@GardenGateMagazine]

We wanted to share it but it was purchased abroad and given as a gift. We couldn't find a source for it. Sorry.

[@crickettjd]

Thanks for letting me know; I wondered if it may be something like that; I will continue to search for something similar here in the states! I never knew anything like it existed before now!

[@davidshang1198]

Where can I find the tool that harvests garlic scapes?

[@tingshuhu2645]

A friend gave one to me after coming back from China. You may try taobao and search 蒜苔收割刀

[@GardenGateMagazine]

This is a note from Ting shu - A friend gave me the garlic scape tool after she came back from China. It was less than $1 each in Chinese online stores but I don’t know if we can make a purchase from US. Thanks for watching.

[@beckystauffer3483]

Did you mention where this garden is located?

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Massachusetts. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@catherinemalian9558]

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[@pansepot1490]

RIP three big old mugo pines. 😢

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Thanks for watching.

[@sm8315]

The robotic lawnmower is a no no, danger to hedgehogs which are endangered

[@GardenGateMagazine]

Thank you for sharing.

[@gwendolina4491]

Beautiful place!

[@GardenGateMagazine]

It really is! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks! much appreciated!

[@marianhintz9981]

Beautiful garden, love it!! Congratulations!❤

[@GardenGateMagazine]

So nice of you. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@tingshuhu2645]

Thanks for your kind words! Much appreciated!