Linda's video will be out 10am Oklahoma time on 16th May - I've had a bit of a muddle on time differences at this end - sorry! Here's a link to her channel: kzbin.info
@heleend17813 жыл бұрын
I like the idea of matching a garden to the style of a house. Unfortunately, I live in a rather ugly house, so i designed my front garden as if I lived in a swedish cottage in the woods.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
That sounds charming.
@donnavorce8856 Жыл бұрын
You've diagnosed my ugly garden problem! Cheers
@GardenerPhyl3 жыл бұрын
I’m a happy Canadian 🇨🇦 to have my favourite British gardener and one of my favourite American gardeners on one video. Thanks kindly.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@jeanieling72963 жыл бұрын
My two favorite garden ladies ! Excellent.
@AcornHillHomestead3 жыл бұрын
I love your reminder of looking at your beds from the upstairs windows. Great tip! I miss my Victorian Farmhouse garden so much. It took me 30 years to put together. Im starting over in a cottage style ranch in retirement. Your garden is lovely.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@beckyhagberg52113 жыл бұрын
I love Linda too. I’ve been following her for a long time. She’s a wealth of knowledge! 👏🌺
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
I totally agree!
@beckyscheller93583 жыл бұрын
Also a fan of Linda. Only thing I would add is keeping in mind the wildlife in your area. I am having I big problem with rabbits this year and some areas have deer eating everything! ❤️
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Good point!
@lorindav55493 жыл бұрын
Rabbits and squirrels are my bane! Rabbits for the plants and the squirrels digging in every pot unless I spray it with a very strong, unpleasant garlic, minty, idk what else spray that I found at the hardware store.
@penelopehammerton29073 жыл бұрын
Thank you for a really delightful video Alexandra. A world wide gardening community where we can share and learn. Thank you Linda for telling us about your home style and garden style. Very lovely : )
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@anla39573 жыл бұрын
I love you both so much! Also Linda is so eloquent and speaks so clearly..you cannot help but pay attention. Thank you both for all these generous tips ❤️
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@anitahadley28713 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this collaboration very much! Funny how homes here in the US are so much younger but still considered old and historic for us. I just love all of the beautiful historic English homes you showed.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@jeanniehall14403 жыл бұрын
..and it certainly makes a difference with a cute westie looking out the window as you see the beginning 😉 .. I agree with both Alexandra & Linda
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
I couldn't resist popping him in, although he doesn't belong to either me or Linda.
@jeanniehall14403 жыл бұрын
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden .. ALWAYS good to have extra cute video clips .. that my dear was perfect moment for us dog parents!! Ty
@paigeturner1653 жыл бұрын
@@jeanniehall1440 I had to go back to check 😍
@paigeturner1653 жыл бұрын
I could listen to both you ladies all day. Great information and even better voices... so soothing 😌
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 🤗
@TheAfitzgerald3 жыл бұрын
Always clear, upbeat and rich in ideas, our inspiration to find our own way
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@annablume79313 жыл бұрын
There is something special about English gardens. Something special enchanting! -What is the secret? I would like to transfer this relaxed and for me timeless feeling of freedom to my garden.- The two-tone red rose looks like my new Philatelie rose?- Am I right? Many greetings from the German Baltic Sea!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Depending on your style, you may find either of these videos helpful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2Gwlmxsh86Aa8U or kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKWukIWtf9yLeck I'm not sure what the rose is, as there have been rose labelling mistakes in my garden.
@annablume79313 жыл бұрын
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden 💐 Hello, thank you for that information! 💐
@chrispetersen64023 жыл бұрын
Linda, I loved hearing the history of your home !
@gabrieleruss-morgen92893 жыл бұрын
Thank you for another inspiring link and the examples of beautiful front gardens and homes in your vicinity! I love to watch your videos on an early Sunday morning to get in the right gardening mood for the day.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@beverlyasleson33213 жыл бұрын
Love this video of all the different styles of homes and gardens, especially Linda Vater home het garden is just stunning.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@AnnMarieKing3 жыл бұрын
Hello, Alexandra! Have recently been following Linda so happy to see a collaboration between my two favourite gardeners! So many great tips!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@maryanna63023 жыл бұрын
So many useful garden design tips here, in both videos! I also like how Linda uses many small shrubs and self seeders to help fill in her garden, to elegant effect and so good for wildlife. I've found much inspiration and ideas by just checking out the front gardens around my own neighborhood (of very similar homes), as you suggested. Excellent video🌷💚
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@itsmewende3 жыл бұрын
I have been watching both of you for a long time now. Alexandria I love your tips and visits to master gardeners. Linda, seeing Stuart pan up the tree since you lost the limbs, it looks like an L and an arrow carved in it, never noticed it before. Really enjoyed hearing your process for gardening.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@chrispetersen64023 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this talk about the interplay between the house and garden.
@kimsgarden7773 жыл бұрын
It's very impressive. "My garden speaks the same language as my home." I've never thought of it before. Thank you for sharing such creative tips.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@TheEnthusiasticGardener3 жыл бұрын
Love this Alexandra, two of my favourite garden YT channels in one place!!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@teresejohnson67673 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the wonderful advice. Perfect timing!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@darlenepaulden95123 жыл бұрын
Excellent tips ladies! I really enjoy both of your channels and have learned so much. Thank you!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Our pleasure!
@eileenchang21733 жыл бұрын
I love the various comparisons as well as the illustrations on how one can use different garden styles with the same period house! 🇨🇦
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@aroyaliota3 жыл бұрын
Oh this is so practical. Thank you very much from Australia.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@jonathantaylor2633 жыл бұрын
Great to see you teaming up with others for more great ideas. Keep up the good work.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@athomewithfrancsicio3 жыл бұрын
Thank you I'm working so hard to make mine beautiful, good tips!
@aevans-jl9ym3 жыл бұрын
Wow, your 18th-century house is so grand no wonder your garden is so idyllic. I live in London we have to contend with street lamps, constant traffic noise and people walking past, passengers on doubled decker buses peering inside our home. We've planted evergreen trees and shrubs for maximum screening and noise reduction and a trellis topper on the back garden wall to create the illusion of splendid isolation.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
That sounds good - I used to live in London too, so I know what it's like.
@georgiacinq-mars18993 жыл бұрын
Great video! Thank you, as always.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@rachelhoward3343 жыл бұрын
I'm a big fan of Lindas, my garden is based loosely on her back garden. Really enjoyed this collaboration, thankyou 🤗
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@Neldidellavittoria3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful new video! Such a plethora of great tips!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@cajagu13 жыл бұрын
Another informative practical video, and you have again introduced me to another interesting channel. Thanks Alexandra!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@lauranoble22563 жыл бұрын
Excellent as usual.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@1958pobs3 жыл бұрын
Oh! I made a cup of tea and you had transmorphid into Linda vater, who I had just watched 😆 lovely to think of you two togther.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@LittleJordanFarm3 жыл бұрын
Great advice Alexandra. I also enjoy Linda's channel..stay well
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@paigeturner1653 жыл бұрын
Does Linda have artificial lawn? It looked a bit perfect. This is a super video, thank you Alexandra. I always look forward to the weekend and your films.
@beckyhagberg52113 жыл бұрын
Yes she does. 👍
@leadoucet14323 жыл бұрын
No, neither one one uses artificial turf. Keep scrolling for Alexandra's answer to that question. Neither lawn looks artificial to me 🤷♀️
@beckyhagberg52113 жыл бұрын
@@leadoucet1432 Linda does have artificial in at least her front yard. She’s addressed it in previous videos.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I gather Linda has said that she does have artificial turf in a previous video.
@paigeturner1653 жыл бұрын
@@leadoucet1432 it turns out she does. I thought it was way too neat at the edges and flawless throughout to be real.
@angellas.13143 жыл бұрын
Both are lovely. The only thing with a lot of American homes is that the path to the front door is missing or not well defined. That would be the only thing I’d change in Linda’s front yard. Really accentuate the front door entry. It’s a beautiful door and it defines the style of Tudor.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden2 жыл бұрын
That's an interesting idea.
@stevendowden25793 жыл бұрын
fabulous video
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 😀
@lorindav55493 жыл бұрын
I love the beautiful homes you've shown in this video and the planting adds so much. Thank you for introducing me to Linda. Will have to check out her channel. Now if only I could find someone who has transformed a front garden for a small, very blah, early 60's "ranchy" type home. DD and I planted a bunch of flowers this weekend, something, anything to make it less uninspiring. We did stick with a limited color scheme though. Yay me!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
That sounds great. And I put 'what are the principles of 1960s garden design?' into Google and although it's not all particularly helpful for front gardens, you might enjoy a look around it. It's a design style that is quite fashionable at the moment - 'mid-century modern'....could be a lot of fun to tap into it.
@JulieDaviesFlowerStart3 жыл бұрын
So excited to watch this one - I've just recently discovered Linda's channel 🌸🌱
@karenross34573 жыл бұрын
Very informative and simple principles to follow . I live in Delaware and follow Linda on her channel along with Garden Answer, Impatient Gardener and Gardeners World.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@RoseMary-vs3io3 жыл бұрын
This was interesting and a good collab, thank you👌✨
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you too!
@Lulu-ue2lj3 жыл бұрын
Very inspiring video Alexandra. Sadly my home does not have great architecture so I have to make things beautiful with the front yard plantings. I like your tips on a few color choices and low maintenance shrubs. Both you and Linda have used artificial turf which is really bad for our environment. We must all do more to avoid the use of plastic I think. Thank you.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
I never use artificial turf in the garden, although there are some offcuts on the walls of the potting shed, which is a brand that is made of recycled plastics. The grass is very green at the moment because we've had a lot of rain, but it is very scruffy as I'm growing it into a mini meadow. You will see the lawn in my front garden much closer up in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6eZXo1siZifl6s at 9:44 (there are time stamps in the description below it). You will see that it is entirely shaggy and overgrown lawn grasses.
@rockjockchick Жыл бұрын
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden I love the idea of a mini meadow! Especially with wildflowers in it. :)
@luath55793 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed looking at other front gardens in your town. The former Conservative Club now looks a lot smarter with a very simple planting scheme. I like the colour of your garden railings and front door, but am concerned that your two Malus hupehensis will grow too large - ours is now huge, despite having been severely pruned.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
They are getting very big!
@therapywithisabel3 жыл бұрын
I have a midcentury modern flat roof gray home with black trim. No clue to how to figure this out 🤣
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
midcentury modern would lend itself to quite contemporary planting schemes, such as dry garden themes, or to go back in time to the shrubs, yuccas, phormium and cordylines, photinias etc of the 1970s and 80s. I think quite architectural plants would suit, such as the ones I've mentioned, or red hot pokers (in all sorts of colours). Hope that helps!
@Ash-xx5zd3 жыл бұрын
Love your videos. ♡ from atx!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@byrnsey19842 жыл бұрын
Does anybody know what type of trees are at 1.21?
@regismonkton3 жыл бұрын
Hello Alexandra. I am wanting to know what are those plants with the orange/peach-colored flowers in your garden; they are shown in this video at the 19:24 mark. Also, with those plants, are those blue-colored Muscari, and what are those plants which are bright yellowish-green in that same part of your garden at the 19:24 mark? Are they a type of Euphorbia?
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
They're a mix of wallflowers (Erysimum, though I'm not sure exactly which variety) and tulips. The bright yellowish green will either be Euphorbia robbiae or Smyrnium perfoliatum (perfoliate alexanders). I've got both there in the same place, so you might need to google 'images' for each of them. The Smyrnium is more delicate.
@regismonkton3 жыл бұрын
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden Thank you.
@lesliekendall56683 жыл бұрын
I don't mean to sound mean but what is the giant yellow blob on the right of the house's main doorway (as I'm looking at it)? Is it original to the house? A later repair? It looks out of place. There's no design to it so it's where my eyes kept going. My old house has it's issues, too so I don't mean anything by it. Only curiosity.
@evelynodonoghue64402 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing it's the back of the fireplace. Linda mentioned it at the beginning when she pointed out the chimneys.
@rewbew93453 жыл бұрын
I have a craftsman style home built in 1915. What style garden goes with that?
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Try putting 'Craftsman house garden style' into Google - I've just tried it and it's very varied what comes up, but you may see something you like. Also the Garden Club of America was founded around that time, and Craftsman style is strong in the US (I'm assuming that's where you're based?). You might find it interesting to consult them, as Craftsman style has a rich, 20th century history. This is the link: www.gcamerica.org/what-we-do-garden-history-design
@rewbew93453 жыл бұрын
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden thank you for your response. I googled something similar and saw a great variety of gardens. I am in the states and see a lot of different gardening styles from cottage to formal. All seem to be appropriate. But I appreciate the added link to search some more.
@digitaldemocracyai-rob2 жыл бұрын
She likes to accentuate. Gawd. Is that plastic grass? Just not the same as an English garden. They try to ape, but always too manicured, too uptight......
@Kneenibble2 жыл бұрын
Your grouchiness is boring, Robert.
@judithhope89703 жыл бұрын
Please don't call your beautiful garden a yard! Its so much more than that.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden3 жыл бұрын
Ah, I think that will be Linda calling her garden a yard, because that's the name for it in the US. Whereas for us in the UK a yard is somewhere you park vans....
@hisnewlife35432 жыл бұрын
That yank woman has the most irritating of accents. First of all, that is NOT a "Tudor style" house, it iss called a Mock Tudor. And secondly, it is NOT ENGLISH TUDOR AT ALL. More of a combined 1920s version of a French Tudor and perhaps Normandie. So, she has missed it, entirely.
@maryb6065 Жыл бұрын
new wife, need to get a life
@Kneenibble4 ай бұрын
Don't be a grouchy old cooter for once in your life, turkey-wattle.