How to create a woodland walk in a small garden!

[@susanneimgarten3055]

this nice little space seems much bigger because of the diversified planting and clever use of hight. thanks for this inspiration for small gardens❤

[@thehorti-culturalists]

You are very welcome. Regards Stephen

[@jcking6785]

Love this garden! I’m inspired to create something similar in part of my yard. 🤞🏻

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Good luck - go for it!

[@MyFocusVaries]

What a beautiful garden. Interesting tour.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Glad you enjoyed it. Regards Stephen

[@joanne-et6pm]

Thanks Stephen good suggestions

[@thehorti-culturalists]

My pleasure!

[@dewdan11dnd46]

🫶A gorgeous, unfolding walk. Thanks for sharing 🌿💞

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Glad you enjoyed it. Regards Stephen

[@johnsantangelo7773]

my favorite gardens are the woodland gardens

[@thehorti-culturalists]

I love them too. Regards Stephen

[@joanne-et6pm]

Great video of mini woodlands she's done really unique Thanks Stephen & Matt always enjoy watching Jo-Anne

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Our pleasure! Regards Stephen

[@brendannz5588]

Loved the movement of the bamboo in the breeze at 19. 41 mins as it was being addressed. ❤😊

[@thehorti-culturalists]

I staged the bamboo dance of course! Regards Stephen

[@twosheds2030]

What a superb video, gentlemen. You have become essential viewing - the must watch Australian gardening program

[@thehorti-culturalists]

You could turn our heads with such complements! Regards Stephen

[@dyanalayng5507]

Great video! I love this style of garden Thank you all the detail on colours, times of leafing and canopy trees. I'm in Canada 🇨🇦 but there are equivalent plants - and some of the same plants. One of the best garden design books I ever had suggested using large foliage plants near seating areas, and fine foliage plants at the boundary to suggest greater depth in the garden. Or vice versa if you needed the space to be more compact visually.

[@susanneimgarten3055]

what is the title of the garden book? thanks in advance for your answer.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@dyanalayng5507]

@@susanneimgarten3055 thanks for the query. It's not right to hand, but I dont think I've loaned it out anywhere. This weekend is Big Pruneout, so I will keep looking. It was 2nd hand when I found it. In a nutshell, it had a lot about planting in drifts, teardrop shape clusters of plants, always in an odd number, ie 5 or 7 etc. If you had a small tree as the focal point in a flower bed, it should ultumately be approximately the same height as the eidth if the bed. It was published in the 1980s I think, so it was dealing with organized beds of plants, but an improvement on the scattergun or formal lines of plants. This fine foliage at the back of a garden to increase depth, with larger, coarser foliage nearer the house or outside seating area always seemed like a good illusion. Myself, I love the naturalized garden style in this video. 💖💕

[@susanneimgarten3055]

Thank you very much for your detailed answer😊

[@dyanalayng5507]

@@susanneimgarten3055 oh you're welcome. The teardrops, by the way nan be vertical or horizontal, fat or stretched out. The udea was to lead the viewers eye along. The book had some excellent before and after photos, always the best! Mostly blk & white photos. I'll keep an eye out and post here with more info if I find it.

[@christinaclark2134]

I so enjoy your videos! I always learn something and get to see beautiful and interesting plants. Your camaraderie, and your kind gentle natures make them even more delightful. Thank you for sharing your knowledge Stephen. Matthew, I think you know more than you let on, but I appreciate you asking great questions and being kindly humble. You tend to go at a really nice pace, slow enough to be relaxed, but quickly enough to be interesting. Thanks also for helping those of us in the northern hemisphere remember that the south side is shadier there and so on.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Glad we are to your liking, we do our best. Regards Stephen

[@carolinescrivener7783]

Fabulous video! I have a similar climate here in NZ and going to use this as a template to make a wooded area.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Fabulous! Hope it turns out well for you. Regards Stephen

[@deejayrebel4150]

Fabulous! I have one in the wildlife garden where the old ruins are. Added plants here and there and made paths. It’s like the Amazon at the moment!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Well done!. Regards Stephen

[@Kramfors1]

Lovely!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@marshawilliamson8602]

I deal with heavy deer browsing. Never touched: trilliums, epimediums, hellebores. Sun King aralia brings brilliant chartreuse color to the shade. If this is redundant information, please, forgive as I am a relatively new subscriber. I’m from Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 🌸🐝

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for joining us!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

We are now getting feral deer in our area of Australia so this information could be timely. Don’t forget you can go in and look at any of our older videos to catch up. Regards Stephen

[@franconianable]

Very interesting content. Enjoyed the tour very much. Thanks to the creator of this garden for the tour. Similar climate as far as moisture to my garden in tbe US Pacific Northwest so great inspiration for me.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Glad you enjoyed it. Regards Stephen

[@mawkernewek]

Maybe Visit Cornwall could hire you to talk about the climate in Cornwall as being "Wet Mediterranean" for marketing purposes?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Buy me a ticket and I'll be there! Regards Stephen

[@davereed2500]

If the width of a space permits, a winding path is very effective in making the space seem larger. In particular, if the mid story plants obscure the view around each turn. It should be mentioned that the dense ground cover minimizes weeding through much of the year.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

All good points that we should have included. Regards Stephen

[@davereed2500]

That's why we're here to help. Excellent video and an interesting garden.

[@joanne-et6pm]

Stephen I want to grow beautiful flowers over my 5 arches for summer on goldcoast Any recommendations ?? Thanks so much Jo-Anne

[@thehorti-culturalists]

A couple of suggestions could be Golden Chalice Vine and Burmese Honeysuckle. However I would talk to someone with local experience for a broader range of suitable plants, find a good nursery or join a local garden club with its years of acquired knowledge. Regards Stephen

[@Rustytoolgardener]

Wow what a great garden. Just found your channel and I think it’s wonderful. Very good speakers to everything you see. I’m curious to know what your zonal area is compared to ours here in southern Ontario Canada. zone 6.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for finding us! We don't have a zonal system in Australia unfortunately. Stephen's garden can get temps below 0 oc and occasional frost in winter, and hot dry summers. It does rain in summer so you could either describe the climate as 'wet Mediterranean' or 'warm temperate'!

[@alisonburgess345]

Any leads on where I can get a yellow waratah in Central Vic guys? Thanks - terrific video !

[@thehorti-culturalists]

I am hoping to propagate the yellow Tasmanian one in a year or so but I doubt you will find them anywhere in central Victoria. Karanga native nursery at Mt. Evelyn may have it. Regards Stephen

[@alisonburgess345]

@@thehorti-culturalists Thanks very much Stephen

[@MDA-rs4uf]

I had an acer pentaphyllum that didn't leaf out till mid to late June, which is very late for here in SE US...I, like you, thought it dead which it did die the next winter. I think our winter wet as well as our cold did it in.... epimediums also likes dry shade which is nice....

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Sad to hear about the Acer but it isn't considered very hardy for many areas and it does need good drainage unless grafted onto Acer pseudoplatinus! Regards Stephen

[@paulinecrispin121]

Hi, I loved this video. I am making a woodland corner in my small garden. The whole garden it only about 40 x 40 feet. Please to know that the small Maple I have planted was a good choice. The Silver Birchs look good in your neighbours garden. At the moment, they are slim young trees, but will they not outgrow the space? My soil is clay. Do you have suggestions as to what else I could plant? I have only recently moved to this house and so haven't had a chance to improve the soil. 😊

[@thehorti-culturalists]

They will compete for room and so will individually take up less space. Regards Stephen

[@paulinecrispin121]

Th😊

[@beverleywoon6778]

Where can you purchase trillium plants in melbourne or australia? Or do most plants in household gardens grow them from seed?? Great garden and video.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

I sell Trilliums in early spring at Dicksonia Rare Plants Mt. Macedon. Regards Stephen

[@lynmccullough4860]

I am trying to create a woodland garden in a similar climate. I have many established silver birches but not sure how to get the understory plants established due to the shallow fibrous roots of the birches. Can I mound up soil to get smaller plants established and if so, how far from the trunks? Thanks so much for your videos - invaluable to have such good Australian content!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

It could work mounding the soil although many of the selfseeders and suckerers will find their own way and usually right up to the trunks. Ie Euphoria robbiae, sweet woodruff and Smyrnium. Regards Stephen

[@wolfgang5912]

Thank you for an inspirational tour. Loved the Daucus Decipiens, but so far no luck sourcing seeds. Is it more common in AU/NZ? I’m in coastal BC/CA, zone 8b. Melanoselinum Decipiens pops up a lot, but I assume it’s a different species?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Daucus decipiens is the now currently excepted name for Melanoselinum decipiens so in fact the same plant. Regards Stephen

[@wolfgang5912]

Thank you, Stephen! Just realized you mentioned it in your video, got too excited looking at all the plants.

[@lindacannella7560]

Lovely garden 🌿I planted sweet woodruff for the first time this year and I’m concerned about it becoming invasive. Can you tell me if it’s a thug? I’m in New York🇺🇸

[@sannaericditsler4034]

I live in Indiana and had sweet woodruff at the house we used to live in. It was not invasive at all. I had it on the north side of the house. I have read since that it is invasive but did not at all have that trouble with it. It was lovely and had white blooms. I would definitely plant it again.

[@justynjonn]

I'm in New York too! Long Island. Great plant , it clumps but grows so slow you got nothin' to worry about it. Excellent under trees.

[@lindacannella7560]

@@justynjonn thanks! I had some pachysandra that went wild, ended up yanking it out! The sweet woodruff is so pretty, hopefully you’re right and I don’t have to worry 😊I’m “upstate” NY

[@lindacannella7560]

@@sannaericditsler4034 I agree that it’s lovely! Thanks for the vote of confidence!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks to the Horti community for answering your question!

[@chuckciali2027]

Lovely but what zone and where?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

In central Victoria in Australia and most of the plants are from cool climates. We don't have zones in Australia. Most of our filming is done here and we have very light frost and often hot dry summers. Regards Stephen

[@MDA-rs4uf]

i saw a collection of pentaphyllum in Sonoma California which is supposed to be the largest collections not in china... they are nice but my guess too tender for us in the SE US..... the one i killed was a seedling..... also...... you showed a japanese maple,,, a green squatty one that looks to me like the chinese maple called acer "elegantulalum'...... i have one that grows upright but the leaves look almost the same ...... the bark is smooth and green and it wants to grow up not out...just a guess if that one on the video is actually chinese..... m.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

The Acer in the video with green leaves was just a seedling Acer palmate that Cathy got from a local garden. If grafted onto Acer pseudoplatinus pentaphyllum seems a little tougher and certainly bit faster. Regards Stephen

[@sterlgirlceline]

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🏆💛

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@suepercy8390]

Machete country !- I love machete country!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!