Landscape Garden Ideas-Shade Garden Designs

TODAY'S VIDEO
I hope you have been enjoying our series on shade. Today is design #2 & 3. I will take you through the designs step by step. One is the front of a house and one is in the back of a house. 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 design! If you have not seen the first 5 videos on shade perennials combos, shade conifers, shade flowering shrubs and shade perennials, and shade design #1, please feel free to check them out!
I have linked them below.
Landscape Design Ideas-Design for the Shade #1
• Landscape Design Ideas...
Landscape Design Ideas - Shade Gardening -Hostas & Beyond
• Landscape Design Ideas...
Landscape Garden Ideas - Flowering Shrubs for Shade
• Landscape Garden Ideas...
Landscape Garden Ideas-Evergreens for the Shade
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Landscape Design Ideas-Shade Perennial Combos
• Landscape Design Ideas...
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Hello, my name is Michelle and I own a garden center and floral store called The Landscape Connection. I am also a home gardener and a retired landscape designer and installer. If you like our videos please subscribe, like, share, and leave your comments and questions.
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[@JeffreyWallk]

Michelle, you are so fun and full of energy! Love your designs and frank discussion about what works and what doesn't. Shade garden ideas are great. So few channels discuss the challenges and opportunities with shade gardening. Would like to see shows devoted to specific exposures (Northern, Eastern, Southern, Western) since each has unique challenges depending on wind, sun, & space.

[@lisak161]

I'm soooo happy that I stumbled onto your channel!!!!!🥳 I'm a master gardener and your channel is better than any seminar! Love your enthusiasm, energy and humor. 🌷🌼🌸☀️🌱🌿🌳🍁🍂🌾

[@gardeningTLC]

I am a Master Gardener too!! Isn't it such a great thing to be involved in?

[@Marie-1964]

Wish I was in your area. I have plenty of woods almost 2 acres. I'm in central Georgia, zone 8b, and enjoy your videos! Thanks so much.😊

[@marilynmourdock3688]

I watched your video of your 30 ft section in front of your woods. I would suggest a wandering path cutting through it with a destination of a curved concrete bench somewhere back in the woods. The path could re-emerge farther down your property line. It's going to be so pretty!

[@Auntypatti]

I would love to see your version of the garden if they were gardeners

[@cindysmith7907]

I know I’m not in your neighborhood but we live on 15 acres of majority woods in the Grand Haven, Michigan area. Come and creat away here if you ever want. Absolutely love your content and enthusiasm of your videos. Thank you for everything you share.❤

[@mackenziedenali1637]

Beautiful designs! Love the shade garden.

[@gardeningTLC]

Thank you so much!

[@colleenanderson2485]

Fantastic Michelle. John and Leslie should love 💕 it.

[@gardeningTLC]

They did!!

[@terrimessa3619]

Really enjoying these videos.

[@maggiew7293]

Can't wait for your planting video to show us how awesome this is.❤

[@carolcowser1461]

Wow! Those designs are stunners!

[@gardeningTLC]

Thank you

[@PeggyMills]

Loving all these designs, Michelle. Cold and rainy again here, I’ll get you the sidewalk pic very soon. So, so glad you’ve picked up new subscribers. You’re the best and definitely the most fun!

[@edanaestenes9656]

I live on the edge of a woods. The deer came up on my small front porch. They ate all the plants out of my planters that I made, and they ate the plants out of the railing planters. I put a bamboo pole thru the railings to block the stairs. They squeezed under the pole, came up three stairs and finished it off. Ugh !!! Then on a berm I did at the edge of the lawn, they pulled out and threw the deer resistant plants all over the place. They did sample the plants first, then pulled them out and threw them everywhere. This year I am doing wooden stakes with fishing line.

[@gardeningTLC]

Oh man.....wow......that sucks....good luck this year.

[@susanwhite1641]

Havnt watched it all yet but so funny ‘ as you can see there’s zero winter interest ‘ 😂 Cracked me up 😂

[@chives2019]

You have such great ideas for videos. Very practical but also inspiring. Congrats on the new subscribers. You deserve success.

[@Hydrangia6856]

So glad I found your videos. This gives me inspiration. Thank you

[@gardeningTLC]

You are so welcome!

[@pamelathompson656]

Love your energy and your ideas.

[@user-fx5sq1zc6l]

That looks gorgeous.. I like the purple with it💕

[@gardeningTLC]

Me too

[@nancystapleton872]

Another beautiful design ! I hadn’t heard of some of these plants - they are going to be so fun to watch grow with every season interest! I can’t wait to see them go in the ground ! Beautiful!

[@gardeningTLC]

Thanks so much 😊

[@JamesBond-ct4zn]

I love your design it looks amazing and low maintenance. I’m so glad I found your channel ❤

[@gardeningTLC]

Welcome!!

[@cyndikatzen5675]

Love your landscaping plans. Can't wait for installation!! If you're looking for a wooded shade garden you are welcome to mine in massachusetts!!lol i have planted so many perrrenials that have not returned. Squirrels ? Who knows. Not discouraged yet.

[@alyvincent5984]

This is definitely helpful and inspiring!

[@eileenchang2173]

I love these shade garden designs ! And the garden zone 5 is what I have! 🌸🥰🇨🇦

[@RocksieBaby]

Another great video! These design videos are super helpful. Although there are a bazillion gardening videos on KZbin what I think makes yours stand out is the detail around how you select plants and then seeing how the design will look at maturity. Keep them coming!!! A potential topic for the future 27:06 is landscape lighting. Also how you approach irrigation. Love your channel 💜

[@gardeningTLC]

Yes. I will do a lighting video later this summer

[@jillbooth4910]

Would love ideas for shade with a high water table. No standing water but about 2 feet down I hit some wet soil and sometimes get water when I’ve dug a hole. I lost a hedge of lilacs here after 18 years. I think from lilac bores. Need hedge to block neighbors a minimum of 7ft tall. I am a gardener so don’t mind some maintenance. Area gets some late morning sun. Area gets shaded 2 large silver maples. I have lost many huechera in this area. Maybe to damp. My astilbe do not do well either did my clethera. My seven sons tree & Annabelle hydrangea do great. Bed is about 12 ft wide by 40 ft long. No deer here. The whole bed is about 100 feet long. But the back half of it has a river birch and bald cypress & a lot of hostas, which do great.

[@barbb.9489]

It's a great channel, Michelle, so educational and happy.

[@gardeningTLC]

Thank you so much!

[@Cmash5195]

Love both designs. Looking forward to the under trees shade design as that is what I have. I’m in zone 5, unfortunately not close to you…Mississauga Canada. I learn so much from your videos.

[@cindybunker4918]

Oh wow! These are beautiful and doable designs! I love your positive, upbeat and energetic presentations - your love of plants, design and color shine through each video. I'm so happy for you that the channel is growing!

[@gardeningTLC]

So nice of you and thank you 😀

[@MilesSherry]

I’ll certainly be following to see which Japanese Maple you choose. Your description is what I’m looking for to add to a small space in one of my gardens. Hope you get the job!

[@gardeningTLC]

Me too 😀

[@gingercashman3289]

I love your designs. Great job! Can't wait for the next video.

[@gardeningTLC]

Thank you so much!

[@alwaysromancatholic]

What a stunning transformation! Congratulations! Also, I am new to zone 4b and deer, so I appreciated your plant choices very much!!!

[@horselady10]

I just discovered your channel. I’m loving your designs. I’m in zone 7 and would like ideas for east and west facing gardens without shade except for the house.

[@riveroflife84]

Thank you SO much for the all you hard work. I appreciate you very much, and love your personality. Blessings.

[@lm8006]

I’m a new subscriber. Love your energy! These designs are beautiful. I hope we get to see finished install of both. I’m a huge fan of Veronica…but I thought they were more sun loving (?) at least in my zone 6b, MA. Rather than a full shear, I tend to snip off just the spent blossoms & they push out blooms almost all season.

[@gardeningTLC]

I have had great luck with them in morning sun and dappled shade. They are not a full shade plants though.

[@lm8006]

@@gardeningTLC Good to know! Of my 5 varieties, Royal Candles is a favorite. I’ll be adding more now :)

[@cinderellafan362436]

Great video Michelle! I love both designs but really LOVE the one going behind your home for shaded areas. Thank you for sharing! Have a blessed week! ❤❤

[@gardeningTLC]

Thank you so much!

[@hemigirl777]

Hi Michelle!! I love your videos!! I am in Kannapolis, North Carolina and have a 1 acre woodland garden. Most of my difficulties have come from deer pressure and most of the damage has occurred as a result of the deer rutting on my newly planted cedar trees. They have also eaten lots of plants so I have had to relocate 7 camellias, 2 rhododendrons, 2 mahonias, and several hostas to another part of the garden which is fenced in. Any tips and tricks you could give us would be helpful. Thanks, and happy gardening!

[@dianachavez6232]

You did it again! I love boxwoods and maybe do some like this. I just can’t keep up with you. So exciting!

[@nancynoascono747]

That will look beautiful when done!

[@aimeesgardens]

I wish you lived in northern California. We have a Christmas tree farm so it's almost entirely shade and would be perfect for the woodland theme you are looking for and I really struggle with what to plant.

[@bethhamersley526]

Awesome!

[@angelakading8497]

I will copy this one!!!

[@loriswain8140]

Michelle, if you would like to make a road trip to Tennessee I would love for you to work on my wooded area for your next video! 😉.

[@judyanderson8782]

Hey, come to my house. We have a woods. Oh, I guess you wouldn't want to go this far, South Carolina. 😢 love your videos.

[@jacquiedavis4918]

This is so fun!

[@juliahelland6488]

Looks so beautiful! Thanks for sharing! 💯

[@gardeningTLC]

Thanks for watching

[@whaleback1]

Michell. You are wonderful. I just wish you lived in my hardness zone - 8A. I have snipped the pictures of your two designs in this video. I hope to find plants for my zone with similar colors as those used in your design.

[@gardeningTLC]

Wonderful! I am so glad this was helpful!

[@jennifergreene8891]

Hi Michelle 👋 When will the 2nd part go up? Such beautiful plans.

[@gardeningTLC]

Don't know....it will be hopefully this year.

[@AlvinCrown-yx5en]

Love your videos and suggestions. Your designs are beautiful!! You have encyclopedic knowledge of plants. We have a 50x30 front lawn that is boring and has minimal curb appeal. Our backyard is a 30x70 lawn. My question is simply where to begin? We are thinking of a island bed for the front and cottage garden for the back. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[@gardeningTLC]

There are videos on all those ideas...for me I started where I see the most and went out from there. I add every year. My gardens have been growing over the last 6 years.

[@Auntypatti]

I have an area we’re 6b, in front of bay window that has 3 full grown spruces. I have created a 30’x20’ bed. It gets full sun. I have ideas for plants but I would suggestions

[@PAS7gardens]

I love your plans! Just beautiful! Question: I've wanted a weeping blue spruce for so long but didn't think I had enough sunlight for it. Just how much sun do you think the spruce actually will need?

[@gardeningTLC]

I am going to pull it out into the area that gets that strip of afternoon sun...it is probably more like 2 hours. But it also gets filtered sun through the tree. I think it will be ok

[@ritasicari7518]

Will the blue spruce maintain its blue color in that much shade? Both designs are fantastic.

[@gardeningTLC]

Well I am hoping it will. It is a tiny risk...I think it is more like 2 hours of sun if I pull it out far enough and a lot of dappled sun through the tree. We shall see.....and if I see it not maintaining blue, I have plenty of gardens to move it too and I can get some kind of hemlock to put there.

[@BronwenSandor]

Great video! I may do something similar for in front of my parent’s full shade bed. Question: you didn’t mention how these plants are watered. is it just rainwater? Is there drip irrigation, or how frequently would you need to take a hose/sprinkler to it?

[@gardeningTLC]

No they don't have irrigation. Plants need 1-2 inches of water a week

[@rphjacobs9197]

I did not know conifers would grow in shade. Good to know. I guess they do get sun in the winter.. right??

[@gardeningTLC]

Not all conifers grow in the shade......

[@noracomeau2986]

​​@@gardeningTLCI was wondering the same about some of your plant suggestions. I thought some of the plants in your design required some sun.

[@noracomeau2986]

I'm so glad that I found your channel, and I love your designs. Im a bit confused with some of the plants you used for shade in todays video, though. I am also in Zone 5, northern Indiana, & I thought the conifers you used require full sun? Also, we have serious disease issues with Colorado Blue Spruces, & I cringe a little when you use them in your designs.

[@gardeningTLC]

Have not had an issue here

[@paulinecrispin121]

Hi. Love this design 😍. Do you not have box caterpillar or box blite where you are. I am in southern England, and box caterpillar is a real pain 😢

[@gardeningTLC]

Not so far

[@gardeningTLC]

You could sub small globe arborvitaes and dwarf alberta spruces.

[@paulinecrispin121]

I really hope they don't make it over to you, thanks for the info 😊😊

[@CuriousinNY]

Awesome video! What program do you use that allows you to put plants in an area to see how they will look like.

[@gardeningTLC]

PRO Landscape

[@CuriousinNY]

@@gardeningTLC Is the developer Drafix Software Inc? The only Pro Landscape I could find in my Apple App Store was Pro Landscape Home. It only has 1.5 stars out of 5, so I am thinking this isn’t the same. There wasn’t any app that just said Pro Landscape by itself. Please advise. Thank you.

[@Bandaid17]

Great video. New sub here. Been binge watching. What is the shrub to the far left of the photo at 1546? Rhododendren?

[@Lets_see_how_this_plays_out]

I believe that’s the Korean Spice Viburnum when not in bloom.

[@gardeningTLC]

That is the Baby Spice Viburnum...I wanted to show it after the flowers were done and what it would look like as just a shrub.

[@whaleback1]

Michell. The blue color of the Veronica you used in this video is gorgeous. I have two questions. 1) Which grower's Royal Candles did you buy? I can't find it on Proven Winner's website. Instead, I found Magic Show Wizard of Ahhz. However, buyer reviews say its color is violet rather than blue. 2) What sun conditions does Royal Candles require? I live in zone 8A and my yard is in the shade before noon and after 5:30pm. I believe this means my it has 'partial sun'. Is it true that for flowering plants that 'do best in full sun but can tolerate some shade', I may not get the best flower colors? Thanks.

[@gardeningTLC]

Royal candles veronica is not a proven winners. And noon to 5:30 is hot hot sun....veronica might not do well there.....I would try 1 and see 1st

[@gardeningTLC]

I think any grower can grow that veronica....I have several suppliers who all grow it.

[@rhondatesta3873]

For what Michelle would do? I have an overhang of my house that completely shades and area that is about 9 feet long by 3 feet deep and I am looking to make a shade garden in that area. I would love to make it pollinator friendly if possible, I would love your help. It is a blank slate right now.

[@gardeningTLC]

Can you send me a picture? [e-mail]

[@rhondatesta3873]

@@gardeningTLC sorry Michelle. I just saw this. I will send you a picture tomorrow. It’s dark out now.

[@ericmartin5384]

Hi - can you tell me what software you use for your design?

[@gardeningTLC]

it is a professional software...PRO Landscapes

[@riveroflife84]

Would you be to share which software you use for design, please?

[@gardeningTLC]

Pro Landscapes

[@user-mj6tn2on1b]

What landscape design software do you use?

[@gardeningTLC]

It is listed in the description PRO Landscapes

[@whaleback1]

I really dislike the shrubs I inherited from the previous home owner as they are all hugely overgrown boxwood and laurel, forming a 6' tall hedge. I hired someone to trim them but the hedge is still 4' tall after the trimming. It will be very costly to remove and replace them all. Besides, my husband wants to keep them, saying they are sturdy. Indeed, they were unscathed by the 2021 severe winter while many of my neighbors lost all their shrubs. I am hoping to tear up some grass and extend the shrub bed out by 3' and plant some small shade-loving perennials in front of the existing shrubs. I wonder if it will work.

[@gardeningTLC]

Good luck

[@popeye3305]

If you rub the leathery leaves of the Bergenia "Pig squeak" back and forth between your fingers you will know why it was given the name "pig squeak". It sounds just like a pig. 🙂

[@gardeningTLC]

Yes, I know :)