Landscape Design Ideas-Design for the Shade #1

TODAY'S VIDEO
I hope you have been enjoying our series on shade. Today is design #1. I will take you through the design step by step. This design is a shade bed in front of the woods. The design software I used is called PRO Landscape. It is a professional software program that I used when I was a landscaper. I am on the hunt for a good homeowner app or software for all of you, so hopefully I can find one for you. I hope you are inspired by today's degign! If you have not seen the first 4 videos on shade perennials combos, shade conifers, shade flowering shrubs and shade perennials, please feel free to check them out!
I have linked them below.
Landscape Design Ideas-Shade Perennial Combos
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Landscape Garden Ideas-Evergreens for the Shade
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Landscape Garden Ideas - Flowering Shrubs for Shade
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Landscape Design Ideas - Shade Gardening -Hostas & Beyond
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[@jenniferparmelee5041]

I’ve subscribed because I love your enthusiasm and actually show your designs! You teach better than any KZbinr while getting to the point! Thanks so much. ❤

[@gardeningTLC]

Wow, thank you!

[@cindybowen17]

100%👩‍🌾👍

[@nancystapleton872]

I love how you create a design right over the photo of the space. It helps seeing the space develop one plant at a time. Your design looks beautiful. I can’t wait to see it develop ! Plus thank you for explaining every step!

[@cathyhutchins1890]

Another inspirational video. Your enthusiasm is contagious. Good luck with your new garden bed. It has given me some ideas for the north side of my home.

[@sherrymclaggan9097]

This was great!! I love the design ❤ I really liked that you showed what the bed would look like in each season. I can’t wait to watch you plant it!

[@gardeningTLC]

Thank you so much!!

[@maryk1668]

I love cardboard! I save it all winter to use in my yard as well as my daughters. Sooooo much better than landscape material. I know your grandkids will get so much fun out of the path! Mine run along the space between my perennial garden and hedge and have enjoyed it for years. Looking forward to seeing your new bed. Your plant choices are always great! I can’t wait for Spring to start shopping for some of them to add to my yard. Thank you for fun channel.

[@gardeningTLC]

You are right. I think I am going to do the cardboard instead of removing the sod.....I don't want to nick up or cut all the tree roots, well and that it is a lot less work. I will have a ton of cardboard once all the spring inventory begins to arrive.

[@cathyhutchins1890]

I have a pile of saved cardboard as well. Over the past 2 years, several new garden beds have been created with the lasagna method. I have plans for more this season.

[@JD-mm7ur]

your videos are the best among everything else available on youtube. thank you

[@michellefrance1165]

Love all of these suggestions as I have quite a bit of dappled and full shade areas thank you!!

[@gardeningTLC]

You're so welcome!

[@LittleIowa]

The best shade design I have seen!

[@gardeningTLC]

Thank you

[@andreaa8057]

Are you going to film as you plant? I’d love to watch that! Thanks

[@gardeningTLC]

Yes I am!

[@kellymichalec9126]

Gosh I have to say of all the videos I watch you have inspired me the most and most helpful!!! Thank you, I’m so excited. I have a wood line and never thought abt planting it up except with Hostas, now my mind it reeling. 😀

[@gardeningTLC]

Haha..gardening will do that to you..😀

[@SharonHenscheid]

That’s gonna be beautiful!!

[@pauletteworoniak431]

Love your style, love your videos but best of all, I love your enthusiasm. Happy gardening from Zone 3, 🥶

[@gardeningTLC]

Thanks so much!

[@kimakins4888]

Wow! First let me say, What a great name! I’ve recently stumbled on your videos and they are packed with lots of information given in a direct manner. Love it! This is my first year on this property and am building a flower farm. There will be lots of flower beds for cutting intermingled with landscaped beds/berms/seating areas for relaxing, photos and beauty to be enjoyed during events. At times it’s overwhelming. Love how you break it down into manageable sections. Still looking for my “go to” supplier” I’ve always bought plugs/liners or small bare root. I would like the base plants to be larger, looking like they have been here for a couple years! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@colsen4616]

Just found your channel and it’s so inspiring! I’m beginning a revamp of a 1950’s style landscape, removing at least half the lawn and incorporating plants more suitable to our hot, no rain for three month summers. You are providing so much useful design ideas. Thank you.

[@gardeningTLC]

Welcome

[@gaylagenecarder4343]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you! I have a line of woods in the back of my yard and I’ve been trying to make a great transition from the woods to the flower beds that I have created. The flower beds end up being part to full sun but I have that space between that I have not known what do with. You gave me lots of ideas. Love your channel

[@gardeningTLC]

Wonderful!

[@vlink4071]

Very interesting video and presentation. It’s so nice to be able to visual the bed. It doesn’t really look like a very shady site though. I don’t have that much sun.😢

[@shannonhansen1102]

I have made several large beds the last year. I used cardboard from post office, very large pieces. And free compost from city and free wood chips. It has worked so well.

[@gardeningTLC]

Oh I know...cuts down on so much work!!

[@LS-rh2be]

Love your channel Michelle! You have inspired me to tackle my shady area project this spring. The detailed information on the shade plants and garden designing process has been extremely helpful! I live in zone 6 and can’t wait to get out there and get my hands dirty. Linda S 🌼

[@gardeningTLC]

I'm so glad! Isn't gardening just ...wow.....😀 I love it!

[@brendahayes3365]

Oh my gosh that border will be beautiful… and so will mine now that I watched this video!!! You used most of the plants that I rely on to fill most of my large spaces but I now realize it’s my placement that is all wrong 🤷🏻‍♀️This is excellent info! I’m not sure about Huchera yet, have to see if it comes back this year, I hear a lot of comments of it disappearing over winter, I’m hoping for its return. Thanks so much Michelle, your woods look just like mine, hopefully my new border will 🙏🏻. Brenda🇨🇦ZN4

[@reneeswallow2023]

Take a look at Proven Winners Heuchera for tougher types. Good luck!

[@gardeningTLC]

Great suggestion....some are very hardy...

[@joanieclyde8812]

Thank you for this !! Moving in the next few months and the property has woods and Deer. These are the best ideas! I love the pathway and the forsythia in the back, and then adding in the rocks and creeping evergreen, it gives the yard so much dimension!!

[@kaystinebrink1220]

So looking forward to visiting your nursery this spring.

[@gardeningTLC]

Oh awesome...make sure to look for me. I LOVE meeting you guys!!!

[@lynnepatterson6900]

I love your idea for this shade garden. I can’t wait to see more as I plan my garden!! Thanks Michelle!

[@gardeningTLC]

You are so welcome!

[@janettefisher256]

You should maintain the boxwoods to keep your path looking beautiful as you walk thru 🏡💚

[@MK-wm6gu]

This was wonderful…of course! Thank you!

[@gardeningTLC]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jaqualin4524]

Thank you I just became a new subscriber love your videos

[@rachelchristenson8232]

I just love your energy. Thanks for sharing all this knowledge with us. This has really given me hope for my shady yard!

[@gardeningTLC]

I'm so glad!

[@lynamsden7681]

I love this idea. We have a lot a large trees on the edge of our yard so this design will be very helpful. I do have a "what would Michelle do question?" We have an area, very similar to the area behind your house, that you recently designed in your other shade design video. The big difference for us is that when the sun is overhead in July/Aug, we get full hot afternoon sun. Coneflowers and salvia seem to do well, but what other perennials could we use that will tolerate partial shade for the majority of the time and about 6-8 wks of that full hot afternoon sun in the summer. We're in zone 8A, heavy clay soil.

[@angelakading8497]

Loved this one!

[@PaulaAntonio-w1m]

Oh my Michelle lots of inspiration,thank you!

[@gardeningTLC]

You are so welcome!

[@SusanStapes]

Thank you. You gave me some really good ideas for my shade border.

[@gardeningTLC]

I'm so glad!

[@reneeswallow2023]

Love the ideas! Learned so much. I dont have much winter interest. Looking forward to more ideas! Ive always been a plopper. Buy a plant i like and plop it in the ground. Thinking i may need to do a better job with planning! Thanks Michelle! Blessings!

[@gardeningTLC]

Hahaha....I get the plopper concept...sometimes you get a happy accident though😀

[@lisafeeney91]

I like this design 😊

[@gardeningTLC]

Thank you Lisa. I look forward to your comments!! 😀😀

[@elisabethvismans]

Love your videos especially this one. I started last summer with planting evergreen shrubs and a few trees replacing a lawn area next to the drive. It already looks awesome. It’s now time for the perennials. Love the goatsbeard so definitely will get those. And will plant a few forsythias in the wooded area. Already replanted hostas and ferns that were totally overgrown in other areas. Hostas are peeking out already. Ferns need a bit more time. Had a ton of both. Can’t wait for it. Daffodils are looking great too. Will plant more in the fall. Probably relocate some bulbs.

[@marlenemccollum9235]

Very beautiful design, it makes me want to move to a different zone’

[@pujanpatel9789]

Thanks for sharing your design. It’s so pretty. I love shade gardens!

[@gardeningTLC]

You are so welcome!

[@michellepereira2328]

What a great way to help new gardeners plant a garden. I wasn’t aware that I could find such nice plans. I just did my first no dig space. Im curious to see how it goes. I also want to see your garden planted.

[@michellezentmyer4288]

Thank you! Beautiful design🌳

[@gardeningTLC]

Thank you! 😊

[@moniquehamilton7391]

I love your videos Michelle! Such good info and garden design! Keep ‘em coming! ❤

[@gardeningTLC]

Thanks so much!

[@colleenanderson2485]

Hi Michelle. Thanks for that great video packed with info. Last year I planted sweet woodruff in my woodland garden. I love it for ground cover and have divided it many times and have it all over. Perhaps you could put it hither and yan on your path.

[@gardeningTLC]

I just might do that...I do like it and it is not crazy agressive....maybe mixed with some lamium.......hmmm...definetly will think on adding that. Great suggestion, THANK YOU!!!😘

[@kizianneallan5780]

I too subscribed because of your passion for garden/landscaping and you give us visualization of what our garden space can look like. Thank you

[@gardeningTLC]

Thanks for joining us!!! Welcome

[@j.d.4246]

Love this design! I have a similar situation in my backyard and you have inspired me! My focus this year is on a north facing slope under mature trees. One side is steep and this is where im struggling. Just groundcovers or a mix of plants and dwarf shrubs? Its only 6 ft top to bottom, and the bottom meets a sidewalk. This is such an awkward spot that i think many viewers in older neighborhoods might have.

[@gardeningTLC]

Can you send me a picture? [e-mail]....use a horizontal frame

[@HoosierDaddy_]

I really enjoy your videos. I am a recent subscriber and your videos are a must watch! I really like the graphics of your designs. That bed will look great when it's done!

[@gardeningTLC]

Welcome aboard! I am so glad you are here!!!

[@sandyschneider4975]

What would Michelle do? We have a steep bank beside the driveway probably 6’ high by 25’ long with around a 30 degree angle. We currently mow it but we are aging and it’s no longer safe for us to do. Zone 5. At the top of the bank are various natural trees. The bank continues to the flat lawn and home. How can we landscape the bank? Love your videos!

[@gardeningTLC]

I have been thinking about this one. Will you send me a picture? Maybe 2 or 3...showing the area. Also what direction and what light exposure. Send to [e-mail]

[@kimmcculloch3822]

Another great design Michelle❤

[@gardeningTLC]

Glad you like it!

[@mariannedressler6784]

Thank you so much. I’m currently working on wooded area. This is so helpful! I want those daffodils. Sign me up!!!

[@susanwade2638]

Thank you Michael. I love your videos and your enthusiasm for gardening. I live in Prescott Arizona - high desert so my climate is much different from yours. However, many of the principles you share I can use as well as many of the plants.

[@gardeningTLC]

Wonderful!

[@bettyannebeasant3763]

What would Michelle do? I want to convert 4 raised vegetable beds (4x8) into cottage style flower gardens...any suggestions? They are in full sun, zone 5. Trying to soften the look of the rectangle. Love your videos, so down to earth!

[@troypinkney7900]

60 'feet ln length o 4 ' into the woods lol, ❤️ 😍 your style

[@joannebuzzell6097]

Wow, do I need you!! We just recently put in a retaining wall around a bed in our front yard. It is approximately 11 inch’s high

[@joannebuzzell6097]

And I am going around and around in deciding what to plan. How can I send a picture of this figure eight shaped bed?

[@gardeningTLC]

Can you send me a picture. Straight on and with a horizontal frame. [e-mail]. also facing which direction? And is it full sun. 6+hours. Part sun 4-6 hr or shade, less than 4 hrs?

[@deborahevans4126]

I love how you go through the complete design details. The way you have shown the pictures is awesome! Can you tell me what program you are using to do this?

[@gardeningTLC]

It is professional software called PRO Landscapes

[@MsKhanada]

Thank you for this. Would love to hear suggestions for shade but with extremely rocky “soil” and a 2’ yard downward slope that then drastically drops to the woods so also need erosion control. I’ve been fighting pokeweed along the edge for years.

[@gardeningTLC]

Oh my....let me think on that one...

[@judygraves6272]

Thank You❣️. My wooded area in town has 🦌🦌🦌😭

[@user-il6pp5wn7v]

That's my problem as well. I planted near my woods last year and the deer loved it ☹️

[@gardeningTLC]

I do have a deer resistant plant video coming up.....couple of weeks....stay tuned!!

[@PeggyMills]

Awesome! Love these design videos. What would Michelle do if she had a long, straight sidewalk going from a detached garage to a wrap around porch? I have in 2 petite knockout roses, and caradonna salvia, one on each side. I’m trying not to make each side matchy matchy but do want a cohesive look. Zone 6b/7a

[@gardeningTLC]

Can u send me a picture. And what is the light [e-mail]

[@PeggyMills]

Yes, I’ll get a picture today @@gardeningTLC

[@angelalasserre3206]

Loved your video Please help I have a garage bed that is facing south but has a giant mature maple tree right next to it. If this tree was not there it would be full sun, I have tried growing many different plants here both sun and shade but it just doesn’t look good and things struggle. This year I purchased a bench to go under the window and have thought about putting a few pots next to the bench but am unsure if this is the way to go. The bed is 25 feet long and about 8 feet wide the tree is about 5 feet away. Love any ideas, will send pictures if interested in helping Again love your videos!

[@gardeningTLC]

Yes I would like a picture and what direction it is facing...light exposure. Horitonzal frame please. To: [e-mail]

[@stephaniepratt6499]

Hi Michelle, in the water color designs, what are the green diagonal lines? Line of sight? Thanks! Love you and your content.

[@gardeningTLC]

Probably that and just more perception of where to plant things.

[@cindybunker4918]

Beautiful! What is the distance between the tree line and the beginning of where you plant? My WWMD question is about septic areas - around the tanks, the field and the mound. Mostly the tanks which are about 100 feet outside the living room windows, 30x15 oval area in full sun.

[@gardeningTLC]

12'

[@cindybunker4918]

Thank you!

[@vbachman6742]

What a great channel! I am in a mid city older area in zone 8a but we have had 2 very severe cold spells in the last 3 winters with a lot of wind so I'm looking for plants hardy in colder zones that are also able to withstand the heat and high humidity of our summers. Just to round out the challenge I have a long narrow (68" wide) side yard in full deep shade on the north side of my house. I have a 7 ft wood privacy fence on the property line and a neighbor's house about 15' ft beyond that. The space is only used for access between my front and back yard but I need something to screen the view from my windows on that side of my house. So I'm looking for an evergreen shrub or small tree that is taller than wide and can be maintained at 22 - 15 feet in very deep shade. I plan to interplant with shorter interesting shrubs to break up the monotony. Any suggestions

[@gardeningTLC]

I don't think there is one. 😪

[@noradunlap7539]

Love it!! New Subby!! Blessings!♥️

[@gardeningTLC]

Welcome!!

[@HarmonyHillsHomeandGarden]

Thanks… love these design videos! And love your design! Question: what software are you using to create the photos of your designs? I love the visualization that it offers and would like to attempt something similar. Thanks in advance!

[@gardeningTLC]

I put it in the description...PRO Landscape. It is professional software. Looking for a good homeowner option right now.

[@HarmonyHillsHomeandGarden]

Thank you! @@gardeningTLC

[@StephanieBarnes-f2h]

New Subscriber here! I agree with previous comments about your enthusiasm, you go girl! What program do you use for design? I have a lot of difficulty visualizing the space and am interested in using something like this... Thank you for these videos.

[@gardeningTLC]

It is professional software..called Pro Landscapes

[@JWallywiz]

I love this video because I have a wooded area in my yard I want to address. My situation is that it is my neighbors wooded area, right at my property line. It's not maintained in any way and is full of grapevine, Virginia creeper (so invasive), poison ivy and weeds. All invade my property. How would you handle keeping those things out of the space in front of the woods?

[@gardeningTLC]

That is tough as it is not your property. Can you have a conversation with the homeowner?

[@ninaalexa6163]

Love your inspirational videos! Is it possible to let us know the program you use to design?

[@gardeningTLC]

It is a professional software called Pro Landscape

[@lynnharrington9202]

What landscape app do you use? Love the design

[@gardeningTLC]

PRO Landscape

[@justfornow2753]

Thank you for your fantastic videos! Your trees look like pines & oaks, so I'm wondering: can forsythia and other shrubs also be planted under hemlocks? I was recently warned about hemlocks' shallow root system and something called a "no-cut zone" around their drip line that I was told not to plant inside of (unless I misunderstood). So how close to the dripline of the mature trees can your new bed start? And is it different for hemlocks? (I have a row of them and want to plant underneath them to create a privacy screen that will reach about 5-6 ft tall) Thanks, again, for your videos!

[@gardeningTLC]

I do not know about the hemlocks..sorry. I would check with your local extension office.

[@justfornow2753]

@@gardeningTLC Thanks for that quick reply! I tend to forget about the extension office, so thank you for reminding me. I’ll try that!

[@elizabethdreamwalker4409]

Having trouble planning a landscape around my A-frame cabin in the woods. Would love any advice :)

[@gardeningTLC]

Send me a picture [e-mail]

[@sterlgirlceline]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@lanamolczyk5139]

Great video. I want to plant up our wood fence line (runs north to south, 100 ft long) I am open to suggestions (and depth recommendations) thank you.

[@gardeningTLC]

100 feet is long.....what exposure on light? And where is it on your property, how far away from the house? And what is the goal? To hide the fence? Create beauty? Just because?

[@lanamolczyk5139]

It is 70 feet to the west of the house and gets full sun after it passes the house until just after mid day. It is a blank slate so I want to make it attractive and I love to garden. It is 6 ft tall and we don't really want to go over the top of it.

[@micaelrutledge5176]

Hi Michelle, will you be using irrigation? I have well water and hesitate to use irrigation.

[@gardeningTLC]

No

[@micaelrutledge5176]

Excellent! Thank you for this episode. I have lived in a condo for 35 years and now that I have a house with 4 acres. This has really given me some direction.

[@frangass1561]

is there a chance we can download/print your design plan, it is perfect for my project

[@gardeningTLC]

No. Sorry

[@قناةطبخالمغربيالاصيل]

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[@ericjorgensen8028]

Dry shade with astilbe and brunerra. Irrigation??

[@gardeningTLC]

I will be running a soaker hose for those plants 😀

[@tracyatkins6120]

I need a sun loving video, preferrable with a few Spartans in it in a space that is approx 60 feet long x 15 to 20 feet wide. Gardening zone 8, dry environment but plenty of supplemental water.

[@tracyatkins6120]

Oh and just a quick add soil ph of 7.5 to 8.

[@gardeningTLC]

Please send me a picture of the area and the light exposure. [e-mail]

[@beckyk2581]

What direction is the new bed facing?

[@gardeningTLC]

South. The tree line is north... so with the overhanging branches it gets a little morning and a little late evening sun....

[@Kat-M772]

I have all of the above

[@carolubosi1755]

What about deer?

[@gardeningTLC]

I have listed the deer resistant plants and I will use deer repel if needed on the others..there are only a few.....

[@sandraconner6968]

I like boxwood, but they all smell like cat pee to me, so I avoid them.

[@gardeningTLC]

I think the English ones do...not so much the American ones.